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The KIR computer code intended for calculations of nuclear reactor kinetics using the Monte Carlo method is described. The algorithm implemented in the code is described in detail. Some results of test calculations are given.
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Original Russian Text © E.A. Gomin, V.D. Davidenko, A.S. Zinchenko, I.K. Kharchenko, 2016, published in Voprosy Atomnoi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya: Fizika Yadernykh Reaktorov, 2016, No. 5, pp. 4–16.
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Gomin, E.A., Davidenko, V.D., Zinchenko, A.S. et al. Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Kinetics by the Monte Carlo Method. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 80, 1399–1407 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817080063
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