TY - GEN
T1 - Simplified AMPX library capability of the CASL neutronics simulator MPACT
AU - Kim, Kang Seog
AU - Liu, Yuxuan
AU - And, Cole A.Gentry
AU - Clarno, Kevin T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2018: Reactor Physics Paving the Way Towards More Efficient Systems. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The MPACT neutronics module of the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) core simulator has used the MPACT cross section library based on the HELIOS and DeCART library format. The MPACT library format includes resonance data only for the specified nuclides and energy groups, scattering matrices for important nuclides and, duplicated cross sections for activation and fission product isotopes. Therefore, significant effort is required to enhance accuracy and to apply it to new fuel types. Since this MPACT library format has drawbacks that limit further improvement and generality, a new format cross section library called Simplified AMPX (SAMPX) has been developed. The SAMPX library is entirely based on the ENDF/B nuclear data file, and it includes all the ENDF/B nuclides and their cross sections, resonance data, and scattering matrices. The SAMPX library and its processing method were developed in this study.
AB - The MPACT neutronics module of the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) core simulator has used the MPACT cross section library based on the HELIOS and DeCART library format. The MPACT library format includes resonance data only for the specified nuclides and energy groups, scattering matrices for important nuclides and, duplicated cross sections for activation and fission product isotopes. Therefore, significant effort is required to enhance accuracy and to apply it to new fuel types. Since this MPACT library format has drawbacks that limit further improvement and generality, a new format cross section library called Simplified AMPX (SAMPX) has been developed. The SAMPX library is entirely based on the ENDF/B nuclear data file, and it includes all the ENDF/B nuclides and their cross sections, resonance data, and scattering matrices. The SAMPX library and its processing method were developed in this study.
KW - CASL
KW - Cross section processing
KW - MPACT
KW - Simplified AMPX
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85106033788
T3 - International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2018: Reactor Physics Paving the Way Towards More Efficient Systems
SP - 2794
EP - 2805
BT - International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2018
PB - Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana, A.C.
T2 - 2018 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Reactor Physics Paving the Way Towards More Efficient Systems, PHYSOR 2018
Y2 - 22 April 2018 through 26 April 2018
ER -