The characterisation of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) in view of intermediate storage and final disposal is discussed. The main observables of interest that need to be determined are the decay heat, neutron and g-ray emission spectra. In addition, the inventory of specific nuclides that are important...

Within the framework of Work Package 10 of the EC FP7 CHANDA project, nuclear data of importance for the operation of MYRRHA, a lead-bismuth cooled accelerator driven reactor under development at SCK•CEN (BE), were studied. Based on data in the main nuclear data libraries, i.e. JEFF, JENDL,...

Nuclear data of importance to the operation of MYRRHA, a research infrastructure supporting the development of Generation-IV reactors, were identified by sensitivity analysis. The data recommended in the main nuclear data libraries (i.e. JEFF, JENDL, ENDF/B, and TENDL) were compared and...

The homogeneous one-speed neutron transport equation in plane geometry can be solved using a separation of variables technique. In the case of isotropic scattering and a sub-critical system, it is well known [15,5] that there are exactly two discrete eigenvalues with opposite sign associated to...