Statistical implications in Monte Carlo depletions

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2010, PHYSOR 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 634-645

  Xu, Zhiwen ^a   Rhodes, Joel ^a   Smith, Kord ^a  

^a Studsvik Scandpower Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch depletion method; CASMO 5; Monte Carlo depletion; Statistical bias

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; STATISTICS;

BATCH DEPLETION METHOD; BURNUP CALCULATION; CASMO-5; LATTICE PHYSICS CODE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO NEUTRON; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79952417956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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