Dragon neutron transport simulator

Computing, Code, Neutronics, Install

project website: http://www.polymtl.ca/nucleaire/DRAGON/en/
code syntax: http://www.polymtl.ca/nucleaire/DRAGON/en/documentation/S2IGE174R5.php

Wrapping

input: Dragon input files
- Criticality
- Depletion
input parameters syntax
- variable:
```
$(variable_name)
```
- formula:
```
@{formula_expression}
```
output:
- Criticality: keff kinf B2
- Depletion: neutron_power_end decay_power_end neutron_power_begin decay_power_begin time burnup_inc neutron_exposure fuel_burnup
running progress: current volume of output data

Example

input file:

LINKED_LIST GEOM TRACK TRACK2  LIBRARY LIBRARY2 CP FLUX MAC2 EDIT ;
MODULE LIB: GEO: NXT:  SHI: USS: ASM: FLU: EDI: M2T: END: PSP: 
TLM: MCCGT: ;
SEQ_BINARY TRKFIL ;
SEQ_ASCII essai.ps essai.m ;
INTEGER COMB0101 COMB0102 COMB0103 COMB0104 COMB0105 COMB0106 GAIN1
       MODE1 MODE2 := 
       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ; (* DISTRIBUTED SELF-SHIELDING *)
REAL RCOMB1 RCOMB2 RCOMB3 RCOMB4 RCOMB5 RCOMB6 ;
*
EVALUATE RCOMB1 RCOMB2 RCOMB3 RCOMB4 RCOMB5 RCOMB6 := 0.2529822 
0.334664 0.3577709 0.3794733 0.3898718 0.40 ;
*--------------------------------
GEOM := GEO: :: CAR2D 1 1
 X- REFL X+ REFL
 Y- REFL Y+ REFL
 
 CELL C1
 ::: C1 := GEO: CARCEL 8  1 1  
    MESHX 0.0 1.20
    MESHY 0.0 1.20
    RADIUS 0.0 <<RCOMB1>> <<RCOMB2>> <<RCOMB3>> <<RCOMB4>>
                <<RCOMB5>> <<RCOMB6>> 0.45  0.5
     MIX <<COMB0101>> <<COMB0102>> <<COMB0103>> <<COMB0104>>
         <<COMB0105>> <<COMB0106>> <<GAIN1>> <<MODE1>> <<MODE2>>
         ;
;
TRACK TRKFIL := NXT: GEOM :: EDIT -1000
 TITLE 'FIRST UO2 ROWLAND S BENCHMARK'
 MAXR 9 OGAU 4 TISO 6 20.0  ;
TRACK2 := TRACK ;
 
TRACK := MCCGT: TRACK TRKFIL GEOM :: AAC 4 DIAG ;
*--------------------------------
LIBRARY := LIB: ::
EDIT 0
NMIX 9    (*MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL MIXTURES*)
CTRA APOL (*APOLLO TYPE TRANSPORT CORRECTION*)
ANIS 2
ADED 4 NELAS N4N N2N N3N
SUBG      (*HELIOS TYPE PROBABILITY TABLES*)
*
MIXS LIB: DRAGON FIL: DLIB_J2
MIX <<COMB0101>> 293.0 (*COMB0101*)
   O16     = O16    4.6624E-2
   U235    = U235   7.0803E-4 1 IRSET 0.0 81
   U238    = U238   2.2604E-2 1 IRSET 0.0 81
MIX <<COMB0102>> COMB <<COMB0101>> 1.0 (*COMB0102*)
MIX <<COMB0103>> COMB <<COMB0101>> 1.0 (*COMB0103*)
MIX <<COMB0104>> COMB <<COMB0101>> 1.0 (*COMB0104*)
MIX <<COMB0105>> COMB <<COMB0101>> 1.0 (*COMB0105*)
MIX <<COMB0106>> COMB <<COMB0101>> 1.0 (*COMB0106*)
MIX <<GAIN1>> 293.0 (*GAIN1*)
   Zr0     = Zr0    4.3241E-2 2 IRSET 0.0 81
MIX <<MODE1>> 293.0 (*MODE1*)
   H1      = H1_H2O 6.6988E-2
   O16     = O16    3.3494E-2
MIX <<MODE2>> 293.0 (*MODE2*)
   H1      = H1_H2O 6.6988E-2
   O16     = O16    3.3494E-2
;
LIBRARY2 := USS: LIBRARY TRACK TRKFIL :: EDIT 0 TRAN PASS 2 GRMIN 45 ;
CP := ASM: LIBRARY2 TRACK TRKFIL :: ARM ;
FLUX := FLU: CP LIBRARY2 TRACK TRKFIL :: EDIT 1 TYPE K ;
EDIT := EDI: FLUX LIBRARY2 TRACK :: EDIT 0
*     COND 12 17 21 27 33 42 50 60 66 76 84 95 123 140 155 172
     MERGE COMP
     SAVE ON 'EDITCDAT   1' ;
MAC2 := EDIT :: STEP UP 'EDITCDAT   1' STEP UP 'MACROLIB' ;
 
essai.ps := PSP: TRACK FLUX :: TYPE MIXTURE ;
*essai.m := TLM: TRACK2 TRKFIL ::  NTPO 10
*      PLANA NoPause A 0.0 B 0.0 C 1.0 D 0.0
*      PLANA NoPause A 0.0 B 1.0 C 0.0 D 0.0
*      PLANA NoPause A 1.0 B 0.0 C 0.0 D 0.0
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 1
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 2
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 3
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 4
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 5
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 6
*      DIRECTIONS NoPause DIR 7
*
*      ;
ECHO "test essai" ;
END: ;

output: keff, B2, kinf

Installation

user side:
- unzip
  plugin-Dragon.zip
  in Promethee installation directory,
- restart Promethee GUI.
server side:
- unzip
  plugin-Dragon.zip
  in Promethee installation directory,
- add
```
<CODE name="Dragon_4"     command="/opt/Promethee/scripts/dragon4" />
```
  lines in calculator.xml file inside ”<calculator>” tag,
- wait for configuration refresh (5 s. if calculator is free).