Isotopic depletion and decay methods and analysis capabilities in SCALE

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-195

  Gauld, Ian C ^a   Radulescu, Georgeta ^a   Ilas, Germina ^a   Murphy, Brian D ^a   Williams, Mark L ^a   Wiarda, Dorothea ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic inventory; Neutron gamma ray sources; Neutron transmutation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); DIGITAL STORAGE; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; LIBRARIES; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES; CROSS-SECTION LIBRARY; DEPLETION CALCULATION; GAMMA RAY SOURCES; ISOTOPIC INVENTORY; NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS; NEUTRON TRANSMUTATION; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 79959194039     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT11-3     Document Type: Review

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