Uncertainty analyses of spent nuclear fuel decay heat calculations using SCALE modules |
Shama, Ahmed
(Laboratory of Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour (LRS), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL))
Rochman, Dimitri (Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics (LRT), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)) Pudollek, Susanne (National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra)) Caruso, Stefano (Kernkraftwerk Gosgen-Daniken AG) Pautz, Andreas (Laboratory of Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour (LRS), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)) |
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