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E. Greenspan, Y. Karni
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 66 | Number 2 | May 1978 | Pages 193-204
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27200
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Effects of fine-structure fluctuations in the importance function spectrum on the accuracy of the reactivity-reaction-rate (RRR) method for the determination of the effective capture-to-fission ratio () are investigated using a simple single-resonance model. It is found that multigroup calculations with flux-averaged group constants do not adequately take these effects into account. This can impair the accuracy of the value of determined by the RRR method. A prescription for accurately taking the fine-structure spectral effects into account is given.
