Analysis of control rod ejection accident in MOX and MOX/UOX cores with time-dependent multigroup pin-by-Pin SP3 methods

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Lee, Chang Ho ^a   Kozlowski, Tomasz ^a   Downar, Thomas J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RODS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

CONTROL ROD WORTH; DIFFUSION METHOD; NEUTRONICS CODES; ROD EJECTION ACCIDENT; SP3 APPROXIMATION; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT METHOD;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33244470444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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