Published January 1994 | Version v1
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Determination of axial diffusion coefficients by the Monte-Carlo method

Creators

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada). Chalk River Nuclear Labs.

Description

A simple method to calculate the homogenized diffusion coefficient for a lattice cell using Monte-Carlo techniques is demonstrated. The method relies on modelling a finite reactor volume to induce a curvature in the flux distribution, and then follows a large number of histories to obtain sufficient statistics for a meaningful result. The goal is to determine the diffusion coefficient with sufficient accuracy to test approximate methods built into deterministic lattice codes. Numerical results are given. (author). 4 refs., 8 figs

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Reactor physics and reactor computations

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Reactor Physics and reactor computations
Imprint Pagination
814 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 175-182.
Report number
INIS-mf--13907

Conference

Title
International conference on reactor physics and reactor computations.
Dates
23-26 Jan 1994.
Place
Tel Aviv (Israel).

INIS

Country of Publication
Israel
Country of Input or Organization
Israel
INIS RN
25044821
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATION; NUMERICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; DATA; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; INFORMATION; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; THERMAL REACTORS

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