Development of a method for measuring the moderator temperature coefficient by noise analysis and its experimental verification in Ringhals-2

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-29

  Demaziere C ^a   Pazsit I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; INTEGRATION; MODERATORS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

END OF CYCLE (EOC); MODERATOR TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT (MTC); NOISE ANALYSIS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS (PWR);

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 4944236480     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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