Recent Updates in ETOE-2 and MC2-3
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The MC2-3 code is a multigroup cross section generation code for fast reactor applications, developed by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) under the DOE Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program. In this work, first, the cross section libraries for ENDF/B-VII.1 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 data were generated using the updated ETOE-2 code. Preliminary verification and validation tests of the ENDF/B-VII.1 MC2-3 library were performed with the selected fast reactor benchmark problems. Processing and verifying the libraries suggested that significant efforts would be required for thoroughly verifying the ENDF/B-VII.1 MC2-3 library and successfully processing the ENDF/B-VIII.0 MC2-3 library. Secondly, the cross section generation capability of MC2-3 was updated with the intermediate group lattice calculation and the equivalent Dancoff-factor cell (EDC) method to significantly improve the performance of a twodimensional assembly calculation using the method of characteristics (MOC). This effort was made useful in implementing and verifying the EDC method in the Griffin cross section API. Finally, we analyzed a SFR problem, for which unusually large deviations in core eigenvalues from Monte Carlo solutions were reported, by generating multigroup cross sections with MC2-3, performing core calculations with DIF3D-VARIANT, and analyzing cross section and eigenvalue results against Monte Carlo solutions. The analysis confirmed that the MC2-3/DIF3D solutions were in good agreement with Monte Carlo solutions, providing the correct process of accurately generating broad-group cross sections with MC2-3
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1830755
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NSE-21/75; 171578
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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