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Experimental Determination of the Ratio of 238U Capture to 235U Fission in LEU-HTR Pebble-Bed Configurations
O. Köberl, R. Seiler, R. Chawla
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 1-12
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2391
Impact of Nuclear Data Uncertainties on Transmutation of Actinides in Accelerator-Driven Assemblies
G. Aliberti, G. Palmiotti, M. Salvatores, C. G. Stenberg
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 13-50
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE02-94
Using the Schwinger Variational Functional for the Solution of Inverse Transport Problems
Jeffrey A. Favorite
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 51-70
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE02-96
Calculating Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability Using Integrated Geometry and Event/Fault-Tree Models
Douglas E. Peplow, C. David Sulfredge, Robert L. Sanders, Robert H. Morris, Todd A. Hann
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 71-87
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2394
An Order Coding Genetic Algorithm to Optimize Fuel Reloads in a Nuclear Boiling Water Reactor
Juan José Ortiz, Ignacio Requena
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 88-98
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2395
Slowing-Down Dynamics of Fast Particles in Plasmas via the Fokker-Planck Equation
D. Anderson, M. Lisak, F. Andersson, T. Fülöp
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 99-105
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2396
Calculation and Analysis of n + 112,114-120,122,124,natSn Reactions
Yinlu Han
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 1 | January 2004 | Pages 106-119
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2397
Variational Variance Reduction for Monte Carlo Eigenvalue and Eigenfunction Problems
Jeffery D. Densmore, Edward W. Larsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 121-140
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2398
An Integral Form of the Variational Nodal Method
M. A. Smith, G. Palmiotti, E. E. Lewis, N. Tsoulfanidis
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 141-151
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE146-141
Conditions for a Minimum Critical Mass in a Nuclear Reactor and Considerations on Goertzel's Theorem in Transport Theory
M. M. R. Williams
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 152-175
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2400
A Hybrid Nodal Diffusion/SP3 Method Using One-Node Coarse-Mesh Finite Difference Formulation
Chang-Ho Lee, Thomas J. Downar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 176-187
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2401
Benchmarking MCNP and WIMS/RFSP Against Measurement Data - I: Deuterium Critical Assembly
Hangbok Choi, Gyuhong Roh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 188-199
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2402
Measurement of Differential Thick-Target Neutron Yields of C, Al, Ta, W(p,xn) Reactions for 50-MeV Protons
T. Aoki, M. Baba, S. Yonai, N. Kawata, M. Hagiwara, T. Miura, T. Nakamura
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 200-208
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2403
Neutron Capture Cross-Section Measurement of 99Tc by Linac Time-of-Flight Method and the Resonance Analysis
Katsuhei Kobayashi, Samyol Lee, Shuji Yamamoto, Toshihiko Kawano
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 209-220
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2404
Calculation of the Complete Sets of Nuclear Data for n + 92,94,96Mo below 20 MeV
Chonghai Cai
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 221-236
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2405
Investigation of the Outgoing Tritons Angular Distribution in the 9Be(n,t1)7Li* Reaction at 14.9 MeV by the Line Shape Analysis of the 0.4776-MeV Gamma Transition
Hongyu Zhou, Ping Wang, Hai Song, Fucai Wu, Fuguo Deng, Ming Hua, Yiming Yan, A. A. Pasternak
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 237-244
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2406
Accurate Relations Between the Neutron Current Densities and the Neutron Fluxes
Yigal Ronen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 245-247
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2407
BOT3P - Bologna Transport Analysis Pre-Post-Processors Version 3.0
Roberto Orsi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 2 | February 2004 | Pages 248-255
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2408
Development of One-Group and Two-Group Interfacial Area Transport Equation
M. Ishii, S. Kim
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 257-273
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE01-69
Adequacy of Power-to-Mass Scaling in Simulating PWR Incident Transient for Reduced-Height, Reduced-Pressure and Full-Height, Full-Pressure Integral System Test Facilities
Tay-Jian Liu, Chien-Hsiung Lee
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 274-290
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2410
Long-Lived Fission Product Transmutation Studies
W. S. Yang, Y. Kim, R. N. Hill, T. A. Taiwo, H. S. Khalil
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 291-318
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2411
A Nodal and Finite Difference Hybrid Method for Pin-by-Pin Heterogeneous Three-Dimensional Light Water Reactor Diffusion Calculations
Deokjung Lee, Thomas J. Downar, Yonghee Kim
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 319-339
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2412
Sensitivity- and Uncertainty-Based Criticality Safety Validation Techniques
B. L. Broadhead, B. T. Rearden, C. M. Hopper, J. J. Wagschal, C. V. Parks
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 340-366
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE03-2
Perturbation Theory Eigenvalue Sensitivity Analysis with Monte Carlo Techniques
B. T. Rearden
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 146 | Number 3 | March 2004 | Pages 367-382
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE03-03