European benchmark on the ASTRID-like low-void-effect core characterization: neutronic parameters and safety coefficients

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parameters and safety coefficients

S. Bortot, P. Sciora, F. Alvarez-Velarde, E. Fridman, I. Garcia Cruzado, N.

Garcia Herranz, K. Mikityuk, A. Panadero, S. Pelloni, A. Ponomarev, et al.

To cite this version:

S. Bortot, P. Sciora, F. Alvarez-Velarde, E. Fridman, I. Garcia Cruzado, et al.. European benchmark

on the ASTRID-like low-void-effect core characterization: neutronic parameters and safety coefficients.

ICAPP 2015 - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, May 2015, Nice, France.

paper 15361. �cea-02509072�

European benchmark on the ASTRID-like low-void-effect core

characterization: neutronic parameters and safety coefficients



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