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oapen-20.500.12657-899352024-04-17T02:26:57Z Monte Carlo N-Particle Simulations for Nuclear Detection and Safeguards Hendricks, John S. Swinhoe, Martyn T. Favalli, Andrea Monte Carlo N-particle simulation MCNP code MCNP simulation neutron transport simulation nuclear safeguarding nuclear nonproliferation particle transport calculation nuclear detector design thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHM Atomic and molecular physics thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHU Mathematical physics thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THK Nuclear power and engineering thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNK Building construction and materials::TNKS Security and fire alarm systems thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQD Environmental monitoring thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNH Waste management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQS Sanitary and municipal engineering::TQSR Waste treatment and disposal This open access book is a pedagogical, examples-based guide to using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP®) code for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation applications. The MCNP code, general-purpose software for particle transport simulations, is widely used in the field of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for numerous applications including detector design and calibration, and the study of scenarios such as measurement of fresh and spent fuel. This book fills a gap in the existing MCNP software literature by teaching MCNP software usage through detailed examples that were selected based on both student feedback and the real-world experience of the nuclear safeguards group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. MCNP input and output files are explained, and the technical details used in MCNP input file preparation are linked to the MCNP code manual. Benefiting from the authors’ decades of experience in MCNP simulation, this book is essential reading for students, academic researchers, and practitioners whose work in nuclear physics or nuclear engineering is related to non-proliferation or nuclear safeguards. Each chapter comes with downloadable input files for the user to easily reproduce the examples in the text. 2024-04-16T08:17:49Z 2024-04-16T08:17:49Z 2022 book ONIX_20240416_9783031041297_34 9783031041297 9783031041280 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89935 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-04129-7.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-04129-7 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-04129-7 10.1007/978-3-031-04129-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 60266267-8130-40d6-b316-be120a91ac3b 9783031041297 9783031041280 Springer International Publishing 307 Cham [...] open access
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This open access book is a pedagogical, examples-based guide to using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP®) code for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation applications. The MCNP code, general-purpose software for particle transport simulations, is widely used in the field of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for numerous applications including detector design and calibration, and the study of scenarios such as measurement of fresh and spent fuel. This book fills a gap in the existing MCNP software literature by teaching MCNP software usage through detailed examples that were selected based on both student feedback and the real-world experience of the nuclear safeguards group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. MCNP input and output files are explained, and the technical details used in MCNP input file preparation are linked to the MCNP code manual. Benefiting from the authors’ decades of experience in MCNP simulation, this book is essential reading for students, academic researchers, and practitioners whose work in nuclear physics or nuclear engineering is related to non-proliferation or nuclear safeguards. Each chapter comes with downloadable input files for the user to easily reproduce the examples in the text.
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