Reactor Core Physics: Deterministic and Monte Carlo Methods course

Learning outcomes: identify advanced numerical methods to solve the Boltzmann equation for neutron transport and recent deterministic and probalistic methods APPOLO2/3 and TRIPOLI4 codes.

• Chain reaction and neutron balance
• Neutron slowing-down and resonance absorption, self-shielding modelling
• The neutron transport equation and calculation schemes: the steady-state integro differential transport equation. The neutron diffusion equation… Verification and validation of neutronics code package: process, sensitivity and uncertainty studies The Monte Carlo method for solving the transport equation
• Monte Carlo techniques: fixed source, variance reduction, criticality, perturbation calculations, adjoin calculation, applications to shielding