User Manual

• 1. Running the RMC Code
  • 1.1. Installation and Configuration
  • 1.2. Running Commands
  • 1.3. Test Input and Output
  • 1.4. Trial Version Limitations
• 2. Input Overview
  • 2.1. Input Modules
  • 2.2. Input Format
• 3. Geometry
  • 3.1. Surface
  • 3.2. Macrobody （Enterprise Version Only）
  • 3.3. Cell
  • 3.4. Universe
  • 3.5. Repeating Structure（lattice）
  • 3.6. Migration of geometry based on CAD (BREP) geometry (Enterprise Version only)
  • 3.7. Geometry Module Input Example
• 4. Material
  • 4.1. Material Input Options under the ACE Format Database
  • 4.2. Material Input Card Based on HDF5 Format AIS Database
  • 4.3. Continuous energy ACE cross-section related Input Options
  • 4.4. OTFDB Nuclide Input Card
  • 4.5. Material HDF5 File Input
  • 4.6. Multi-group ACE Cross-Section Related Input Card
  • 4.7. Photonuclear reaction and photogenic reaction database selection input option
  • 4.8. Input Option for Adjusting the Average Fission Neutron Number
  • 4.9. Dynamic material related input options
  • 4.10. Input Card for Continuously Varying Material
  • 4.11. Material module input example
• 5. Mesh
  • 5.1. Mesh File Format
  • 5.2. Mesh Input Card
  • 5.3. Mesh Module Input Example
• 6. Criticality Calculations
  • 6.1. Source Iteration Parameters
  • 6.2. UFS Mesh Parameters
  • 6.3. Initial fission source
  • 6.4. External Source Subroutines
  • 6.5. Random Number Generator
  • 6.6. Truncation Conditions
  • 6.7. Parallel Criticality Calculation Mode
  • 6.8. Fission Matrix Method for Solving Critical Adjoint Flux
  • 6.9. Output counting results generation by generation
  • 6.10. Criticality calculation module input example
• 7. Tally
  • 7.1. Cell Tally
  • 7.2. Mesh Tally
  • 7.3. Material Tally
  • 7.4. Surface Tally
  • 7.5. Point Tally
  • 7.6. Binning
  • 7.7. Cross-Section Tally
  • 7.8. FET Tally
  • 7.9. Statistical Checks for Tallies
  • 7.10. Tally Acceleration and Data Decomposition (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 7.11. Tally Module Input Example
• 8. Energy Release and Deposition
  • 8.1. Energy Release
  • 8.2. Energy Deposition
• 9. Source Convergence Diagnosis and Acceleration
  • 9.1. Shannon Entropy and Progressive Relative Entropy Statistics
  • 9.2. Statistics of the coefficients of the fission source distribution functional expansion
  • 9.3. Fission Matrix Statistics
  • 9.4. Source Convergence Acceleration
  • 9.5. Source Convergence Module Input Example
• 10. Burnup Calculations
  • 10.1. Overview of Monte Carlo Burnup Calculation
  • 10.2. Burnup Module Input Card
  • 10.3. Burnup Region Merging Input Card (for Criticality Calculations)
  • 10.4. Burnup Module Input Example
• 11. Depletion Calculations
  • 11.1. Overview of Depletion Calculation
  • 11.2. Depletion Module Input Cards
  • 11.3. Depletion Module Input Example
• 12. Output Control
  • 12.1. Output Control Module Input Options
  • 12.2. Output Control Module Input Example
• 13. Plot
  • 13.1. Plotting Module Input Card
  • 13.2. Example of Plotting Module Input
• 14. Fixed Source Calculations
  • 14.1. Total number of simulated particles
  • 14.2. Adjoint Calculations
  • 14.3. Random Number Generator
  • 14.4. Truncation Conditions
  • 14.5. Dynamic Load Balancing for Fixed-Source Calculations (Enterprise Edition Only)
  • 14.6. External Source Subroutines for Fixed-Source Calculations
  • 14.7. Fixed source module input example
• 15. Space-time Dynamics Calculations (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 15.1. Spacetime Dynamics Module Input Option
  • 15.2. Input example to the space-time dynamics module
  • 15.3. Output file description
• 16. Material Perturbation (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 16.1. Material Density and Temperature Perturbation Module Input Cards
  • 16.2. Examples of Material Density and Temperature Perturbation Modules
  • 16.3. Material Density Perturbation and Temperature Perturbation Output File
• 17. Criticality Search (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 17.1. Material Search Module Input Card
  • 17.2. Material Search Module Input Example
  • 17.3. Material Search Output File
  • 17.4. Geometry Search Module Input Card
  • 17.5. Geometry Search Module Input and Output Example
• 18. Calculations for Iterated Fission Probability Method
  • 18.1. Iterated Fission Probability Method module Input Card
  • 18.2. Dynamic parameter output file
  • 18.3. Geometry perturbation coefficients output file
• 19. Domain Decomposition (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 19.1. Domain Decomposition Input Option
  • 19.2. Domain Decomposition Examples
• 20. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 20.1. Sandwich Method for Sensitivity and Uncertainty Calculation
  • 20.2. Uncertainty Calculation Using Random Sampling Method
• 21. Source Description
  • 21.1. Source Description Module Input Option
  • 21.2. Source Description Module Input Example
  • 21.3. User-defined external subroutines
• 22. Neutron Transport Calculations
  • 22.1. Neutron Transport Calculation Physics Switch
  • 22.2. Neutron Transport Calculation Physics Switch Input Example
• 23. Photon Transport Calculations
  • 23.1. Photon Transport Calculation Physics Switch
  • 23.2. Photon Transport Calculation Physics Switch Input Example
• 24. Electron Transport Calculations
  • 24.1. Electron Transport Calculation Physics Switch
  • 24.2. Electron Transport Calculation Physics Switch Input Example
• 25. Homogenized Group Constants (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 25.1. Group Constant Module Input Card
  • 25.2. Group Constant Module Example
• 26. Cross-section Parameterization Function (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 26.1. Cross-section Parameterization Module RMC Input Options
  • 26.2. Cross-Section Parameterization Module Python Input Options
  • 26.3. Parameterized Calculation Description
• 27. Checkpoint Continuation Calculation
  • 27.1. Continuation Calculation Module Input Options
  • 27.2. Continuation Calculation File Usage
• 28. Continuation Surface Source
  • 28.1. Continuation Surface Source File Output Module Input Options
  • 28.2. Continuation Surface Source File Usage
  • 28.3. Continuation Surface Source Module Example
• 29. Particle Event Tracking (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 29.1. Particle Event Tracking Function Input Option
  • 29.2. Particle Event Tracking Module Example
• 30. INCLUDE File Inclusion Feature
• 31. Variance Reduction
  • 31.1. Region Importance Input Option
  • 31.2. Weight Window Input Option
  • 31.3. Compatibility with MCNP Mesh Weight Window Input Card
  • 31.4. Input Card for MCNP-Compatible Weight Window Generator
  • 31.5. Source Biasing Input Card
• 32. Stochastic Neutron Dynamics (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 32.1. Stochastic Neutron Dynamics Input Option
  • 32.2. Stochastic Neutron Dynamics Module Input Example
• 33. Neutron Coincidence Tally (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 33.1. Stochastic Neutron Dynamics Input Options
  • 33.2. Neutron Coincidence Tally Module Input Example
• 34. Serialized Restart Calculation
  • 34.1. Serialized Restart Calculation Module Input Options
  • 34.2. Data File Usage
• 35. CONTROL Option Card
• 36. Neutronics-Thermal Coupling Iterative Calculation (Enterprise Version Only)
  • 36.1. Input Cards for Neutronics-Thermal Coupling Iterative Calculation
  • 36.2. RMC-CTF Coupled Iterative Calculations
  • 36.3. RMC-SUBCHAN Coupled Iterative Calculations
  • 36.4. Running Neutronics-Thermal Coupling Iterations
  • 36.5. Adding a New Computing Platform
• 37. Refuelling
• 38. Appendix
  • 38.1. List of Input and Output Files
  • 38.2. Continuous Energy ACE Database
  • 38.3. Burnup Database
  • 38.4. Functionality Compatibility Matrix