Published 2009 | Version v1
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Instructive concepts about the Monte Carlo fission source distribution

Creators

  • 1. CEA, Saclay (France)
  • 2. Dept. of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • 3. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, NY (United States)
  • 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Description

Treatment of the fluctuation and noise of the fission source distribution in Monte Carlo nuclear criticality calculations is essential to understanding and correctly modeling the process of source iterations. The theory related to source normalization and conditioning is presented in a format that could be used in a graduate level Monte Carlo course. These discussions will hopefully promote innovative ideas to solve problems related to the fission source distribution. (authors)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
La Grange Park (United States)
ISBN
978-0-89448-069-0
Imprint Pagination
10 p.

Conference

Title
2009 International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics
Acronym
M and C 2009
Dates
3-7 May 2009
Place
Saratoga Springs, NY (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
42061008
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CRITICALITY; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUES; FISSION; FLUCTUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SIMULATION; VARIATIONS

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