WORKSHOPS
MCNP5 Criticality Workshop
An MCNP Criticality Workshop will be conducted on Sunday,
April 25, prior to the beginning of PHYSOR-2004. The workshop will be held
from 1 to 5 P.M. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It will be of
interest not only to MCNP users but also to anyone who uses Monte Carlo
codes for criticality applications.
The session will include an overview of MCNP criticality calculations and
specific discussions of new features in MCNP5. These topics include random
number generation, mesh tallies, the ENDF66 and SAB2002 nuclear data libraries,
and generation of temperature-specific nuclear data libraries. In
addition, there will be discussion of additional capabilities being developed
for the next release of MCNP, such as determination of the dominance ratio,
improved stationarity tests, perturbation improvements, etc. Presenters will be
Forrest Brown and Russ Mosteller from the MCNP team at Los Alamos National
Laboratory.
The MCNP5 Criticality Workshop viewgraphs may be downloaded here.
Gen-IV Reactor Physics Workshop
Six nuclear
energy systems have been selected for development in the Generation IV
initiative. The reactor technologies used in these systems are the Very High
Temperature Reactor (VHTR), Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor (SCWR),
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (GFR), Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR), Sodium-Cooled
Fast Reactor (SFR), and Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). These systems target
significant advances over current generation and evolutionary systems in the
areas of sustainability (encompassing waste generation and resource
utilization), economics, safety and reliability, and proliferation resistance
and physical protection. Reactor concept development and core design (including
reactor physics) studies are ongoing for these systems in several countries.
Analytical tools for evaluating the systems are also being developed. The intent
of this Workshop is to have international experts present/discuss ongoing
research and development activities in the design and evaluation of the advanced
nuclear systems. Core physics design and nuclear data needs and issues will be
discussed along with proposals for international collaborations for meeting
these needs.
This one-day workshop will have presentations and discussion sessions. It will be held on Friday, April 30, at the Hyatt Regency.
The Gen-IV Reactor Physics Workshop viewgraphs may be downloaded by following the links below.
Introductory Remarks Hussein S. Khalil (ANL)
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS
France: Gas-Cooled Reactor Core Physics R&D Activities in France Robert Jacqmin (CEA)
Japan: Recent Development of Fast Reactor Analysis System in Japan Taira Hazama (JNC)
U.S.: Summary of Gen IV Reactor Physics Workshops Temitope Taiwo (ANL)
ROK: Gen IV Reactor Physics Developments Chang Hyo Kim (Seoul Natl. Univ.)
EC Involvement in Nuclear Data Needs for Gen IV Systems Franz-Josef Hambsch (EC-JRC-IRMM)
DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION SESSIONS
Advanced Reactor Physics Methods and V&V of Physics Tools Lead: David Nigg (INEEL)
Nuclear Data Needs and Developments Lead: Gerald Rimpault (CEA)
Recommendation and Wrap-up Session Lead: Dan Ingersoll (ORNL)
Minutes for the International Gen IV Reactor Physics Workshop
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