Validation of ORIGEN-S decay heat predictions for LOCA analysis

PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gauld, Ian ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Computer simulation; Gamma ray spectra; Nuclear decay heat; ORIGEN S

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAY SPECTRA; NUCLEAR DECAY HEATS; ORIGEN-S;

CODES (SYMBOLS); FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 33847177267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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