Sensitivity analysis for delayed neutron data

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2186-2194

  van Rooijen, W F G ^a   Lathouwers, D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); TRANSIENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

3D PROBLEMS; ADJOINT; ADJOINT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS PROCEDURES; ADJOINT SYSTEMS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL OVERHEADS; DELAYED NEUTRONS; FIRST ORDER PERTURBATION THEORIES; MEMORY REQUIREMENTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 55949100424     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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