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PARCS Plug-in
Purdue Advanced Reactor Core Simulator for reactor kinetics simulation. The Purdue Advanced Reactor Core Simulator (PARCS) is a computer code that solves the time-dependent two-group neutron diffusion equation in three-dimensional Cartesian geometry using nodal methods to obtain the transient neutron flux distribution. The code may be used in the analysis of reactivity-initiated accidents in light water reactors where spatial effects may be important. It may be run in the stand-alone mode or coupled to other NRC thermal-hydraulic codes such as RELAP5 and TRACE. Through coupling with TRACE, the capabilities for RAMONA, NRC's legacy kinetics code are recovered.
Change Log
Version 2.9.1 - Released 8/09/2023:
- PARCS has been updated to support version 3.4.2.
- Xenon and Samarium enumeration properties have been updated to have the correct options for version 3.4.2.
- The Core Depletion component has been updated to accommodate the PRED_CORR card.
- Support was added to the MCYCLE block.
- An issue was resolved with the Rectangular geometry dialogs preventing additional edits.
- Updated the PARCS and TRACE job steps to prevent writing backslashes for file paths. GitHub 39