Analysis of LWR benchmarks based on different methods and nuclear data evaluations

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2000 - ANS International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics and Mathematics and Computation into the Next Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Bernnat, W ^a   Mattes, M ^a   Langenbuch, S ^b   Moser, F ^b   Zwermann, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CALCULATIONS; FISSION PRODUCTS; ISOTOPES; LIBRARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRATES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENCHMARK EXPERIMENTS; EVALUATED NUCLEAR DATA FILE; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; RECONSTRUCTION ACCURACY; STRUCTURE MATERIALS; TRANSPORT CALCULATION;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 85010498406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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