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Methods for core neutronics calculation

Authors: Christine POINOT-SALANON, Anne NICOLAS, Michel SOLDEVILA

Publication date: July 10, 2013

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3. Nuclear data and processing

Nuclear data (cross sections, efficiencies, decay constants, periods, etc.) are the coefficients of the Boltzmann equation, which describes the behavior of neutrons in the reactor, and of the Bateman equation, which models the evolution mechanism of core constituents (fuel, absorbers, various materials, etc.).

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