Application of ADVANTG variance reduction parameters with MCNP6 at ESS

Thomas M. Miller, Douglas D. Dijulio, Valentina Santoro

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Abstract

Monte Carlo radiation transport codes have become the primary tool for shielding and activation analysis at high-powered spallation neutron sources. However, use of these codes to model facilities that have large amounts of shielding requires the use of variance reduction methods. This paper presents examples that apply ADVANTG generated variance reduction parameters to analyses performed at ESS using MCNP6. This requires some limitations in ADVANTG to be overcome and little-known features to be used. The focus of this paper is to describe how these limitations were overcome so other analyst at spallation sources can benefit from these methods as well.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-208
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Neutron Research
Volume22
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ADVANTG
  • CADIS
  • FW-CADIS
  • Variance reduction
  • spallation

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