Research Article

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

Table 3

155Gd Radial distribution at 2000 MWd/tonU in the poisoned pin.

155Gd numerical density [at/cmb]
Mean radius (cm)BenchmarkBenchmark StdevSerpentCondor + esin2001Condor + EWLUP 172

0.1251.29E-043.4E-061.28E-041.28E-041.29E-04
0.3021.20E-043.3E-061.18E-041.18E-041.19E-04
0.3939.41E-053.8E-069.25E-059.00E-059.31E-05
0.4674.95E-058.6E-064.71E-054.26E-054.60E-05