Good morning everyone, can someone explain the difference between HEATING and HEATING-LOCAL tallies?

Difference between heating and heating-local tallies Energy deposited by neutrons - #4 by paulromano 8. Specifying Tallies — OpenMC Documentation 11. Heating and Energy Deposition — OpenMC Documentation

When a neutron undergoes a capture reaction (n,γ), the energy released is split between the recoiling nucleus and the emitted gamma photon. HEATING uses KERMA coefficients that explicitly subtract out the photon energy, expecting it to be deposited wherever the photon actually transports — so if you…

Thanks for your explanation. Excuse me for this stupid question: what is the best way to approac the number of fission per second between kappa-fission and heating -local?

Heating and heating-local

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yrrepy April 6, 2026, 3:54pm 2

Difference between heating and heating-local tallies
Energy deposited by neutrons - #4 by paulromano
8. Specifying Tallies — OpenMC Documentation
11. Heating and Energy Deposition — OpenMC Documentation

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