Present Status of Application of Monte Carlo Calculation for Large Nuclear Facilities in Japan

Abstract

Monte Carlo Working Group of Special Committee on Nuclear Code Evaluation at JAERI investigated present status of application of Monte Carlo calculation for large nuclear facilities in Japan. Application of Monte Carlo method has already been popular even to large facilities, but the calculated results are not compared with measured data in most of those applications. The authors believe that accuracy and precision of the method should be examined through comparisons with measured data, and that databases of measured data at experimental or commercial facilities should be developed for further comparison with the analysis results.