December 2023

Journal

Preliminary Validation of the Shift Monte Carlo Code for Fixed-Source Radiation Transport Problems

By:
Peplow, Douglas E; Banerjee, Kaushik ; Davidson, Gregory G; Stewart, Ian R; Swinney, Mathew W; Wagner, Jackson
Journal Name:
Nuclear Technology
Page Number:
107-125
Volume:
206
Issue Number:
1
Publication Date:
December 27, 2023
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1625663

Abstract

Simulations of neutron and photon transport using the Shift Monte Carlo radiation transport code are compared with experimental measurements and their corresponding benchmark simulations from several sets of experiments. Overall, Shift results match the calculations made by the benchmark teams quite well and match the measured values, which typically have large uncertainties, fairly well. A variety of attenuation/scattering problems are examined, as well as a streaming problem and a skyshine problem.