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Title: Detector-selection technique for Monte Carlo transport in azimuthally symmetric geometries

Abstract

Many radiation transport problems contain geometric symmetries which are not exploited in obtaining their Monte Carlo solutions. An important class of problems is that in which the geometry is symmetric about an axis. These problems arise in the analyses of a reactor core or shield, spent fuel shipping casks, tanks containing radioactive solutions, radiation transport in the atmosphere (air-over-ground problems), etc. Although amenable to deterministic solution, such problems can often be solved more efficiently and accurately with the Monte Carlo method. For this class of problems, a technique is described in this paper which significantly reduces the variance of the Monte Carlo-calculated effect of interest at point detectors.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5253928
Report Number(s):
CONF-820609-72
ON: DE82017419
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 6 Jun 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPACE DEPENDENCE; RADIATION TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; 440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments

Citation Formats

Hoffman, T J, Tang, J S, and Parks, C V. Detector-selection technique for Monte Carlo transport in azimuthally symmetric geometries. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Hoffman, T J, Tang, J S, & Parks, C V. Detector-selection technique for Monte Carlo transport in azimuthally symmetric geometries. United States.
Hoffman, T J, Tang, J S, and Parks, C V. 1982. "Detector-selection technique for Monte Carlo transport in azimuthally symmetric geometries". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5253928.
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author = {Hoffman, T J and Tang, J S and Parks, C V},
abstractNote = {Many radiation transport problems contain geometric symmetries which are not exploited in obtaining their Monte Carlo solutions. An important class of problems is that in which the geometry is symmetric about an axis. These problems arise in the analyses of a reactor core or shield, spent fuel shipping casks, tanks containing radioactive solutions, radiation transport in the atmosphere (air-over-ground problems), etc. Although amenable to deterministic solution, such problems can often be solved more efficiently and accurately with the Monte Carlo method. For this class of problems, a technique is described in this paper which significantly reduces the variance of the Monte Carlo-calculated effect of interest at point detectors.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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