Needs and Issues of Covariance Data Application

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2725-2732

  Salvatores, M ^a,b,c   Palmiotti, G ^a   Aliberti, G ^b   Hiruta, H ^a   McKnight, R ^b   Oblozinsky P ^d   Yang, W S ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS; COVARIANCE DATA; DATA APPLICATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 57149120361     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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