APOLLO2 year 2010

R Sanchez, I Zmijarevi, M Coste-Delclaux… - Nuclear engineering …, 2010 - koreascience.kr
This paper presents the mostortant developments implemented in the APOLLO2 spectral
code since its last general presentation at the 1999 M&C conference in Madrid. APOLLO2 …

[PDF][PDF] A user guide for DRAGON Version 4

G Marleau, A Hébert, R Roy - Institute of Genius Nuclear …, 2011 - merlin.polymtl.ca
The computer code DRAGON contains a collection of models which can simulate the
neutronic behaviour of a unit cell or a fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor. It includes all of the …

2D/1D fusion method solutions of the three-dimensional transport OECD benchmark problem C5G7 MOX

GS Lee, NZ Cho - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2006 - Elsevier
The method of characteristics (MOC) code CRX solves the three-dimensional transport
problem by the 2D/1D fusion method, in which MOC is used in radial 2D calculation and SN …

Derivation of optimum polar angle quadrature set for the method of characteristics based on approximation error for the Bickley function

A Yamamoto, M Tabuchi, N Sugimura… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, dedicated polar angle quadrature sets for the method of characteristics (MOC)
are developed, based on the equivalence between MOC and the collision probability …

[PDF][PDF] Recent advances in the HELIOS-2 lattice physics code

CA Wemple, HNM Gheorghiu… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Major advances have been made in the HELIOS code, resulting in the impending release of
a new version, HELIOS-2. The new code includes a method of characteristics (MOC) …

Lattice physics computations

D Knott, A Yamamoto - Handbook of nuclear engineering, 2010 - infona.pl
This chapter presents a detailed description of the elements that comprise a lattice physics
code. Lattice physics codes are used to generate cross section data for nodal codes, where …

[PDF][PDF] New modelling of LWR assemblies using the APOLLO2 code package

JF Vidal, O Litaize, D Bernard… - Proc. Joint Int. Top …, 2007 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT The recent package APOLLO2. 8-MOC/CEA2005-SHEM developed by CEA is
undergoing a large validation program. First works of development and validation of a new …

Prospects in deterministic three-dimensional whole-core transport calculations

R Sanchez - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2012 - koreascience.kr
The point we made in this paper is that, although detailed and precise three-dimensional
(3D) whole-core transport calculations may be obtained in the future with massively parallel …

Whole core transport calculation employing hexagonal modular ray tracing and CMFD formulation

JY Cho, KS Kim, HJ Shim, JS Song… - Journal of nuclear …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
A whole core transport module for hexagonal cores is developed and implemented in the
DeCART code. The module consists of a whole core ray tracing kernel for solving the two …

A neutron transport characteristics method for 3D axially extruded geometries coupled with a fine group self-shielding environment

S Santandrea, D Sciannandrone… - Nuclear Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we describe some recent developments in the Method of Characteristics (MOC)
for three-dimensional (3D) extruded geometries in the nuclear reactor analysis code …