A noise analysis approach for measuring the decay constants and the relative abundance of delayed neutrons in a zero power critical facility

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 669-672

  Diniz, Ricardo ^a   dos Santos, Adimir ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delayed neutrons; Kinetics parameters measurements; Zero power reactor noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010525613     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875188     Document Type: Article

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