Summary description of the Babcock and Wilcox integrated nuclear design system

The Babcock and Wilcox integrated nuclear design system is divided into three broad areas: basic nuclear data processing, applications data processing, and nuclear design calculations. In basic nuclear data processing, basic nuclear data are collected, evaluated, and processed into a specified fine-energy mesh multigroup data file called a Master Library. In applications data processing, data for selected materials are retrieved from the Master Library and processed into an optimally structured, multigroup Production Library. Using these data and input descriptions of cells or regions, neutron spectra are generated and few-group constants are computed and fitted as a function of fuel burnup, initial enrichment, temperature, etc. In nuclear design calculations, few-group cross-section fits and descriptions of each core region and core geometry are input to a diffusion-depletion program or a nodal program that computes core reactivity, core power distribution, control rod worth, fuel cycle studies, core operating limitations, etc