Open AccessCalculations for a BWR Lattice with Adjacent Gadolinium Pins Using the Monte Carlo Cell Code Serpent v.1.1.7
Author(s) -
Diego Ferraro,
Eduardo Villarino
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
science and technology of nuclear installations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1687-6083
pISSN - 1687-6075
DOI - 10.1155/2011/659406
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , criticality , nuclear engineering , neutron transport , benchmark (surveying) , neutron , electromagnetic shielding , computational science , statistical physics , lattice (music) , code (set theory) , computer science , simulation , algorithm , computational physics , nuclear physics , engineering , physics , mathematics , electrical engineering , statistics , geodesy , set (abstract data type) , acoustics , programming language , geography
Monte Carlo neutron transport codes are usually used to perform criticality calculations and to solve shielding problems due to their capability to model complex systems without major approximations. However, these codes demand high computational resources. The improvement in computer capabilities leads to several new applications of Monte Carlo neutron transport codes. An interesting one is to use this method to perform cell-level fuel assembly calculations in order to obtain few group constants to be used on core calculations. In the present work the VTT recently developed Serpent v.1.1.7 cell-oriented neutronic calculation code is used to perform cell calculations of a theoretical BWR lattice benchmark with burnable poisons, and the main results are compared to reported ones and with calculations performed with Condor v.2.61, the INVAP's neutronic collision probability cell code
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