The log linear rate constant power depletion method

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2010, PHYSOR 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 680-696

  Carpenter, David C ^a   Wolf III, Joseph H ^a  

^a BETTIS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant power depletion; LLR method; MC21; Monte Carlo; PPC method

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GADOLINIUM ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTOR SHIELDING; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; CONSTANT POWER; LLR METHOD; MC21; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; POWER LABORATORIES; PPC METHOD; PREDICTOR CORRECTOR;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79952398098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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