Monte Carlo simulation of VHTR particle fuel with chord length sampling

Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ji, Wei ^a   Martin, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chord length sampling; Monte Carlo; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

CHORD LENGTH SAMPLING; NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADDITION (RSA); STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GEOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 84858461472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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