Neutronic analysis to support validation of safety analysis codes for the VHTR

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 93, Issue , 2005, Pages 931-933

  Ji, Wei ^a   Conlin, Jeremy L ^a   Yesilyurt, Gokhan ^a   Martin, William R ^a   Lee, John C ^a   Brown, Forrest B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33244474655     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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