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Adjoint Gamma-Ray Estimation to the Surface of a Cylinder—Analysis of a Remote Reprocessing Facility

S. N. Cramer

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 79 / Number 4 / December 1981 / Pages 417-425

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21392

The next-event estimator in the MORSE multigroup Monte Carlo code has been extended to include Klein-Nishina scattering and annihilation radiation from pair production for both the forward and adjoint modes of calculation. A formulation for the solid angle subtended at a point by a cylinder has also been used in the estimator. These procedures have been included in the investigation of the gamma-ray environment of a remote fuel reprocessing facility. Calculational results are presented which indicate the validity and efficiency of the developed methods as compared to those in standard use.