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Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation in a Subcritical Plutonium Metal Benchmark

Richard T. EvansNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering 2500 Stinson Drive, 3140 Burlington Engineering Laboratories, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695–7909
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John K. MattinglyNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering 2500 Stinson Drive, 3140 Burlington Engineering Laboratories, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695–7909
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Dan G. CacuciUniversity of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Pages 325-338 | Published online: 22 Mar 2017

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