4x4_BWR Version 1.0.0 Nov. 15 2013
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AUTHORS & CONTACT INFORMATION
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Undergraduate Contributors-----------------------------------------------------
Stephanie Pavlick -- spavlick@mit.edu
Jasmeet Arora -- jasmeet@mit.edu
Davis Tran -- dvtran@mit.edu
Graduate Mentor----------------------------------------------------------------
Will Boyd -- wboyd@mit.edu
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REACTOR DESCRIPTION
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This benchmark is a 4x4 BWR reactor containing 14 fuel pins of 3 wt.% UO2 and 2
fuel pins of poisoned fuel containing 3 wt.% UO2 and 3 wt.% GD2O3. The fuel is
contained in Zircaloy-2 clad. The moderator is water.
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NOTES ABOUT PLOTTING
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At the end of the code, plotting is commented out in order to prevent the code
from breaking if the user does not have matplotlib installed. Matplotlib is
a python module that can be installed using the following command:
>$ sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
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SOURCES
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"MOCUM: A two-dimensional method of characteristics code based on constructive
solid geometry and unstructured meshing for general geometries" is a research
article written by Xue Yang and Nader Satvat. It was published online on April
9, 2012.