Monte Carlo Fundamentals
Reactor operation
The panel shows what the instruments would show for this lumped model. It is an educational simulator built on kirk. Nothing here is validated for safety, licensing, or operation of a reactor. The kinetics behind the buttons are explained in the point kinetics lab.
Subcriticalρ = -10.0 pcm
Power
2.000e-1
Reactivity (Δk/k)
-1.000e-4
Reactor period (s)
stable
Fuel temperature (K)
293.2
Coolant temperature (K)
293.2
Xenon
6.273e+8
Library power shape, one column per element, bottom to top. The color is the shape table. The caption is the current power. This is not a transport mesh.
Displayed power scale 2.000e-1
Scenario: hold power
A scripted near-critical run scores a pass when the power stays near where it started. The same script with a scram at the first step must not pass. Both use seed 1, so the score does not depend on when you click.