On the possibility of the space-dependence of the stability indicator (decay ratio) of a BWR

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1305-1322

  Demazière, Christophe ^a   Pázsit, Imre ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OSCILLATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS (ACF); DECAY RATIOS (DR); IMUPLSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS (IRF); THERMALHYDRAULIC MODELS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 21344472400     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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