Research Article
Comparative Neutronics Analysis of DIMPLE S06 Criticality Benchmark with Contemporary Reactor Core Analysis Computer Code Systems
Table 10
The assembly power distribution by a direct and two-step modeling for DIMPLE S06B.
| Analysis code | Normalized assembly power | RMS (%) | Center | Edge |
| MCNP direct | 0.676 | 0.325 | | SERPENT direct (ref.) | 0.676 | 0.324 | (0.03)(1) | CASMO direct (ref.) | 0.664 | 0.336 | (1.11) | NEWT direct (ref.) | 0.676 | 0.324 | (0.02) |
| No ADF | | | | SERPENT/PARCS(2) | 6.66 | −13.87 | 4.50 (4.47) | CASMO/PARCS | 4.52 | −8.94 | 3.00 (4.11) | NEWT/PARCS | 5.69 | −11.86 | 3.85 (3.82) |
| ADF | | | | SERPENT/PARCS | −0.36 | 0.74 | 0.24 (0.27) | CASMO/PARCS | −1.88 | 3.73 | 1.25 (0.14) | NEWT/PARCS | −0.46 | 0.96 | 0.31 (0.33) |
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( ): RMS error for MCNP and two-step. (2)Relative difference (%): (direct − two-step)/direct 100.
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