Overview of SERMA’s Graphical User Interfaces for Lattice Transport Calculations

Daniele Tomatis, François Bidault, Adrien Bruneton and Zarko Stankovski
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Daniele Tomatis: Département de Modélisation des Systèmes et Structures, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
François Bidault: Département de Modélisation des Systèmes et Structures, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Adrien Bruneton: Département de Modélisation des Systèmes et Structures, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Zarko Stankovski: Département de Modélisation des Systèmes et Structures, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: This article presents an overview of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) developed at CEA/SERMA (Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées) in Saclay, France, which have been used for over forty years by engineers and scientists to build geometries and meshes for general-purpose lattice transport calculations (neutrons and photons). Several applications make use of these calculations, from fuel assembly to full core design, criticality and safety, needing consistency check of the geometry and input properties before starting any lattice calculation. The software pattern design of the GUIs is briefly discussed, showing also the rationale behind the two interfaces for the construction of the geometries for simple fuel assemblies and complex motifs including the reflector (colorsets). The new GUI, ALAMOS, specifically developed for APOLLO3 ® with a Python Application Programming Interface (API), is here presented as the successor of Silène, which was the first GUI released in the 1990s to serve APOLLO2 calculations. The considerable experience gained by Silène over the years with plenty of various applications has provided a crucial support for the development of ALAMOS.

Keywords: graphical user interface; lattice transport computer codes; Silène; ALAMOS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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