Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

Research Article

ARES: A Parallel Discrete Ordinates Transport Code for Radiation Shielding Applications and Reactor Physics Analysis

Table 5

Comparison of assembly power with reference value.
AssemblyReference MCNPARESRelative difference/%
Unrodded inner UO2491.260.012
Unrodded MOX212.68
Unrodded outer UO2139.38
Rodded A inner UO2461.28
Rodded A MOX221.69
Rodded A outer UO2151.34
Rodded B inner UO2395.59
Rodded B MOX236.58
Rodded B outer UO2187.26