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Nuclear News 40 Under 40 discuss the future of nuclear
Seven members of the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 came together on March 4 to discuss the current state of nuclear energy and what the future might hold for science, industry, and the public in terms of nuclear development.
To hear more insights from this talented group of young professionals, watch the “40 Under 40 Roundtable: Perspectives from Nuclear’s Rising Stars” on the ANS website.
Mihály Makai, Claude Maeder
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 84 | Number 4 | August 1983 | Pages 390-395
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A15461
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A numerical method based on an analytical solution to the three-dimensional two-group diffusion equation has been derived assuming that the flux is a sum of the functions of one variable. In each mesh the incoming currents are used as boundary conditions. The final equations for the average flux and the outgoing currents are of the response matrix type. The method is presented in a form that can be extended to the general multigroup case. In the SEXI computer program developed on the basis of this method, the response matrix elements are recalculated in each outer iteration to minimize the data transfer between disk storage and central memory. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated for a light water reactor (LWR) benchmark problem. The SEXI program has been incorporated into the LWR simulator SILWER code as a possible option.