Modeling and simulation of the IPEN MB-01 reactor core with the Serpent code

• Grant number: 23/01924-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2023
• End date: May 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Nuclear Engineering - Reactor Technologies
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Carlos Russo Rossi
• Grantee: Leonardo Zortea
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present project has as its objective the study of the reactor IPEN/MB-01 by Serpent code (Monte Carlo), such study will enable the student to iterate in the study of nuclear reactors, as well as how to provide a new comparative element for the available experimental data.