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Monte Carlo And Depletion Reactor Analysis For High-Performance Computing Applications, Brenden Thomas Mervin
Monte Carlo And Depletion Reactor Analysis For High-Performance Computing Applications, Brenden Thomas Mervin
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation discusses the research and development for a coupled neutron trans- port/isotopic depletion capability for use in high-preformance computing applications. Accurate neutronics modeling and simulation for \real" reactor problems has been a long sought after goal in the computational community. A complementary \stretch goal" to this is the ability to perform full-core depletion analysis and spent fuel isotopic characterization. This dissertation thus presents the research and development of a coupled Monte Carlo transport/isotopic depletion implementation with the Exnihilo framework geared for high-performance computing architectures to enable neutronics analysis for full-core reactor problems.
An in-depth case study of the current …