Stochastic Implicit Euler burnup scheme

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The Stochastic Implicit Euler (SIE) burnup scheme is an alternative burnup scheme that can be used if the traditional predictor-corrector burnup schemes in Serpent exhibit unstable behavior.

Background

The theoretical background of the SIE scheme is described in [1]

Implementation

Usage

Noteworthy things

References

  1. ^ Dufek, J. and Gudowski, W. "Stochastic Approximation for Monte Carlo Calculation of Steady-State Conditions in Thermal Reactors", Nucl. Sci. Eng, 152 (2006) 274-283