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VARIATIONAL CALCULATION OF THERMAL-AVERAGE CROSS SECTIONS

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4330478· OSTI ID:4330478
Calculated values of thermal utilization in an infinite medium are in general only as accurate as the neutron energy spectrum used to obtain them. A method of variational calculation of spectra (VARICOS) is outlined here which employs an approximate adjoint (neutron importance) function to obtain improved utilization values with small additional effort. (auth)
Research Organization:
Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-52
NSA Number:
NSA-12-011837
OSTI ID:
4330478
Report Number(s):
KAPL-M-JS-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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