Computation of analytical bounds for cross section self-shielding factors

Abstract

The shielding factor method (SFM) is a frequently used economical procedure for computing the effective multigroup cross sections needed in reactor analysis. While initially developed and employed in codes used by the fast reactor community, the method has been receiving increased attention in recent years from the electric utility industry, for applications to power reactors. A fundamental problem regarding the method's applicability is to determine the limits of the range of values within which a cross section shielding factor is restricted, and whether these limits are physically meaningful. In a previous paper strict upper and lower bounds for the transport f-factor and for the sum of reaction f-factors were derived and discussed. The purpose of the present work is to present extensions of the methodology used for the upper and lower bounds of the transport f-factor and reaction f-factors

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