Authors & Affiliations
Alimov Yu.V., Kalugina K.M., Rozhdestvenskiy I.M., Sakharova T.Yu., Yufereva V.A.
N.A. Dollezhal Research & Development Institute of Power Engineering, Moscow, Russia
Rozhdestvenskiy I.M. – Lead Engineer. Contacts: 2/8, Malaya Krasnoselskaya str., Moscow, Russia, 107140. Tel.: +7 (499) 264-42-32; e-mail:
Alimov Yu.V. – Senior Researcher.
Kalugina K.M. – Engineer.
Sakharova T.Yu. – Senior Researcher.
Yufereva V.A. – Researcher.
Abstract
MCU-RBMK code, based on Monte-Carlo method, has been verified and certified for neutron physics calculations of RBMK-1000 reactors, however, there are a number of tasks that can be successfully solved using the MCU-RBMK but require verification. During the development of the MCU-RBMK, the possibility of computational modeling of photon transfer determination of functionals associated with the interaction of photons with matter has been realized. The appearance of new experimental data related to the distribution of the fast neutron flux density and the distribution of the photon flux density expands the verification base and makes it possible to perform additional verification of the MCU-RBMK precision code. The realization of the neutrons and photons joint transfer, as well as the ability to determine the neutron and photon sources in a problem with a change the isotopic composition in materials, allow using MCU-RBMK to calculate the equivalent dose rate during operations with radioactive materials in problems with arbitrary geometry. In this paper, we consider fresh and spent nuclear fuel, including fuel with an increased content of uranium even isotopes. This opens up new possibilities for using the MCU-RBMK for calculations of fast neutron flux, photon flux, as well as for calculating the equivalent dose rate.
Keywords
safety, precision
code, Monte-Carlo method, verification, fast neutron transfer, photon transfer,
equivalent dose rate
Article Text (PDF, in Russian)
UDC 621.029.51
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. Series: Nuclear and Reactor Constants, 2022, issue 2, 1:3