Numerical stability of existing monte carlo burnup codes in cycle calculations of critical reactors

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Dufek, Jan ^a   Hoogenboom, J Eduard ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS);

BURN UP; BURNUP CALCULATION; CRITICAL REACTORS; MIDPOINT METHOD; MODIFIED EULER METHOD; SPATIAL OSCILLATIONS; STEP SIZE; TIME STEP;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 68649086454     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE08-69TN     Document Type: Article

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