Neutronic studies in support of accelerator-driven systems: The MUSE experiments in the MASURCA facility

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-152

  Soule, R ^a   Assal, W ^a   Chaussonnet, P ^a   Destouches, C ^a   Domergue, C ^a   Jammes, C ^a   Laurens, J M ^a   Lebrat, J F ^a   Mellier, F ^a   Perret, G ^a   Rimpault, G ^a   Serviere H ^a   Imel, G ^b   Thomas, G M ^c   Villamarin, D ^d   Gonzalez Romero, E ^d   Plaschy, M ^e   Chawla, R ^e   Kloosterman, J L ^f   Rugama, Y ^f   Billebaud, A ^g   Brissot, R ^g   Heuer, D ^g   Kerveno, M ^g   Le Brun, C ^g   Liatard, E ^g   Loiseaux, J M ^g   Meplan O ^g   Merle, E ^g   Perdu, F ^g   Vollaire, J ^g   Baeten, P ^h   more..

^a Lab Syst de Mesure et d'Instrum   (France)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^h BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CONTROL RODS; DEUTERIUM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FISSION REACTIONS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; RESEARCH REACTORS;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS (ADS); MULTIPLICATION WITH AN EXTERNAL SOURCE (MUSE); NEUTRON GENERATOR;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 4944225540     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE01-13C     Document Type: Conference Paper

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