Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE

Rising interest in nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos for experiments motivates validated, fast, and accessible simulations to predict reactor fission rates. Here we present results from the DRAGON and MURE simulation codes and compare them to other industry standards for reactor core mod...

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Main Authors: Jones, Christopher LaDon, Bernstein, Aron M., Conrad, Janet, Djurcic, Z., Fallot, M., Giot, L., Keefer, G., Onillon, A., Winslow, Lindley
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71873
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author Jones, Christopher LaDon
Bernstein, Aron M.
Conrad, Janet
Djurcic, Z.
Fallot, M.
Giot, L.
Keefer, G.
Onillon, A.
Winslow, Lindley
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description Rising interest in nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos for experiments motivates validated, fast, and accessible simulations to predict reactor fission rates. Here we present results from the DRAGON and MURE simulation codes and compare them to other industry standards for reactor core modeling. We use published data from the Takahama-3 reactor to evaluate the quality of these simulations against the independently measured fuel isotopic composition. The propagation of the uncertainty in the reactor operating parameters to the resulting antineutrino flux predictions is also discussed.
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spelling mit-1721.1/718732022-10-01T09:03:20Z Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE Jones, Christopher LaDon Bernstein, Aron M. Conrad, Janet Djurcic, Z. Fallot, M. Giot, L. Keefer, G. Onillon, A. Winslow, Lindley Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Conrad, Janet Jones, Christopher LaDon Conrad, Janet Winslow, Lindley Rising interest in nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos for experiments motivates validated, fast, and accessible simulations to predict reactor fission rates. Here we present results from the DRAGON and MURE simulation codes and compare them to other industry standards for reactor core modeling. We use published data from the Takahama-3 reactor to evaluate the quality of these simulations against the independently measured fuel isotopic composition. The propagation of the uncertainty in the reactor operating parameters to the resulting antineutrino flux predictions is also discussed. 2012-07-27T17:50:03Z 2012-07-27T17:50:03Z 2012-07 2012-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1550-7998 1089-4918 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71873 Jones, C. et al. “Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE.” Physical Review D 86.1 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9970-108X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.012001 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70045 Physical Review D Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS
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Keefer, G.
Onillon, A.
Winslow, Lindley
Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title_full Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title_fullStr Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title_full_unstemmed Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title_short Reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using DRAGON and MURE
title_sort reactor simulation for antineutrino experiments using dragon and mure
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