Calculations for a BWR Lattice with Adjacent Gadolinium Pins Using the Monte Carlo Cell Code Serpent v.1.1.7

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Serpent</td><td align="center">Condor + esin2001</td><td align="center">Condor + EWLUP 172</td><td align="center">Benchmark</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">k infinite</td><td align="center">1.0016 ± 0.0007</td><td align="center">0.9908</td><td align="center">1.0062</td><td align="center">1.0014 ± 0.011</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Calculations for a BWR Lattice with Adjacent Gadolinium Pins Using the Monte Carlo Cell Code Serpent v.1.1.7 