Development and validation of a fast reactor core burnup code - FARCOB

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Mohanakrishnan, P ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FAST REACTORS; POWER CONTROL;

AXIAL BURNUP ZONES; BURNUP BENCHMARKING; BURNUP EQUATIONS; BURNUP SIMULATION;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 37849035972     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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