Multiple assembly calculations in GTRAN2

Vujic, J L; Wilson, W J; Gu, A G

Title: Multiple assembly calculations in GTRAN2

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GTRAN2 is a new two-dimensional lattice physics code that uses the exact collision probability (ECP) formalism to solve the multigroup integral transport equation in complicated geometries, usually treatable by Monte Carlo methods only. The ECP formalism, although very accurate, requires a relatively large memory if more than a single assembly is to be treated. This paper outlines the initial investigation of an interface-current formalism for performing multiple-assembly calculation within the framework of GTRAN2.

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Vujic, J L ^[1]; Wilson, W J; Gu, A G ^[2]

Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
Mississippi State Univ. (United States)

Publication Date:: 1993-01-01

OSTI Identifier:: 5874527

Report Number(s):: CONF-930601-
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN: TANSAO

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 68; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; G CODES; NODAL EXPANSION METHOD; REACTOR CORES; TRANSPORT THEORY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SIMULATION; 663610* - Neutron Physics- (1992-); 220100 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Theory & Calculation

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  abstractNote = {GTRAN2 is a new two-dimensional lattice physics code that uses the exact collision probability (ECP) formalism to solve the multigroup integral transport equation in complicated geometries, usually treatable by Monte Carlo methods only. The ECP formalism, although very accurate, requires a relatively large memory if more than a single assembly is to be treated. This paper outlines the initial investigation of an interface-current formalism for performing multiple-assembly calculation within the framework of GTRAN2.},

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