Study of spectral heterogeneities for the interpretation of calculational trends in predicting pin power distributions in a SVEA-96+ BWR assembly

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 490-498

  Tani, F ^a,b   Jatuff, F ^a   Chawla, R ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NEUTRONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER;

BWR ASSEMBLY; LATTICE HETEROGENEITY; NEUTRON BALANCE COMPONENTS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 33645387535     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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