Integration and Validation of Nuclear Fission Physics in the SWORD Simulation Suite
Abstract
SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors (SWORD) is a vertically integrated software package developed at the Naval Research Laboratory that offers a CAD-like interface to several cutting-edge radiation transport codes. SWORD allows users to design and optimize radiation detectors for maximum-likelihood detections of nuclear materials. Despite using cutting edge radiation transport codes, SWORD lacked the ability to simulate nuclear fission accurately. This limited the types of scenarios and detectors that could be modeled. Through the work I have accomplished under the Jerome and Isabella Karles Distinguished Scholar Fellowship Program, SWORD now has the ability to accurately and efficiently model nuclear fission physics. With this new capability, SWORD provides Navy and other DoD users with a powerful and flexible tool to model quickly and accurately a wide range of new and highly complex scenarios involving active interrogation, space-based and ship-based nuclear reactors and shielding, transportation and handling of nuclear materials, novel methods and materials for detection of special nuclear materials, and more.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 25, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1110204
Entities
People
- Wade Duvall
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory