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Burnup Physics

Burnup Physics is a theoretical framework within thermal reactor physics that characterizes the time-dependent evolution of nuclear fuel composition and reactivity due to neutron-induced transmutations and radioactive decays during reactor operation.

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89

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2017–2026

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92

The Serpent Monte Carlo code: Status, development and applications in 2013

Jaakko Leppänen, Maria Pusa, Tuomas Viitanen et al. · Annals of Nuclear Energy · 2014 · 1.4K citations

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Effect of burn-up on the thermal conductivity of uranium dioxide up to 100.000 MWdt−1

C. Ronchi, M. Sheindlin, D. Staicu et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials · 2004 · 185 citations

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Detailed characterisation of the rim microstructure in PWR fuels in the burn-up range 40–67 GWd/tM

J. Spino, K. Vennix, M. Coquerelle · Journal of Nuclear Materials · 1996 · 176 citations

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Performance of Woodcock delta-tracking in lattice physics applications using the Serpent Monte Carlo reactor physics burnup calculation code

Jaakko Leppänen · Annals of Nuclear Energy · 2010 · 150 citations

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Development of Depletion Perturbation Theory for Coupled Neutron/Nuclide Fields

Mark Williams · Nuclear Science and Engineering · 1979 · 107 citations

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Authors

274

  1. JL
    Jaakko Leppänen

    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

    6 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. HS
    Hiroshi Sekimoto

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    5 publications · 117 citations

    5

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  3. AI
    Aarno Isotalo

    Aalto University, Finland

    4 publications · 206 citations

    4

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  4. FV
    Francesco Venneri

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 80 citations

    3

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  5. GL
    Guglielmo Lomonaco

    University of Genoa, Italy

    3 publications · 73 citations

    3

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1–5 of 274

Institutions

89

  1. Joint Research Centre

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    268 citations

  3. Idaho National Laboratory

    Idaho Falls, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    509 citations

  4. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

    Espoo, Finland

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    8K citations

  5. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    592 citations

  6. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    116 citations

  7. Aalto University

    Espoo, Finland

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    365 citations

  8. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    181 citations

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Venues

  1. Annals of Nuclear Energy

    25 publications · 2.2K citations

    17

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  2. Journal of Nuclear Materials

    18 publications · 867 citations

    16

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  3. Progress in Nuclear Energy

    13 publications · 214 citations

    11

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  4. Nuclear Engineering and Design

    11 publications · 245 citations

    10

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  5. Nuclear Science and Engineering

    5 publications · 194 citations

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