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The Relationship Between the Coarse-Mesh Finite Difference and the Coarse-Mesh Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration Methods

Edward W. Larsen, Blake W. Kelley

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 1-15

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-47

Fluctuation Modeling of Macroscopic Cross Section with Spatial Correlation

Taro Ueki

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 16-28

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-36

A New Approach to Check and Diagnose the Fission Source Convergence in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations

Song Hyun Kim, Do Hyun Kim, Jong Kyung Kim, Jea Man Noh

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 29-41

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-38

Slant-Path Photon Buildup Factors in Dual-Layer Radiation Shields Comprising Polyethylene and Lead

Adam Davis, Donald J. Dudziak, Drew E. Kornreich

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 42-56

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-10

Fast Neutron–Induced Fission Cross Sections of ^{233, 234, 236, 238}U up to 200 MeV

F. Tovesson, A. Laptev, T. S. Hill

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 57-65

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-56

Measurement of the ²³⁸U(n,γ)²³⁹U and ²³⁸U(n,2n)²³⁷U Reaction Cross Sections Using a Neutron Activation Technique at Neutron Energies of 8.04 and 11.90 MeV

R. Crasta, S. Ganesh, H. Naik, A. Goswami, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. C. Sharma, P. V. Bhagwat, B. S. Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, P. M. Prajapati

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 66-75

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE11-90

Application of the Probabilistic Fatigue Evaluation of Flow-Induced Vibration for Hot-Leg Piping in Japan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor

Shuichi Ishikura, Yang Xu, Kenichiro Satoh

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 76-85

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-50

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Fluoride Salt–Cooled Pebble-Bed Test Reactor

Chenglong Wang, Yao Xiao, Jianjun Zhou, Dalin Zhang, Suizheng Qiu, Guanghui Su, Xiangzhou Cai, Naxiu Wang, Wei Guo

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 86-102

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-60

Taking Accurate Account of Radiative Heat Transfer for the Simulation of Core Reflooding

Jonathan Gérardin, Pierre Ruyer, Pascal Boulet

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 1 / September 2014 / Pages 103-118

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-61

Statistical Foundation for Decision Making in Nuclear Safety–Related Problems Using Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty Analyses

Paul Sermer, Fred M. Hoppe, Dan Pun-Quach, Keith R. Weaver, Charles Olive, Ismail Cheng

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 119-155

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-75

Predictive Modeling of Coupled Systems: Uncertainty Reduction Using Multiple Reactor Physics Benchmarks

Christine Latten, Dan G. Cacuci

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 156-171

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-110

A Validation Study of Pin Heat Transfer for MOX Fuel Based on the IFA-597 Experiments

Aaron M. Phillippe, James E. Banfield, Kevin T. Clarno, Larry J. Ott, Bobby Philip, Mark A. Berrill, Rahul S. Sampath, Srikanth Allu, Steven P. Hamilton

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 172-185

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-19

A Systematic Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycle Analysis and Optimization

Stefano Passerini, Mujid S. Kazimi, Eugene Shwageraus

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 186-201

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-20

On the Multiple-Pin Modeling of the Fuel Bundle for the Simulation of the Initiating Phase of a Severe Accident in a Sodium Fast Reactor

M. Guyot, P. Gubernatis, C. Suteau

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 202-224

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-80

On the Wall Drag Term in the Averaged Momentum Equation for Dispersed Flows

Byoung Jae Kim, Jungwoo Kim, Kyung Doo Kim

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 225-239

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-57

The Phenomenology of Packed Beds in Heavy Liquid Metal Fast Reactors During Postaccident Heat Removal: The Self-Removal Feedback Mechanism

F. J. Arias

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 240-249

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-88

Correlated Neutron Emissions from ²⁵²Cf

Sara A. Pozzi, Brian Wieger, Andreas Enqvist, Shaun D. Clarke, Marek Flaska, Matthew Marcath, Edward Larsen, Robert C. Haight, Enrico Padovani

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 250-260

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-96

¹⁶⁹Tm(n,2n)¹⁶⁸Tm Cross Sections from the Threshold to 20 MeV

Junhua Luo, Li An, Li Jiang

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 2 / October 2014 / Pages 261-267

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE13-81

An Overview of the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project

J. Blair Briggs, Jim Gulliford

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 269-279

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-27

IDAT: The International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Database and Analysis Tool

I. Hill, N. Soppera, M. Bossant

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 280-294

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-37

Applications of Integral Benchmark Data

Giuseppe Palmiotti, J. Blair Briggs, Teruhiko Kugo, Edward (Fitz) Trumble, Albert C. (Skip) Kahler, Dale Lancaster

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 295-310

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-33

Establishment of Correlations for Some Critical and Reactor Physics Experiments

Tatiana Ivanova, Evgeny Ivanov, Giulio Emilio Bianchi

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 311-325

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-24

ZPPR-LMFR-EXP-010: Criticality and Sodium Void Worth Measurements in ZPPR-12

Richard M. Lell

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 326-334

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-16

ZPPR Benchmarks for Large LMFBR Core Physics from JUPITER Cooperative Program Between United States and Japan

Makoto Ishikawa, Tetsuo Ikegami, Toshio Sanda

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 335-349

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-9

Evaluation of Burnup Reactivity Coefficients Measured in Experimental Fast Reactor JOYO MK-I Duty Power Operation Cycles

Kenji Yokoyama, Makoto Ishikawa

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 350-362

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-11

Evaluation of β_eff Measurements with ²⁵²Cf-Source Pseudo-Worth and Noise Methods

Evgeny Ivanov, Tatiana Ivanova, Sophie Pignet

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 363-376

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-25

An Overview of the Experiments Performed at the BFS Facilities and Evaluated for the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project

Viktor Dulin, Igor Matveenko, Evgeny Rozhikhin, Mikhail Semenov, Anatoly Tsibulya

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 377-386

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-58

Benchmark Evaluation of HTR-PROTEUS Pebble Bed Experimental Program

John D. Bess, Leland M. Montierth, Oliver Köberl, Luka Snoj

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 387-400

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-13

Uncertainty Analysis of Temperature Effect on Reactivity in Very High Temperature Reactor Critical Assembly and Establishment of Biases for Benchmark Models

Yasunori Kitamura, Yuta Eguchi

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 401-413

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-21

Benchmark Evaluation of Start-Up and Zero-Power Measurements at the High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor

John D. Bess, Nozomu Fujimoto

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 3 / November 2014 / Pages 414-427

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-14

The MIRTE Experimental Program: An Opportunity to Test Structural Materials in Various Configurations in Thermal Energy Spectrum

Nicolas Leclaire, Isabelle Duhamel, François-Xavier Le Dauphin, Blair Briggs, Jérôme Piot, Malvina Rennesson, Arnaud Laville

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 429-445

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-29

Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere)

Margaret A. Marshall

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 446-458

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-32

The Evaluation of the Effective Kinetic Parameters and Reactivity of the IPEN/MB-01 Reactor for the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project

Adimir dos Santos, Ricardo Diniz

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 459-478

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-10

Evaluation of Cadmium Ratio and Foil Activation Measurements for a Beryllium-Reflected Assembly of U(93.15)O₂ Fuel Rods (1.506-cm Triangular Pitch)

Margaret A. Marshall

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 479-495

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-43

Evaluation of the KRITZ-2 Criticality and Reaction Rate Benchmark Experiments

Luka Snoj, Ivan Kodeli, Igor Remec

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 496-508

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-30

IRPhEP Evaluation of VENUS 9 and VENUS 7 Experiments

Leon Leenders, Udo Wehmann, Christopher Grove, Kevin Hesketh, Winfried Zwermann

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 509-523

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-15

B&W Spectral Shift Control Reactor Lattice Experiments: Evaluation of Core I and Core VIII

C. Parisi, E. Negrenti, M. Pecchia

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 524-538

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-40

Criticality Benchmarks for the Epithermal Test Assembly Experiments

Emily M. Flora, Michael L. Zerkle

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 539-549

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-31

Evaluation of Neutron Radiography Reactor LEU-Core Start-Up Measurements

John D. Bess, Thomas L. Maddock, Andrew T. Smolinski, Margaret A. Marshall

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 550-561

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-12

Reactivity Worth Measurement of Major Fission Products in MINERVE LWR Lattice Experiment

A. Santamarina, P. Leconte, D. Bernard, G. Truchet

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 178 / Number 4 / December 2014 / Pages 562-581

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-50