Propagation of statistical and nuclear data uncertainties in Monte Carlo burn-up calculations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 714-730

  García Herranz, Nuria ^a   Cabellos, Oscar ^a   Sanz, Javier ^b   Juan, Jesús ^a   Kuijper, Jim C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR DATA; NUCLIDE INVENTORY; RANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 40649126604     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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