Development and application of a decomposition methodology for interpretation of reactivity effect discrepancies

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-171

  Van Geemert, R ^a,b   Jatuff, F ^a   Tani, F ^a,c   Chawla, R ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b FRAMATOME ANP GMBH   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COOLANTS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETERS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY; LWR-PROTEUS; REACTIVITY EFFECT DISCREPANCIES;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 4944243473     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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