A global approach to the physics validation of simulation codes for future nuclear systems

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-361

  Palmiotti, Giuseppe ^a   Salvatores, Massimo ^a,b,c   Aliberti, Gerardo ^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

BURNER REACTORS; COVARIANCE DATUM; DATA FILES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENDF/B-VII; INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS; MULTI GROUPS; NEUTRONICS; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; REPRESENTATIVITY; SIMULATION CODES; SIMULATION TOOLS; STATISTICAL DATUM; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTIONS;

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EID: 61549124394     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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