Monte Carlo criticality methods and analysis capabilities in SCALE

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-235

  Goluoglu, Sedat ^a   Petrie Jr , Lester M ^a   Dunn, Michael E ^a   Hollenbach, Daniel F ^a   Rearden, Bradley T ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous energy and multigroup; Criticality safety; Monte carlo

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CODES (SYMBOLS); CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); GEOMETRY;

ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CRITICALITY SAFETY; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; MULTI-GROUP; MULTIGROUP CROSS SECTIONS; MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; SOLUTION METHODOLOGY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79959187508     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT10-124     Document Type: Review

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