Comparison of radiation sources from selected point depletion codes

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:5580028

Brady, M C; Hermann, O W; Wilson, W B ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

Three radionuclide inventory/depletion codes, ORIGEN2, ORIGEN-S, and CINDER-2, were chosen to be used in a study to compare and to assess the performance of both neutron and photon source spectra in a shielding analysis of a typical spent-fuel cask. The comparisons were made for a series of five test cases involving light water reactor (LWR) models (three pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and two boiling water reactors (BWRs)) at cooling times ranging from 30 days to 50 yr. The results of this comparison of photon and neutron source strengths and the application of the source spectra in a typical shielding problem suggest that the differences among the three codes may be attributed to differences in the data libraries and not in the methodology applied in each of these codes.

• OSTI ID: 5580028
• Report Number(s): CONF-881011--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 57
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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