https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018018
Regular Article
Uncertainty and covariances of the newly derived 8-groups delayed-neutrons abundances set
CEA, DEN Cadarache,
Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
* e-mail: daniela.foligno@cea.fr
Received:
4
December
2017
Received in final form:
8
February
2018
Accepted:
4
May
2018
Published online: 14 November 2018
Delayed-neutrons are of great importance for reactor operations. Current abundances derive from either a measurement performed in 1957 by Keepin or by a summation calculation performed by Brady and England in 1989. In this work, a code has been written to compute a new set of delayed-neutron abundances as well as to estimate uncertainties and correlations through a Monte Carlo method and a Bayesian inference. An experiment will take place in the future to verify the validity of the calculated quantities.
© D. Foligno and P. Leconte, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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