Stochastic geometry and htgr modeling with MCNP5

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 355-365

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

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

HTGR; MCNP; Monte Carlo; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

HTGR; MCNP; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

GRAPHITE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 33644587300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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