Evaluation of sensitivity coefficients of effective multiplication factor with respect to prompt fission neutron spectrum

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 603, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-490

  Nagaya, Yasunobu ^a   Kodeli, Ivan ^b   Chiba, Go ^a   Ishikawa, Makoto ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Covariance; Effective multiplication factor; Fission spectrum; Sensitivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE; EFFECTIVE MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; FISSION SPECTRUM; SENSITIVITY; UNCERTAINTY;

NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 65449137841     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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