# 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:** 3
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/41 "2021-09-03T11:41:33Z")
[High-Fidelity Multi-Physics Coupling Study on Advanced Heat Pipe Reactor](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108152) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/42 "2021-09-07T20:25:54Z")
[Development of SARAX code system for full-range spectrum adaptability in advanced reactor analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108664) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/43 "2021-09-21T12:42:05Z")
[Benchmarking and verification of the OpenMC code for accelerator-based neutron source analyses](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092037962100288X?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fidentityprovider.anl.gov%2Fidp%2Fshibboleth&pes=vor) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/44 "2021-09-27T11:40:16Z")
[An Efficient Scheme for Coupling OpenMC and FLUENT with Adaptive Load Balancing](https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5549602) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/45 "2021-09-28T14:15:38Z")
[Development of code IMPC-MC1.0 by implementing the function for proton transport simulation in OpenMC](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108705) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/46 "2021-09-29T03:18:26Z")
[Neutronics Modelling of Control Rod Compensation Operation in Small Modular Fast Reactor using OpenMC](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2021.09.017) ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/47 "2021-10-25T11:22:40Z")
[Depletion calculation of subcritical system with consideration of spontaneous fission reaction](https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2021.1974970) ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/48 "2021-11-02T17:34:27Z")
[Primary coolant source term of System-Integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART) due to activated colloidal crud under dynamic grid load following](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111480) ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/49 "2021-11-02T17:37:56Z")
A recent paper by @smharper: [Efficient MC–CMFD multiphysics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108773) ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/50 "2021-11-03T03:35:30Z")
[HTR-10 OTTO Cycle Depletion Simulation Using Discrete Element Method Coupled Monte Carlo](https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2048/1/012031) ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/51 "2021-11-11T13:59:26Z")
[Core Configuration Analysis for Modular Gas-cooled Fast Reactor (GFR) using OpenMC](https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2072/1/012007) ---
**Author:** ![emilio.castro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b38774/32.png) [@emilio.castro](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/emilio.castro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/52 "2021-11-18T09:11:50Z")
Hi. I presented this at ENGYF’21: [Spent fuel criticality assessment comparison between Keno and OpenMC](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355202619_Spent_fuel_criticality_assessment_comparison_between_Keno_and_OpenMC). I don’t know if I can make the document public, but you can request it at researchgate. ---
**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 6, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/53 "2021-12-06T20:15:53Z")
[High Temperature Zirconium Alloys for Fusion Energy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153431) ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/54 "2021-12-12T04:24:49Z")
[Implementation and Validation of the Pulse-Height Tally in OpenMC](https://resources.inmm.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/a267.pdf) Note that corresponding code is available in a pull request: > > > Hi everyone, > > this is my first git pull request. Further, I am not really expe…rienced in C++. I have done my best, but if I have made mistakes, I apologize. > > For simulating gamma spectroscopy applications, a so-called \*\*pulse-height tally\*\* is needed. Here I would like to present the implementation of the pulse-height tally for \*\*photons\*\* in OpenMC. This tally calculates how much energy is deposited in a cell by an entire particle history (means a particle and its progenies). > > The basic idea is that the particle gets a new attribute pht\_storage\_ which is an array. In this array, the deposited energy of the particle for every cell is stored. After every Compton scattering, pair production, and photoelectric event, or the death of the particle since it falls under the cutoff energy, this array is updated. It also needs to take care to remove the energy of created secondary particles in these reactions (to prevent double counting). If the particle and all its progenies are dead, we take the value of the index of the analyzed cell for the pulse-height tally value. > > There are currently several limitations. It only runs in a single thread mode, can not be combined with other tallies, and can only tally a single volume per simulation. > > Details of an extensive validation and information on the tally can be found in the attached paper. > > We validated the results with an analytical model in which only simplified versions of the reactions are modeled. For reproducing these results, I attach the two files (physics.cpp and run\_shuttleworth.py - since GitHub does not allow uploading these file endings, I changed them to txt). The physics.cpp file contains the simplified reaction versions. To run this version, it needs to be swapped with the physics.cpp file in OpenMC and after compiling, the script run\_shuttleworth.py will produce the analytical results. > > Further, I attach a small example that can model the spectrum of a Cs-137 point source in a simple NaI scintilation detector. When you compare these simulation results with experimental data, you realize that the experimental data is broadened. I have an additional python script for doing this, but we could also discuss implementing it directly into the OpenMC code. > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > Best Christopher > > > > \[Implementation and Validation of the Pulse-Height Tally in OpenMC.pdf\](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc/files/7188213/Implementation.and.Validation.of.the.Pulse-Height.Tally.in.OpenMC.pdf) > \[example\_cs137.txt\](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc/files/7188216/example\_cs137.txt) > \[physics.txt\](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc/files/7188217/physics.txt) > \[run\_shuttleworth.txt\](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc/files/7188218/run\_shuttleworth.txt) ---
**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 23, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/55 "2021-12-23T00:09:07Z")
[Axial Shuffling on Pebble Bed Reactor using PRAKTIK 3D-HTR](https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/927/1/012012) ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/56 "2021-12-27T17:33:05Z")
[Preliminary analysis of a zirconium hydride moderated megawatt heat pipe reactor](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111622) ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/57 "2022-01-10T13:20:40Z")
[Alternative Absorber Materials for Control Rods in ALFRED](https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE28-61123) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/58 "2022-01-23T14:51:46Z")
[NJOY+NCrystal: An open-source tool for creating thermal neutron scattering libraries with mixed elastic support](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.166227) ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/59 "2022-01-25T13:52:19Z")
[Telescopic control rod for significant reduction in HTR height and cost](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108953) [Investigation on the modeling capability of ALPHA code for fuel rod deformation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108892) ---
**Author:** ![TengfeiZhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TengfeiZhang](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/TengfeiZhang)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787/60 "2022-01-28T07:58:41Z")
Hello, my team is continuously using OpenMC for researches in nuclear reactor design, validation and multi-physics coupling. Here are some of our recent publications that we want to share with you: [multi-physics coupling for KRUSTY](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010465521002642) [HTR validation](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454921001675) [Previous page](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787.md?page=2) [Next page](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/papers-using-openmc/787.md?page=4)