11/8/2010 Colloquium - Thomas Sutton

Thomas Sutton Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

Event Info

Title:  The MC21 Monte Carlo Code for Reactor Design Calculations

Date: Nov 8, 2010
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm

Abstract

MC21 is a neutron and photon Monte Carlo transport code developed specifically for nuclear reactor calculations. It employs the most rigorous neutron-nucleus interaction physics models to ensure accurate solutions for all types of reactors. Its algorithms are optimized for the types of calcultions required for reactor analysis, including the ability to tally hundreds of millions of reaction rates in a reasonable amount of time. It also has the types of features required by reactor designers, including thermal-hydraulic feedback, equilibrium and peak xenon, control device motion, and depletion.

Speaker Biography

Education:
BS – Nuclear Engineering – University of Virginia – 1978
MS, PhD – Nuclear Engineering – University of Michigan – 1983

Employment:
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory – 1983-present

Areas of Expertise:
reactor physics, neutron and photon transport theory, neutron noise analysis, Monte Carlo methods, nodal kinetics, neutron noise analysis, molecular dynamics simulations

Other:
Past chair of the American Nuclear Society Mathematics and Computation Division, technical advisor to the Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering