Photon-electron energy deposition in CANDU reactor channels: Simulation and modelling

✍ Scribed by M.E.A. Abdelbaky; E.M.A. Hussein; D.R. McCracken

• Book ID: 103990858
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 852 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-806X
• DOI: 10.1016/0969-806x(95)00164-s

✦ Synopsis

Simulation of photon~electron transport in a CANDU reactor fuel channel using the Monte Carlo method for calculating the energy deposition in the coolant is studied. The geometry of the CANDU fuel channel is very complex so methods that make such simulations more practicable, without adversely affecting the results, are introduced. |n this regard, the use of simplifying assumptions and simplified geometrical models on the performance of two different Monte Carlo codes has been compared. An ETRAN-based code (SANDYL), and the code EGS4 produced comparable results, although the former performs faster in accounting for low energy electrons. A simplified computational model is also introduced. This model is based on decoupling photon-electron transport simulations by the use of electron-energy-transfer functions. The results obtained using the model are successfully validated using the EGS4 and SANDYL codes. A significant computational speedup (about a factor of seven compared to Monte Carlo simulations) is achieved with this model.