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Reactor Core Methods

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This chapter addresses the simulation flow chart that is currently used for reactor-physics simulations. The methodologies presented are more appropriate to the context of power reactors, and the chapter focuses particularly on the three-dimensional (3D) aspect of core calculations. Software design that is currently used to achieve accurate numerical simulations of reactor cores is also studied from a practical nuclear engineering point of view. The focus here is on processes and the needs for reactor physicists or nuclear engineers to use modern-day software with confidence and reliability.

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Roy, R. (2010). Reactor Core Methods. In: Nuclear Computational Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3411-3_4

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