Experimental determination of the decay constants and abundances of delayed neutrons by means of reactor noise analysis

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-142

  Diniz, Ricardo ^a   Dos Santos, Adimir ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS;

HARMONIC MODES; IN-PILE METHODS; SPECTRAL DENSITIES;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33144477911     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nse04-69     Document Type: Article

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