Benchmark for a 3D Monte Carlo Boiling Water Reactor Fluence Computational Package - MF3D
A detailed three dimensional model of a quadrant of an operating BWR has been developed using MCNP to calculate flux spectrum and fluence levels at various locations in the reactor system. The calculational package, MF3D, was benchmarked against test data obtained over a complete fuel cycle of the host BWR. The test package included activation wires sensitive in both the fast and thermal ranges. Comparisons between the calculational results and test data are good to within ten percent, making the MF3D package an accurate tool for neutron and gamma fluence computation in BWR pressure vessel internals.