As a key and core knowledge for the design of various types of nuclear reactors, the
discipline of reactor physics has been advanced continually in the past six decades and has …

DeCART is a three-dimensional whole-core transport code capable of performing direct core
calculations at power generating conditions without involving a priori homogenized few …

The method of characteristics (MOC) is a numerical integration technique for partial
differential equations, and has seen widespread use for reactor physics lattice calculations …

CASMO-5 is the latest code version in the Studsvik Scandpower series of lattice physics
codes for general LWR analysis and has capabilities, features and numerical models not …

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) …

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 …

Abstract The Random Ray Method (TRRM) is a recently developed approach to solving
neutral particle transport problems based on the Method of Characteristics. While the …

A linear source (LS) approximation scheme is presented for the two-dimensional method of
characteristics (MOC). The LS approximation relies on the computation of track-based …

The impact of the inflow transport approximation on light water reactor analysis is
investigated, and it is verified that the inflow transport approximation significantly improves …

A myriad of nuclear reactor designs are currently being considered for next-generation
power production. These designs utilize unique geometries and materials and can rely on …