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Richard E. Prael
Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Publications - 79
Citations - 2781
Richard E. Prael is an academic researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutron & Nuclide. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 79 publications receiving 2438 citations.
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Initial MCNP6 Release Overview
Tim Goorley,Michael R. James,Thomas E. Booth,Forrest B. Brown,Jeffrey S. Bull,L. J. Cox,Joe W. Durkee,Jay S. Elson,Michael L Fensin,R. A. Forster,John S. Hendricks,H. G. Hughes,Russell C. Johns,Brian C. Kiedrowski,Roger L. Martz,Stepan G. Mashnik,Gregg W. McKinney,Denise B. Pelowitz,Richard E. Prael,Jeremy Sweezy,Laurie S. Waters,Trevor Wilcox,T. Zukaitis +22 more
TL;DR: High confidence in the MCNP6 code is based on its performance with the verification and validation test suites, comparisons to its predecessor codes, the regression test suite, its code development process, and the underlying high-quality nuclear and atomic databases.
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Cross-Section Evaluations to 150 MeV for Accelerator-Driven Systems and Implementation in MCNPX
Mark B. Chadwick,Phillip G. Young,Satoshi Chiba,S.C. Frankle,Gerald M. Hale,H. G. Hughes,Arjan J. Koning,R. C. Little,R. E. MacFarlane,Richard E. Prael,Laurie S. Waters +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the GNASH nuclear model code is used to calculate cross sections using Hauser-Feshbach, exciton, and Feshbach-Kerman-Koonin preequilibrium models.
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Initial MCNP6 Release Overview - MCNP6 version 1.0
John T. Goorley,Michael R. James,Thomas E. Booth,Forrest B. Brown,Jeffrey S. Bull,L. J. Cox,Joe W. Durkee,Jay S. Elson,Michael L Fensin,R. A. Forster,John S. Hendricks,H. Grady Hughes,Russell C. Johns,Brian C. Kiedrowski,Roger L. Martz,Stepan G. Mashnik,Gregg W. McKinney,Denise B. Pelowitz,Richard E. Prael,Jeremy Ed Sweezy,Laurie S. Waters,Trevor Wilcox,Anthony J. Zukaitis +22 more
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MCNP™ Version 5
R. Arthur Forster,L. J. Cox,Richard Barrett,Thomas E. Booth,Judith F. Briesmeister,Forrest B. Brown,Jeffrey S. Bull,Gregg C Geisler,John T. Goorley,Russell D. Mosteller,Susan E Post,Richard E. Prael,Elizabeth Carol Selcow,Avneet Sood +13 more
TL;DR: The Monte Carlo transport workhorse, MCNP, is undergoing a massive renovation at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in support of the Eolus Project of the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASCI) Program.
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Features of MCNP6
Tim Goorley,Michael R. James,Thomas E. Booth,Forrest B. Brown,Jeffrey S. Bull,L. J. Cox,Joe W. Durkee,Jay S. Elson,Michael L Fensin,R. A. Forster,John S. Hendricks,H. G. Hughes,Russell C. Johns,Brian C. Kiedrowski,Roger L. Martz,Stepan G. Mashnik,Gregg W. McKinney,Denise B. Pelowitz,Richard E. Prael,Jeremy Sweezy,Laurie S. Waters,Trevor Wilcox,T. Zukaitis +22 more
TL;DR: High confidence in the MCNP6 code is based on its performance with the verification and validation test suites, comparisons to its predecessor codes, the authors' automated nightly software debugger tests, the underlying high quality nuclear and atomic databases, and significant testing by many beta testers.