Recent content by flpojken

In order to diversify your search for PhD if you want to be in the fusion field, there are several European schools which might have PhD projects involved in the ITER project. You could look into those as well.

I concur with evrything the previous writer said with one important addition. If there is an continuation to a previuos card you cannot have a digit within the first 5 spaces of the new line. MCNP then interprets this as a new card. Just an important note to think of when writing your input deck.

If you have access to the codes there are primers available online by simply searching for mcnp primer on google. From there you can learn the basics quite easily. The biggest problem is probably getting access to the codes since the new ones are personally licensed and there is a screening process.

I am having the similar problems while running my script. I get this error bad trouble in subroutine newcel of mcrun source particle no. 2804404 starting random number = 132729341823053 zero...

Have you tried to use the command "mcnp ip inp=your file" "ori 0 0 0" Then you should be able to see the geometry

http://http://richardsreactor.blogspot.com/

You could study the term Xenon poisoning of a reactor. This played a major role of why and how the reactor blew up. Also the RMBK (the kind in chernobyl) reactors are unstable design when it is not operated within certain limits. You can read more on this here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rmbk