Benchmark evaluation of reactor critical parameters and neutron fluxes distributions at zero power for the TRIGA Mark II reactor of the University of Pavia using the Monte Carlo code MCNP

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 494-502

  Borio di Tigliole, A ^a   Cammi, A ^b   Clemenza, M ^c   Memoli, V ^b   Pattavina, L ^c   Previtali, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical parameter; Monte Carlo; Neutron flux; Reactor physics; TRIGA

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK EVALUATION; CORE COMPONENTS; CORE CONFIGURATION; CRITICAL PARAMETER; CROSS SECTION DATA; ENDF/B-VI; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLUX REACTORS; MCNP SIMULATIONS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO NEUTRON; NEUTRON ANALYSIS; NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL DATA; REACTOR MODELS; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; ZERO-POWER;

NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77949492376     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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