Validating the performance of correlated fission multiplicity implementation in radiation transport codes with subcritical neutron multiplication benchmark experiments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.05.051
Abstract: Abstract Historically, radiation transport codes have uncorrelated fission emissions. In reality, the particles emitted by both spontaneous and induced fissions are correlated in time, energy, angle, and multiplicity. This work validates the performance of various… read more here.
Keywords: multiplicity; fission; transport; radiation transport ... See more keywords
Radiation transport simulation of the Martian GCR surface flux and dose estimation using spherical geometry in PHITS compared to MSL-RAD measurements.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2017.07.007
Abstract: Planetary bodies and spacecraft are predominantly exposed to isotropic radiation environments that are subject to transport and interaction in various material compositions and geometries. Specifically, the Martian surface radiation environment is composed of galactic cosmic… read more here.
Keywords: measurements radiation; surface; radiation transport; geometry ... See more keywords
Computational design and optimization of a neutron imaging beamline using Monte Carlo and deterministic SN radiation transport for the Utah TRIGA reactor
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111374
Abstract: Abstract This paper describes efforts to establish a neutron imaging radiography capability in an available beam port at the University of Utah 90-kW TRIGA Reactor (UUTR) from computational analysis of the proposed beamline. We employ… read more here.
Keywords: monte carlo; carlo deterministic; radiation transport; deterministic radiation ... See more keywords
Nuclear Data Covariance Analysis in Radiation-Transport Simulations Utilizing SCALE Sampler and the IRDFF Nuclear Data Library
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DOI: 10.1109/tns.2020.2970700
Abstract: This article describes the nuclear data covariance analysis of an experimental design for a neutron energy-tuning assembly (ETA) created to shape a 14-MeV neutron point source to an objective spectrum. Underlying nuclear data uncertainties play… read more here.
Keywords: radiation transport; transport; nuclear data; uncertainty ... See more keywords