Evaluated Nuclear Data Covariances: The Journey From ENDF/B-VII.0 to ENDF/B-VII.1

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3037-3053

  Smith, Donald L ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATA VISUALIZATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL SECURITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; VISUALIZATION;

APPLICATION AREA; COVARIANCE DATA; DATA COVARIANCE; DATA EVALUATION; DATA USERS; ENDF/B-VII.0; NUCLEAR DATA; REACTION DATA; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY INFORMATIONS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 84862932358     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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