Coupling MCNP-DSP and LAHET Monte Carlo Codes for Designing Subcriticality Monitors for Accelerator-Driven Systems

Conference · Mon Oct 23 04:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18211-2_174· OSTI ID:771590

Valentine, T. E. ^[1]; Rugama, Y. ^[2]; Munoz-Cobos, J. ^[2]; Perez, R ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); ORNL
2. Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia (UPV) (Spain)
3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The design of reactivity monitoring systems for accelerator-driven systems must be investigated to ensure that such systems remain subcritical during operation. The Monte Carlo codes LAHET and MCNP-DSP were combined together to facilitate the design of reactivity monitoring systems. The coupling of LAHET and MCNP-DSP provides a tool that can be used to simulate a variety of subcritical measurements such as the pulsed neutron, Rossi-α, or noise analysis measurements.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia (UPV) (Spain)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 771590
• Report Number(s): P00--108270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
ACCELERATOR DRIVEN TRANSMUTATION
CRITICALITY
Design
MONITORS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Reactivity Monitoring Systems