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Nascimento, Jamil A. do; Ono, Shizuca; Guimaraes, Lamartine N.F.
Associacao Brasileira de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)2009
Associacao Brasileira de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)2009
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[en] Preparation of a nuclear data library is the first task that a reactor analyst needs to perform a neutronic analysis of a reactor type. Today, in fast reactor area, the scheme used to generate this library includes the processing of an evaluated nuclear data file to obtain cross sections, in thousands of groups. Sequentially, the nuclear data are processed by a cell code to obtain neutron flux that is used to condense the large amount of energy groups to a practical calculation number of groups that can be used in reactor analysis. In the first step of the scheme it is necessary a weighting spectrum to generate the nuclear data. Here, it is proposed to use the flux estimated by Monte Carlo code using cell or the exact geometries and actual composition of the problem to obtain the main portion of the weighting spectrum instead of a code built-in function. As an example, it is presented the differences between selected pins spectrums obtained with MCNP5 calculation of a hexagonal fast reactor fuel assembly. Also, it is showed a comparison between these spectra and the one obtained in the representative unit-cell model of this fuel assembly. The comparisons support that the proposed procedure, problem dependent, may be more accurate and a good choice to generate weighting spectrum in ultra-fine energy structure for fast reactor analysis. The proposed method will be used in space reactor neutronic analysis. (author)
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2009; [10 p.]; INAC 2009: International nuclear atlantic conference. Innovations in nuclear technology for a sustainable future; Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; 16. Brazilian national meeting on reactor physics and thermal hydraulics; Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; 9. Brazilian national meeting on nuclear applications; Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; 1. Meeting on Nuclear Industry; Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; 7 refs., 5 figs., 6 tabs. Published only in CD-Rom. Code: r01455fullpaper.pdf
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Conference; Numerical Data
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CALCULATION METHODS, COMPUTER CODES, DATA, EPITHERMAL REACTORS, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FUEL ELEMENTS, HEAVY NUCLEI, INFORMATION, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY, NUCLEI, RADIATION FLUX, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, SPECTRA, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, TRANSPORT THEORY, URANIUM ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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