On the neutron kinetics and control of accelerator-driven systems

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Cacuci, D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION;

ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SUBCRITICAL CORE SYSTEMS (ADS); NEUTRON DISTRIBUTION; NEUTRON KINETICS; OPTIMAL CONTROL;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 4944238608     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE148-55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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