Burnup calculation with versatile reactor analysis code system MARBLE2 (interactive execution demo)

Yokoyama, Kenji   

The burnup calculation function included in the versatile reactor analysis code system system MARBLE2 is introduced by an interactive execution demo. Although the main purpose of MARBLE2 is to analyze nuclear characteristics of fast reactors, the users can use it while assembling small functions according to purpose. Therefore, it can be applied other purposes than the nuclear characteristic analysis of fast reactors. In order to realize such usage, MARBLE is developed by using an object-oriented scripting language Python. As the Python implementation is short and easy to understand, the burnup function of MARBLE is explained by showing several examples of the implementation. In addition, an example of constructing a simple burnup calculation system using MARBLE is introduced.