~ APRIL 15-19, 2007 ~ MONTEREY MARRIOTT HOTEL ~ MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, USA ~










  • Technical Program Detail

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    WORKSHOPS

    Sunday

    TRIPOLI-4/APOLLO-2 WORKSHOP (10:00 - 13:00)

    1) APOLLO2 (1 hour, I. Zmijarevic, R. Sanchez, S. Santandrea, CEA)

    - Overview and main components: cross section libraries, self-shielding, new flux solvers options, homogenization, branch calculations (30 min.)

    - Linear surface flux approximation in method of characteristics (15 min.) - Stochastic media in method of characteristics (15 min.)

    2) TRIPOLI4 (1 hour, E. Dumonteil, A. Mazzolo, J.C. Trama, CEA)

    - Overview (10 min.)

    - Source convergence in neutronic applications (20min.)

    - RPV fluence rate using Green's functions (15 min.)

    - Automatic variance reduction in shielding applications (15 min.)

    3) APOLLO2 AND TRIPOLI4 FOR NEUTRONIC APPLICATIONS (45 min., I. Zmijarevic, E. Dumonteil, Z. Stankovski)

    - Illustrative examples of HTR, EPR and the ORPHEE experimental reactor applications - SILENE GUI for input and post processing

     

    MCNP WORKSHOP (13:00 - 15:30)

    1) MCNP5 Advances (0.5 hours, F. Brown, LANL)

    - Status & current work

    - Performance: multi-core threading, clusters

    2) ENDF/B-VII (1.5 hours, A.C. Kahler, R.D. Mosteller, M.C. White, LANL)

    - Why ENDF/B-VII; what was wrong with ENDF-B/VI?

    - Processing ENDF/B-VII neutron files into an MCNP library

    - Data Testing with ICSBEP Benchmarks

    - What's improved, what deficiencies remain?

    - Plans for release of MCNP ENDF/B-VII libraries

    3) MCNPX Advances (0.5 hours, G.W. McKinney, LANL)

    - Overview of MCNPX 2006-2007 features

    - Decay particle production from fission & activation

    - Coupled space, energy, time spherical weight windows

    - Background radioactive sources

     

    TRITON WORKSHOP (15:30 - 18:00)

    1) TRITON Functionality (0.5 hours, M.D. DeHart, ORNL)

    - Modular nature

    - Triton sequences

    - Key components (CENTRM/PMC, NEWT, ORIGEN-S)

    - Reactor physics capabilities

    2) Developing Models in TRITON (1 hour, M.D. DeHart, ORNL)

    - NEWT transport models

    - TRITON depletion input

    - Branch calculations

    - Cross section assignment

    - Examples and results

    3) Taming the Beast

    - GeeWiz and KENO 3D (45 min., M.D. DeHart, ORNL)

    - Model development and execution using GeeWiz

    - KENO model visualization

    4) Ongoing Development and Future Capabilities (15 min, M.D. DeHart, ORNL)

    - Continuous energy KENO

    - Generalized adjoint in NEWT

    - Double-Het. depletion