Burnup calculation methodology in the serpent 2 Monte Carlo code

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2012, PHYSOR 2012: Advances in Reactor Physics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 924-935

  Leppänen, Jaakko ^a   Isotalo, Aarno ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burnup calculation; Memory usage; Monte Carlo; Predictor corrector method; Serpent

Indexed keywords

BURNUP CALCULATION; MEMORY USAGE; MONTE CARLO; PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR METHODS; SERPENT;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84870319875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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