COUNTERING NEUTRON CLUSTERING IN MONTE CARLO WITH A NEUTRON SOURCE INJECTION

Neutron clustering is a recently identified problem with Monte Carlo eigenvalue calculations which can produce significantly erroneous results. Previous work by Sutton & Mittal (2017) considered neutron clustering as a problem of maintaining ‘genetic diversity’ within the neutron population. Thi...

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Main Authors: Cosgrove P., Kowalski M.A., Shwageraus E., Parks G.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
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Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/01/epjconf_physor2020_04022.pdf