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I have a few questions regarding codes typically used in core design:
1) Which codes need to be coupled with a TH module and which do not? From what I have gathered, steady state codes can be coupled with a code like RELAP to model transients.
2) Are independent codes that are coupled to one another than codes with a TH module internally? SIMULATE can run transients, but is the TH side of it as good with whatever it is using the those calculations?
3) PARCS seems to be a fairly new code being developed (not very new, but new enough). How does this code differ from SIMULATE and why was it developed?
4) Are Monte-Carlo codes truly the best...once the computing power is there? It seems that probabilistic would be a most accurate, but how much worse are deterministic codes and how much better can they become?
Thanks for your help. I hope my questions make sense.
Regards,
Uranium
1) Which codes need to be coupled with a TH module and which do not? From what I have gathered, steady state codes can be coupled with a code like RELAP to model transients.
2) Are independent codes that are coupled to one another than codes with a TH module internally? SIMULATE can run transients, but is the TH side of it as good with whatever it is using the those calculations?
3) PARCS seems to be a fairly new code being developed (not very new, but new enough). How does this code differ from SIMULATE and why was it developed?
4) Are Monte-Carlo codes truly the best...once the computing power is there? It seems that probabilistic would be a most accurate, but how much worse are deterministic codes and how much better can they become?
Thanks for your help. I hope my questions make sense.
Regards,
Uranium