A Numerical Comparison of Diffusion and Transport (Sn) Codes for Selected Fast Reactor Configurations

Download or read book A Numerical Comparison of Diffusion and Transport (Sn) Codes for Selected Fast Reactor Configurations written by L. D. O'Dell and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerical comparisons between the one-dimensional diffusion code, 1DX, and the one-dimensional transport code, DTF-IV, are described. The objective of the comparison is to determine under what circumstances diffusion codes are sufficiently accurate to be used in place of transport codes. For large breeder reactors, it is found that diffusion theory is adequate to compute virtually all preliminary design parameters -- including control rod worths and neutron fluxes far from the core.