Monte Carlo resolution of the Boltzmann equation for neutrons and photons of less than 20 MeV, with application to Nuclear Energy. Here a simulation with the prototype tool Patmos developed at SERMA.
As a R&D unit of the Energy Division of CEA, SERMA - 'Studies service of reactors and applied mathematics' - is developing a broad set of radiation transport and radioactivity software to address the various problematics mainly related to the nuclear reactor physics as well as nuclear energy systems/installations in general: core physics, criticality-safety, radiation protection and shielding, nuclear instrumentation. It proposes state-of-the-art high-level simulation software to nuclear analysts, for CEA internal purposes or CEA partners (industrials, R&D laboratories, nuclear institutions...) and conducts an active R&D including advanced nuclear energy studies, within local, national and international partnerships. SERMA keeps an active position in the academic curricula, being in charge of many courses of university masters of science and engineering schools, and training of students through their internship, PhD and post-doctoral programs. The combination of its capacities makes SERMA a valuable partner for industry as well as research and educational academic institutions:
