Development of Covariance Capabilities in EMPIRE Code

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2752-2761

  Herman, M ^a   Pigni, M T ^a   Oblozinsky P ^a   Mughabghab, S F ^a   Mattoon, C M ^a   Capote, R ^b   Cho, Young Sik ^c   Trkov, A ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FAST NEUTRONS; LOWER ENERGIES; NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS; NEUTRON RESONANCE; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PRIMARY SOURCES; RESONANCE PARAMETERS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; THERMAL; UNCERTAINTY;

NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

EID: 57049123503     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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