Analysis of core physics experiments on MOX assemblies loaded with Gd2O3-UO2 and UO2 rods

International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2009, ICAPP 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1384-1389

  Yamamoto, Toru ^a   Ando, Yoshihira ^a   Sakai, Tomohiro ^a  

^a JAPAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SAFETY ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIBRARIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CONTINUOUS ENERGY MONTE CARLO CODE; CORE PHYSICS EXPERIMENT; CRITICAL MASS; DETERMINISTIC CALCULATIONS; ENERGY SAFETY; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; NUCLEAR DATA LIBRARY; NUCLEAR DESIGN;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 84908011395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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