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We briefly summarize (i) the general characteristics of neutron (and photon) transport processes relevant to nuclear reactor problems, (ii) the nature of calculation techniques for these problems, and (iii) current areas of research aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of these techniques.
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Larsen, E.W. (2006). An Overview of Neutron Transport Problems and Simulation Techniques. In: Graziani, F. (eds) Computational Methods in Transport. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28125-8_26
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