Xenon transient simulation of the VVER-1000 nuclear reactor using adiabatic approximation

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 753-761

  Kheradmand Saadi, M ^a   Shahriari, M ^a   Zolfaghari, A R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION CODE; CORE CALCULATIONS; CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS; EFFECTIVE MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; FUEL ASSEMBLY; FUEL BURN-UPS; GROUP CONSTANT; NEUTRONICS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS; START-UPS; THERMAL ABSORPTIONS; THERMAL REACTORS; TIME STEP; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMS;

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FARM BUILDINGS; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; TECHNICAL WRITING; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

XENON;

EID: 77950298366     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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