State-of-the-art 3-D radiation transport methods for fusion energy systems

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 824-833

  Wilson, P P H ^a   Feder, R ^b   Fischer, U ^c   Loughlin, M ^d   Petrizzi, L ^e   Wu, Y ^f   Youssef, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced simulation; Discrete ordinates; Fusion neutronics; ITER; Monte carlo; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCED SIMULATION; DISCRETE ORDINATES; FUSION NEUTRONICS; ITER; MONTE CARLO;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 56949101484     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.05.038     Document Type: Article

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