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DrChrisCooling

Central Faculty, Graduate School

Senior Teaching Fellow- Programming Skills Lead
 
 
 
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@article{Cooling:2017:10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.022,
author = {Cooling, CM and Williams, MMR and Eaton, MD},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.022},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
pages = {319--331},
title = {CALLISTO-SPK: A Stochastic Point Kinetics Code for Performing Low Source Nuclear Power Plant Start-up and Power Ascension Calculations},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.022},
volume = {113},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper presents the theory and application of a code called CALLISTO which is used for performing NPP start-up and power ascension calculations. The CALLISTO code is designed to calculate various values relating to the neutron population of a nuclear system which contains a low number of neutrons. These variables include the moments of the PDF of the neutron population, the maturity time and the source multiplier. The code itself is based upon the mathematics presented in another paper and utilises representations of the neutron population which are independent of both space and angle but allows for the specification of an arbitrary number of energy groups.Five examples of the use of the code are presented. Comparison is performed against results found in the literature and the degree of agreement is discussed. In general the agreement is found to be good and, where it is not, plausible explanations for discrepancies are presented. The final two cases presented examine the effect of the number of neutron groups included and finds that, for the systems simulated, there is no significant difference in the key results of the code.
AU  - Cooling,CM
AU  - Williams,MMR
AU  - Eaton,MD
DO  - 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.022
EP  - 331
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0306-4549
SP  - 319
TI  - CALLISTO-SPK: A Stochastic Point Kinetics Code for Performing Low Source Nuclear Power Plant Start-up and Power Ascension Calculations
T2  - Annals of Nuclear Energy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.022
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53607
VL  - 113
ER  -
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