Comparison of serpent and HELIOS-2 as applied for the PWR few-group cross section generation

E. Fridman, Jaakko Leppänen, C. Wemple

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    Abstract

    This paper discusses recent modifications to the Serpent Monte Carlo code methodology and related to the calculation of few-group diffusion coefficients and reflector discontinuity factors The new methods were assessed in the following manner. First, few-group homogenized cross sections calculated by Serpent for a reference PWR core were compared with those generated 1 commercial deterministic lattice transport code HELIOS-2. Second, Serpent and HELIOS-2 fe group cross section sets were later employed by nodal diffusion code DYN3D for the modeling the reference PWR core. Finally, the nodal diffusion results obtained using the both cross sectii sets were compared with the full core Serpent Monte Carlo solution. The test calculations shov that Serpent can calculate the parameters required for nodal analyses similar to conventional deterministic lattice codes.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M&C 2013
    PublisherAmerican Nuclear Society (ANS)
    Pages693-703
    ISBN (Print)978-0-89448-700-2
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    EventInternational Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M&C 2013 - Sun Valley, ID, United States
    Duration: 5 May 20139 May 2013

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M&C 2013
    Abbreviated titleM&C 2013
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySun Valley, ID
    Period5/05/139/05/13

    Keywords

    • few-group cross section generation
    • HELIOS
    • Monte Carlo
    • PWR
    • serpent

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