Use of integral data assimilation and differential measurements as a contribution to improve 235U and 238U cross sections evaluations in the fast and epithermal energy range

Special Issue on 4th International Workshop on Nuclear Data Covariances, October 2–6, 2017, Aix en Provence, France – CW2017

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Issue		EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. Volume 4, 2018 Special Issue on 4th International Workshop on Nuclear Data Covariances, October 2–6, 2017, Aix en Provence, France – CW2017


Article Number		41
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Applied Covariances
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018035
Published online		14 November 2018

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