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Application of Monte Carlo methods to criticality calculations for pressurized water reactors

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    D. Doutriaux, M. Roshd & S. Zero

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Raymond Alcouffe Robert Dautray Arthur Forster Guy Ledanois B. Mercier

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Doutriaux, D., Roshd, M., Zero, S. (1985). Application of Monte Carlo methods to criticality calculations for pressurized water reactors. In: Alcouffe, R., Dautray, R., Forster, A., Ledanois, G., Mercier, B. (eds) Monte-Carlo Methods and Applications in Neutronics, Photonics and Statistical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0049067

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