A comprehensive neutronics analysis using VENTURE-PC and SCALE 6.1 computer codes system has been performed for the core conversion study of Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1). The computed reactor core physics parameters include: group neutron fluxes profiles, power density dis...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23545
Geometric quantities in all orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinates are built upon Euclidean geometry. This geometry is founded on a well known metric tensor called the Euclidean metric tensor. Riemannian geometry which is assumed to be more general than the Euclidean geometry was fo...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23360
SCALE 6.1 code system and VENTURE-PC code system has been used for the core conversion of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) from Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) system (90.2% enriched UAl4 fuel) to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) system (19.75% enriched UO2-zircaloy-4 fuel). All o...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23750