Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5475357 | Annals of Nuclear Energy | 2017 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
Modern Monte Carlo neutron transport codes offer many options for neutron flux and spectra calculations, however, they often lack the option to obtain the angular neutron flux in a region of the problem. The angular flux can also be obtained from deterministic programs, however, it includes biases due to discretization and other physical approximations. Therefore, a novel method for determining the angular neutron flux from the standard output of the MCNP is proposed in this paper. The method was also implemented as a set of Python libraries and tested in several examples. The results were then used to investigate the self-shielding effect in a realistic angular profile of the flux, i.e., the TRIGA research reactor.
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Authors
Jure BeriÄiÄ, Luka Snoj,