Monte carlo perturbation analysis on isothermal temperature reactivity coefficient of light-water moderated and reflected critical assembly

Experiments have been carried out on the isothermal temperature reactivity coefficient (ITRC) for the light-water moderated core at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly. The temperature effect on reactivity is analyzed by the Seoul National University Monte Carlo (MC) code, McCARD, which well reproduce experimental data. The contributions of the each isotope by the density changes of the core and reflector regions and the microscopic cross section changes to the ITRCs are quantified by sensitivity analyses based on the MC adjoint-weighted perturbation methods.