Benchmarking ENDF/B-VII.0

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3061-3118

  van der Marck, Steven C ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); LIBRARIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTOR SHIELDING; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENCHMARK CALCULATIONS; CONTINUOUS ENERGY; CRITICALITY SAFETY; DELAYED NEUTRONS; ENDF/B-VI.8; ENDF/B-VII.0; FAST SPECTRUM; LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM; NUCLEAR DATA LIBRARY; THERMAL SPECTRA;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 33751541008     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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