Neutronic benchmark on the 2400 MW gas-cooled fast reactor design

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Da Cruz, D F ^a   Hogenbirk, A ^a   Bosq, J C ^b   Rimpault, G ^b   Prulhiere, G ^b   Morris, P ^c   Pelloni, S ^d  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmark; ERANOS; GCFR; Neutronics; OCTOPUS; Reactivity coefficients

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FEEDBACK; GAS COOLED REACTORS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSIENTS;

FEEDBACK COEFFICIENTS; NEUTRONICS; PLATE-TYPE CARBIDE; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS;

NEUTRON ABSORPTION;

EID: 33847232568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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