https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921103002
Total Monte Carlo acceleration for the PETALE experimental programme in the CROCUS reactor
1 Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems behaviour (LRS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal Hydraulics (LRT), Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
3 Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Division (NES), Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
* e-mail: axel.laureau@epfl.ch
Published online: 5 June 2019
The Bayesian Monte Carlo technics requires individual evaluations of random cross section files based on a Total Monte Carlo propagation. This article discusses the use of a Correlated Sampling acceleration applied to TMC calculations for experiments where a brute force technics is too expensive. An e_cient estimation of the reaction rate uncertainties in small dosimeters is obtained, together with the inter-dosimeter correlation associated to the cross section uncertainties.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
