IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT
This paper presents the most recent progress on the development of gamma transport capability for the CASL neutronics code MPACT: (1) 3D gamma transport and (2) explicit gamma heating capabilities. The 3D gamma calculation capability was implemented by leveraging the 2D/1D solver originally develope...
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| description | This paper presents the most recent progress on the development of gamma transport capability for the CASL neutronics code MPACT: (1) 3D gamma transport and (2) explicit gamma heating capabilities. The 3D gamma calculation capability was implemented by leveraging the 2D/1D solver originally developed for neutron calculations. The results were verified by MCNP6 on a small assembly with 5 × 5 pins. Generally, errors were lower than 0.5% on each axial mesh as long as MPACT was running with enough axial meshes. The gamma heating calculation considered the energy deposition from photoelectric absorption, Compton scattering, and pair production. Verification with MCNP6 for both 2D and 3D benchmarks showed that the errors of energy depositions are comparable with those of gamma fluxes, proving the proper implementation of the energy deposition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96b2c3d9ae794194a56fd746d2373f852022-12-21T19:13:05ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2021-01-012470203810.1051/epjconf/202124702038epjconf_physor2020_02038IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACTWang Xinyan0Liu Yuxuan1Martin William2Stimpson Shane3University of Michigan 2355 Bonisteel blvdUniversity of Michigan 2355 Bonisteel blvdUniversity of Michigan 2355 Bonisteel blvdOak Ridge National LaboratoryThis paper presents the most recent progress on the development of gamma transport capability for the CASL neutronics code MPACT: (1) 3D gamma transport and (2) explicit gamma heating capabilities. The 3D gamma calculation capability was implemented by leveraging the 2D/1D solver originally developed for neutron calculations. The results were verified by MCNP6 on a small assembly with 5 × 5 pins. Generally, errors were lower than 0.5% on each axial mesh as long as MPACT was running with enough axial meshes. The gamma heating calculation considered the energy deposition from photoelectric absorption, Compton scattering, and pair production. Verification with MCNP6 for both 2D and 3D benchmarks showed that the errors of energy depositions are comparable with those of gamma fluxes, proving the proper implementation of the energy deposition.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/01/epjconf_physor2020_02038.pdfmpactgamma transport2d/1denergy depositions |
| spellingShingle | Wang Xinyan Liu Yuxuan Martin William Stimpson Shane IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT EPJ Web of Conferences mpact gamma transport 2d/1d energy depositions |
| title | IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT |
| title_full | IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT |
| title_fullStr | IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT |
| title_short | IMPLEMENTATION OF 2D/1D GAMMA TRANSPORT AND GAMMA HEATING CAPABILITY IN MPACT |
| title_sort | implementation of 2d 1d gamma transport and gamma heating capability in mpact |
| topic | mpact gamma transport 2d/1d energy depositions |
| url | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/01/epjconf_physor2020_02038.pdf |
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