Validation of MCNP Critical Benchmarks Models of Highly Enriched Uranium Cylinders
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
A new centralized repository of high-quality MCNP models of critical benchmark experiments is currently under development at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The benchmark experiments are described in the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook, and the initial set of benchmark models are derived from the Whisper Suite provided with MCNP6.2. This effort is a collaboration among the Nuclear Criticality Safety, Nuclear Data, and Monte Carlo code development/application organization at LANL. The objective is to create a current single LANL benchmark collection that includes the latest ICSBEP revision that has a formal review and revision process, is contained in an open- source repository, and utilizes new Python tools for improved input and output file review.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1886248
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-22-20245
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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