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Multidimensional Electron-Photon Transport with Standard Discrete Ordinates Codes
C. R. Drumm
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 1-21
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1918
Automatic Variance Reduction for Three-Dimensional Monte Carlo Simulations by the Local Importance Function Transform—I: Analysis
Scott A. Turner, Edward W. Larsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 22-35
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE127-22
Automatic Variance Reduction for Three-Dimensional Monte Carlo Simulations by the Local Importance Function Transform—II: Numerical Results
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 36-53
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE127-36
Confidence Interval Procedures for Monte Carlo Transport Simulations
S. P. Pederson, R. A. Forster, T. E. Booth
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 54-77
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1921
Difficulties in Vector-Parallel Processing of Monte Carlo Codes
Kenji Higuchi, Kiyoshi Asai, Yukihiro Hasegawa
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 78-88
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1922
Effect of a 0.3-eV Resonance Cross Section for Plutonium on the Coolant Void Reactivity in a Heavy Water Lattice
Yasuki Kowata, Nobuo Fukumura
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 1 | September 1997 | Pages 89-103
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1923
R-Matrix Analysis of the 240Pu Neutron Cross Sections in the Thermal to 5700-eV Energy Range
O. Bouland, H. Derrien, N. M. Larson, L. C. Leal
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 105-129
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE127-105
Partial-Wave Analysis with the Optical Model for the Resolved and Unresolved Resonance Regions of 56Fe
Toshihiko Kawano, Fritz H. Fröhner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 130-138
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28592
A Composite Nodal Finite Element for Hexagons
J. P. Hennart, E. H. Mund, E. Del Valle
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 139-153
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28593
Variational Nodal Transport Methods with Heterogeneous Nodes
T. H. Fanning, G. Palmiotti
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 154-168
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28594
Discrete Ordinates Methods in xy Geometry with Spatially Varying Angular Discretization
Guillaume Bal, Xavier Warin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 169-181
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28595
A Non-Gaussian Treatment of Radiation Pencil Beams
G. C. Pomraning
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 182-198
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28596
Parameter Estimation Toward Fault Diagnosis in Nonlinear Systems Using a Markov Model of System Dynamics
Laurian Dinca, Tunc Aldemir
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 199-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28597
Heat Transfer Characteristics of Reflux Condensation Phenomena in a Single Vertical Tube
Gung-Huei Chou, Jyh-Chen Chen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 220-229
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28598
Neutron Skyshine Calculations with the Integral Line-Beam Method
Ah Auu Gui, J. Kenneth Shultis, Richard E. Faw
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 230-237
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28599
Multiple Recycling of Light Water Reactor Waste Plutonium in a Fast Spectrum Core
M. Segev, A. Misulovin, A. Galperin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 2 | October 1997 | Pages 238-244
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A28600
Experimental and Calculated Scandium Threshold Reaction Cross Sections Averaged over a 235U Fission Neutron Spectrum
P. M. Suárez, M. A. Arribére, S. Ribeiro Guevara, A. J. Kestelman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 245-261
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1934
Neutronic Analysis of Critical Configurations in Geologic Repositories: I - Weapons-Grade Plutonium
Ehud Greenspan, J. Vujic, J. Burch
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 262-291
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1935
Hydrolysis of Zinc Ion and Solubility of Zinc Oxide in High-Temperature Aqueous Systems
Yukiko Hanzawa, Daisuke Hiroishi, Chihiro Matsuura, Kenkichi Ishigure, Masashi Nagao, Masashi Haginuma
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 292-299
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-03
Development of a Generalized Critical Heat Flux Correlation Through the Alternating Conditional Expectation Algorithm
Han Gon Kim, John C. Lee
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 300-316
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1937
Numerical Evaluation of the Three-Dimensional Searchlight Problem in a Half-Space
D. E. Kornreich, B. D. Ganapol
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 317-337
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1938
Exponential Convergence on a Continuous Monte Carlo Transport Problem
Thomas E. Booth
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 338-345
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1939
Mixed Integer Programming for Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel-Loading-Pattern Optimization
Taek Kyum Kim, Chang Hyo Kim
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 127 | Number 3 | November 1997 | Pages 346-357
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A1940
