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Title: The Multi-Step CADIS method for shutdown dose rate calculations and uncertainty propagation

Abstract

Shutdown dose rate (SDDR) analysis requires (a) a neutron transport calculation to estimate neutron flux fields, (b) an activation calculation to compute radionuclide inventories and associated photon sources, and (c) a photon transport calculation to estimate final SDDR. In some applications, accurate full-scale Monte Carlo (MC) SDDR simulations are needed for very large systems with massive amounts of shielding materials. However, these simulations are impractical because calculation of space- and energy-dependent neutron fluxes throughout the structural materials is needed to estimate distribution of radioisotopes causing the SDDR. Biasing the neutron MC calculation using an importance function is not simple because it is difficult to explicitly express the response function, which depends on subsequent computational steps. Furthermore, the typical SDDR calculations do not consider how uncertainties in MC neutron calculation impact SDDR uncertainty, even though MC neutron calculation uncertainties usually dominate SDDR uncertainty.

Authors:
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1245347
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 192; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
Publisher:
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

Citation Formats

Ibrahim, Ahmad M., Peplow, Douglas E., Grove, Robert E., Peterson, Joshua L., and Johnson, Seth R. The Multi-Step CADIS method for shutdown dose rate calculations and uncertainty propagation. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.13182/NT15-1.
Ibrahim, Ahmad M., Peplow, Douglas E., Grove, Robert E., Peterson, Joshua L., & Johnson, Seth R. The Multi-Step CADIS method for shutdown dose rate calculations and uncertainty propagation. United States. https://doi.org/10.13182/NT15-1
Ibrahim, Ahmad M., Peplow, Douglas E., Grove, Robert E., Peterson, Joshua L., and Johnson, Seth R. 2015. "The Multi-Step CADIS method for shutdown dose rate calculations and uncertainty propagation". United States. https://doi.org/10.13182/NT15-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245347.
@article{osti_1245347,
title = {The Multi-Step CADIS method for shutdown dose rate calculations and uncertainty propagation},
author = {Ibrahim, Ahmad M. and Peplow, Douglas E. and Grove, Robert E. and Peterson, Joshua L. and Johnson, Seth R.},
abstractNote = {Shutdown dose rate (SDDR) analysis requires (a) a neutron transport calculation to estimate neutron flux fields, (b) an activation calculation to compute radionuclide inventories and associated photon sources, and (c) a photon transport calculation to estimate final SDDR. In some applications, accurate full-scale Monte Carlo (MC) SDDR simulations are needed for very large systems with massive amounts of shielding materials. However, these simulations are impractical because calculation of space- and energy-dependent neutron fluxes throughout the structural materials is needed to estimate distribution of radioisotopes causing the SDDR. Biasing the neutron MC calculation using an importance function is not simple because it is difficult to explicitly express the response function, which depends on subsequent computational steps. Furthermore, the typical SDDR calculations do not consider how uncertainties in MC neutron calculation impact SDDR uncertainty, even though MC neutron calculation uncertainties usually dominate SDDR uncertainty.},
doi = {10.13182/NT15-1},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1245347}, journal = {Nuclear Technology},
issn = {0029-5450},
number = 3,
volume = 192,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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