Monte Carlo criticality calculation for pebble-type HTR-PROTEUS core

Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2005, ICAPP'05

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1879-1887

  Kim, Hong Chul ^a   Shin, Chang Ho ^a   Kim, Soon Young ^a   Han, Chi Young ^a   Kim, Jong Kyung ^a   Noh, Jae Man ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPUTER CODES; MONTE CARLO COMPUTATION SYSTEM; RANDOM PACKING;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 34249097679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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