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Powering the future: How the DOE is fueling nuclear fuel cycle research and development
As global interest in nuclear energy surges, the United States must remain at the forefront of research and development to ensure national energy security, advance nuclear technologies, and promote international cooperation on safety and nonproliferation. A crucial step in achieving this is analyzing how funding and resources are allocated to better understand how to direct future research and development. The Department of Energy has spearheaded this effort by funding hundreds of research projects across the country through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). This initiative has empowered dozens of universities to collaborate toward a nuclear-friendly future.
Masayuki Nakagawa, Takamasa Mori, Makoto Sasaki
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 107 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 58-66
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE91-A23780
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Vectorization methods used in Monte Carlo codes for particle transport calculations are examined. Event and zone selection methods developed from conventional all-zone and one-zone algorithms have been implemented in a general-purpose vectorized code, GMVP. Moreover, a vectorization procedure to treat multiple-lattice geometry has been developed using these methods. Use of lattice geometry can reduce the computation cost for a typical pressurized water reactor fuel subassembly calculation, especially when the zone selection method is used. Sample calculations for external and fission source problems are used to compare the performances of both methods with the results of conventional scalar codes. Though the speedup resulting from vectorization depends on the problem solved, a factor of 7 to 10 is obtained for practical problems on the FACOM VP-100 computer compared with the conventional scalar code, MORSE-CG.