BWR MOX core physics experiments and preliminary analysis

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Yamamoto, T ^a   Iwata, Y ^a,d   Umano, T ^a   Kanda, R ^a   Cathalau, S ^b   Fougeras, P ^b   Thiollay, N ^b   Blaise, P ^b   Santamarina, A ^b   Nigon, J L ^c  

^a NUPEC Toranomon 4 Chome   (Japan)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c COGEMA/Velizy DRD ^*  (France)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

CONTINUOUS ENERGY MONTE CARLO CODE; CORE PHYSICS EXPERIMENT; CORE POWER DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR DATA LIBRARY; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RADIAL POWER DISTRIBUTIONS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 85048299321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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