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A. A. Harms, S. I. Schreiner
Nuclear Technology | Volume 11 | Number 1 | May 1971 | Pages 144-149
Technical Paper | Education | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30912
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An expository formalism concerning the derivation of various forms of neutron transport equations is discussed. It relies fundamentally on a general neutron conservation condition as the starting point. The basic concepts employed are (a) expected number of neutrons, (b) phase-space representation, and (c) neutron density function. Thereafter, application of the formalism involves only common mathematical operations and some understanding of neutron-nucleus interactions.