Official Release of The Radioisotope Power System Dose Estimation Tool (RPS-DET)
| Autor: | Douglas E. Peplow, Michael B. R. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Software suite
Scale (ratio) Computer science business.industry 020209 energy Monte Carlo method Process (computing) chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Radiation Plutonium Electric power system 020303 mechanical engineering & transports Software 0203 mechanical engineering chemistry 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Particle Neutron business Simulation |
| Zdroj: | 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference. |
| Popis: | The Radioisotope Power System Dose Estimation Tool (RPS-DET) is a software simulation application that serves as a one-stop shop for simulating and analyzing the radiation effects from radioisotope power systems (RPSs). RPS-DET includes a graphical user interface that allows the user to select from multiple RPS designs, place them in various terrestrial, planetary, or deep-space environments, and customize the plutonium oxide (PuO 2 ) fuel. These user selections are combined into an input file that is automatically sent to the SCALE software suite, where simulation-specific neutron and gamma source terms are written prior to performing a Monte Carlo particle transport process on the chosen geometries. Simulation results represent three-dimensional instantaneous particle fluxes and dose rates or time-integrated particle fluences or doses according to pre-defined, customizable responses. The literature regarding RPS-DET addresses the early development and methodologies of this effort, while this paper outlines the official release of the software, instructions for ordering, final features, and current design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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