Neutronic analyses of the trade demonstration facility

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-123

  Rubbia, C ^a   Carta, M ^a   Burgio, N ^a   Ciavola, C ^a   D'Angelo, A ^a   Dodaro, A ^a   Festinesi, A ^a   Monti, S ^a   Santagata, A ^a   Troiani, F ^a   Salvatores, M ^b   Delpech, M ^b   Kadi, Y ^c   Buono, S ^c   Ferrari, A ^c   Martínez, A Herrera ^c   Zanini, L ^c   Imel, G ^b,d  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL RODS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS;

AD HOC LANGUAGE MODEL; NEUTRONIC ANALYSES; THERMAL REACTOR FEEDBACK EFFECTS; TRIGA ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN EXPERIMENT (TRADE);

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 4944220725     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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