• Describe the neutron interactions in a nuclear reactor.
• Compare the deterministic and probabilistic methods for solving the neutron transport equation.
• Identify the main sources of uncertainties in a neutronic calculation (deterministic or probabilistic).
Reactor core physics: deterministic and Monte Carlo methods - International school in nuclear engineering
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OBJECTIVES
AUDIENCE
The doctoral course is designed for young researchers, PhD students, post-doctorates and engineers from nuclear industry companies, research centres, Universities, Technical Safety Organizations (TSO), regulatory bodies.
PREREQUISITES
Minimum background: Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering.
CONTENT
- Chain reaction and neutron balance.
- Transport equation and calculation schemes.
- Solving the steady-state integro-differential transport equation.
- Neutron slowing-down and resonance absorption.
- Verification & Validation of neutronics code packages.
- The Monte Carlo method.
- Monte Carlo techniques.
- Monte Carlo codes.
- Monte Carlo/Deterministic coupling and benchmarking.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and exercises.
Maximum number of trainees: 24.
Maximum number of trainees: 24.
COLLABORATION
CEA/DEN (Nuclear Energy Division)
PUBLIC PRICE
Public price: please contact us
Duration
5 days (30 hours)
VENUE AND DATE
Cadarache
- 20-24 January 2020
COORDINATION
Programme manager
Cadarache
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M. Jean-Christophe KLEIN
jean-christophe.klein@cea.fr
Phone number: +33 4 42 25 79 58
CONTACT
Course organiser
Cadarache
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Mme Béatrice JACOB-SILVESTRI
beatrice.jacob-silvestri@cea.fr
Phone number: +33 4 42 25 37 80
No training session is currently scheduled for 2021. Contact us.