A lumped parameter method of characteristics approach and multigroup kernels applied to the subgroup self-shielding calculation in MPACT |
Stimpson, Shane
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Liu, Yuxuan (Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan) Collins, Benjamin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Clarno, Kevin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
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