Research Article

Monte Carlo Few-Group Constant Generation for CANDU 6 Core Analysis

Table 5

Comparison of ’s for the three core problems.

Core state Ref.1  keff McCARD/SCAN
(IMS-weighted FGC2)
McCARD/SCAN
(CS-weighted FGC)
Difference3 (pcm)Difference3 (pcm)

No control devices1.08709 ± 0.000011.088131041.08655−54
LZCs with 50% fill1.08282 ± 0.000011.08381991.08220−62
All ADJs in1.06977 ± 0.000011.070941171.06934−43

Continuous energy McCARD whole core transport calculation.
2Few-group constant.
3McCARD/SCAN   − Ref. .