# Papers using OpenMC **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [October 1, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787 "2020-10-01T19:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/1 "2020-10-01T19:53:46Z")
I thought I’d start a topic for anyone wanting to share a paper they wrote in which OpenMC was used, or if you came across a paper that used OpenMC. Here’s one that I just came across using OpenMC for some studies on a lead-cooled reactor: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344376283\_Investigation\_of\_a\_Self-actuated\_Gravity-driven\_Shutdown\_System\_in\_a\_Small\_Lead-cooled\_Reactor](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344376283_Investigation_of_a_Self-actuated_Gravity-driven_Shutdown_System_in_a_Small_Lead-cooled_Reactor) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/2 "2020-10-01T19:56:42Z")
Here’s another one focused on the study of tritium breeding ratios in a fusion reactor: [Neutronic comparison of liquid breeders for ARC-like reactor blankets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112013) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/3 "2020-10-01T19:59:22Z")
[SARAX: A new code for fast reactor analysis part I: Methods](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.10.008) [On the equivalence of reaction rate in energy collapsing of fast reactor code SARAX](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2020.08.001) [Investigation of the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel neutron fluence and displacement per atom using MCNP6](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109141) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/4 "2020-10-06T20:18:14Z")
A paper by @pshriwise: [Implementation and verification of PyNE R2S with DAG-OpenMC](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111837) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/5 "2020-10-06T20:29:04Z")
[The PyNE-Based Burnup Analysis Method for Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Systems](https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2020.1757963) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/6 "2020-10-06T20:32:05Z")
[Conservation of migration area by transport cross sections using Cumulative Migration Method in deterministic heterogeneous reactor transport analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103447) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/7 "2020-10-06T20:51:48Z")
[Core and blanket thermal–hydraulic analysis of a molten salt fast reactor based on coupling of OpenMC and OpenFOAM](https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-020-00803-9) [Neutronics analysis of the stellarator-type fusion-fission hybrid reactor based on the CAD optimization method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107846) ---
**Author:** ![pshriwise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/pshriwise/32/3863_2.png) [@pshriwise](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/pshriwise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/8 "2020-10-10T18:54:54Z")
ANS 2020 Annual Meeting Summary [DAG-OpenMC: CAD-Based Geometry in OpenMC](http://epubs.ans.org/?a=48262) [Presentation Slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OdbUMpqwnVNz02N4CbuQx-54qe__YEgR/view?usp=sharing) ---
**Author:** ![augusto\_vib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@augusto\_vib](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/augusto_vib)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/9 "2020-10-13T06:54:45Z")
Dear all, I wrote a paper for this PHYSOR 2020, called: " Verification of the OpenMC homogenized MYRRHA-1.6 core model" [https://publications.sckcen.be/portal/en/publications/verification-of-the-openmc-homogenized-myrrha16-core-model(422d637f-2685-479d-bb3e-217de2d7ad5d)/export.html](https://publications.sckcen.be/portal/en/publications/verification-of-the-openmc-homogenized-myrrha16-core-model(422d637f-2685-479d-bb3e-217de2d7ad5d)/export.html) Is about XS homogenization for the research reactor known as MYRRHA. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/10 "2020-10-20T19:22:06Z")
A recent paper by @Shimwell, @makeclean, and company: [High-speed generation of neutronics-ready CAD models for DEMO design](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112043) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/11 "2020-10-22T15:56:47Z")
[Reflector materials selection for core design of modular gas‐cooled fast reactor using OpenMC code](https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6042) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/12 "2020-11-04T19:57:18Z")
[Extension and benchmarking of the OpenMC code for accelerator-based neutron source applications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112059) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/13 "2020-11-23T15:38:28Z")
Nice paper using OpenMC to look into thermal scattering for U-Mo alloys: [Crystal binding effects on neutron scattering and criticality in U–Mo fuels](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152570) ---
**Author:** ![pshriwise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/pshriwise/32/3863_2.png) [@pshriwise](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/pshriwise)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/14 "2020-12-07T15:29:14Z")
[Extended development of a Monte Carlo code OpenMC for fuel cycle simulation of molten salt reactor](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197019302161?via%3Dihub) ---
**Author:** ![fsabab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/fsabab/32/1374_2.png) [@fsabab](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/fsabab)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/15 "2020-12-08T08:28:59Z")
> **[Modeling and neutronic analysis of pin-cell comprising nuclear fuel with...](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454920306423?dgcid=coauthor)** > > Selection of a perfect nuclear reactor fuel demands the neutronic analysis of the available fuel materials in particular reactor environment. This pap… ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/16 "2020-12-08T14:10:38Z")
An interesting paper on a method for assessing source convergence that doesn’t rely on a mesh as our current Shannon entropy implementation does: [An effective mesh-free fission source convergence indicator for Monte Carlo _k_-Eigenvalue problems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110960) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/17 "2021-01-05T15:53:51Z")
[A study of criticality and thermal loading in a conceptual micronuclear heat pipe reactor for space applications](https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP2003208A) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/18 "2021-02-03T16:29:42Z")
A few recent papers: - [Calculation of VVER MOX pin-cell benchmark with OpenMC code](https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1689/1/012056) - [Neutronic performance of fully ceramic microencapsulated of uranium oxycarbide and uranium nitride composite fuel in SMR](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108152) - [Cardinal: A Lower Length-Scale Multiphysics Simulator for Pebble-Bed Reactors](https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2020.1824471) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/19 "2021-02-08T13:17:09Z")
[Criticality Analysis of HTR-10 using an Open Source Monte Carlo code OpenMC](https://doi.org/10.17146/jpen.2020.22.2.6104) ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/20 "2021-03-02T04:39:35Z")
[Low temperature effects on PWR fuel assembly criticality calculations](https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124717008) [Next page](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787.md?page=2)