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Specification and Testing of Nuclear Data Required for Monte Carlo Transport Calculations

E. D. Cashwell, E. F. Plechaty

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 49 / Number 3 / November 1972 / Pages 394-395

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22555

A class of Monte Carlo neutron transport codes use evaluated neutron cross sections in the detail that the data are presented by the evaluator. However, recent evaluations are shown to require storage allocations such that practical problems cannot be calculated even in the largest computers.