DICE: Database for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Program Handbook

The 2002 edition of the "International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments" (ICSBEP Handbook) spans more than 26 000 pages and contains 330 evaluations with benchmark specifications for 2881 critical or near-critical configurations. With such a large content, it...

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Published in:Nuclear science and engineering 2003-09, Vol.145 (1), p.11-19
Main Authors: Nouri, Ali, Nagel, Pierre, Briggs, J. Blair, Ivanova, Tatiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BENCHMARKS
CONFIGURATION
CRITICALITY
EVALUATION
MANUALS
NEUTRON SPECTRA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
SAFETY
SENSITIVITY
SPECIFICATIONS
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Summary:The 2002 edition of the "International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments" (ICSBEP Handbook) spans more than 26 000 pages and contains 330 evaluations with benchmark specifications for 2881 critical or near-critical configurations. With such a large content, it became evident that the users needed more than a broad and qualitative classification of experiments to make efficient use of the ICSBEP Handbook. This paper describes the features of D atabase for the I nternational Handbook of Evaluated C riticality Safety Benchmark E xperiments (DICE), which is a database for the ICSBEP Handbook. The DICE program contains a relational database loaded with selected information from each configuration and a users' interface that enables one to query the database and to extract specific parameters. Summary descriptions of each experimental configuration can also be obtained. In addition, plotting capabilities provide the means of comparing neutron spectra and sensitivity coefficients for a set of configurations.
ISSN:0029-5639
1943-748X
DOI:10.13182/NSE03-15