Application of the Denovo Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Code to Large-Scale Fusion Neutronics
Abstract
Fusion energy systems pose unique challenges to the modeling and simulation community. These challenges must be met to ensure the success of the ITER experimental fusion reactor. ITER’s complex systems require detailed modeling that goes beyond the scale of comparable simulations to date. In this work, the Denovo radiation transport code was used to calculate neutron fluence and kerma for the JET streaming benchmark. This work was performed on the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. Denovo is a novel three-dimensional discrete ordinates transport code designed to be highly scalable. Sensitivity studies have been completed to examine the impact of several deterministic parameters. Furthermore, results were compared against experiment as well as the MCNP and Shift Monte Carlo codes.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Oxon (United Kingdom)
- Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1481706
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Fusion Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 74; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055
- Publisher:
- American Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; fusion energy; JET; ITER; radiation transport; discrete ordinates
Citation Formats
Royston, Katherine E., Johnson, Seth R., Evans, Thomas M., Mosher, Scott W., Naish, Jonathan, and Kos, Bor. Application of the Denovo Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Code to Large-Scale Fusion Neutronics. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1080/15361055.2018.1504508.
Royston, Katherine E., Johnson, Seth R., Evans, Thomas M., Mosher, Scott W., Naish, Jonathan, & Kos, Bor. Application of the Denovo Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Code to Large-Scale Fusion Neutronics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2018.1504508
Royston, Katherine E., Johnson, Seth R., Evans, Thomas M., Mosher, Scott W., Naish, Jonathan, and Kos, Bor. Mon .
"Application of the Denovo Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Code to Large-Scale Fusion Neutronics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2018.1504508. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1481706.
@article{osti_1481706,
title = {Application of the Denovo Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Code to Large-Scale Fusion Neutronics},
author = {Royston, Katherine E. and Johnson, Seth R. and Evans, Thomas M. and Mosher, Scott W. and Naish, Jonathan and Kos, Bor},
abstractNote = {Fusion energy systems pose unique challenges to the modeling and simulation community. These challenges must be met to ensure the success of the ITER experimental fusion reactor. ITER’s complex systems require detailed modeling that goes beyond the scale of comparable simulations to date. In this work, the Denovo radiation transport code was used to calculate neutron fluence and kerma for the JET streaming benchmark. This work was performed on the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. Denovo is a novel three-dimensional discrete ordinates transport code designed to be highly scalable. Sensitivity studies have been completed to examine the impact of several deterministic parameters. Furthermore, results were compared against experiment as well as the MCNP and Shift Monte Carlo codes.},
doi = {10.1080/15361055.2018.1504508},
journal = {Fusion Science and Technology},
number = 4,
volume = 74,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {10}
}
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