2.5. KMART5 and KMART6: Postprocessors for KENO V.A and KENO-VI

K. B. Bekar and L. M. Petrie ¹

KMART5 and KMART6 (Keno Module for Activity-Reaction Rate Tabulation) are modules whose primary purpose is to postprocess a KENO V.a or KENO-VI restart file with the corresponding working cross-section library to generate nuclide activity tables. It also allows collapsing and printing fluxes calculated by KENO. The KENO problem must have a mixing table, must calculate the fluxes, and must write a restart file containing the calculated data. KMART calculations are generally imbedded within a CSAS5 or CSAS6 input file immediately following the CSAS input as a stacked input case.

¹ Formerly with Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2.5.1. Introduction

KMART5 and KMART6 (Keno Module for Activity-Reaction Rate Tabulation) are modules whose primary purpose is to postprocess a KENO V.a or KENO-VI restart file with the corresponding working cross-section library to generate nuclide activity tables. It also allows collapsing and printing fluxes calculated by KENO. The KENO problem must have a mixing table, must calculate the fluxes, and must write a restart file containing the calculated data.

2.5.2. KMART Input Data

Input data for KMART is read into the program using free form blocked input similar to KENO. The data blocks are started with a READ BLOCK NAME and ended with an END BLOCK NAME. There are three data blocks that KMART can read. The first data block is named INITIAL, and the input starts with the keywords READ INITIAL. There are ten possible keyworded entries in this block that may be entered in any order.

Keyword	Variable	Description
PRTVOLS	PRINT_VOLUMES	A flag to cause the volumes calculated by KENO to be printed by KMART. Off by default, turn on by entering.
KUNIT=	KUNIT	The logical unit number of the KENO restart file. The default is 35
FNI=	RESTART	Mode_in extra field in the input restart file name [restart_mode_in.keno_input] and [restart_mode_in.keno_calculated]. The default is an empty field.
XUNIT=	XUNIT	The logical unit number of the cross-section library. The default is 4
ACTBYGRP	ACTIVITIES_BY_GROUP	A flag which turns on printing activities by group. If the fluxes are collapsed, the activities will be by broad group, otherwise they will be by fine group. Off by default, turn on by entering
RRPVOL	REACTION_RATES_PER_ UNIT_VOLUME	A flag causing the activities to be printed per unit volume rather than integrated over the volume of the region. Off by default, turn on by entering
KENO3D	NK3D K3DFILE	Unit number on which to write data for plotting with KENO3D. File name of the KENO input file (minus the trailing extension). The plot data file will be named K3DFILE.kmt.
NOPRINT	PRINT_RESULTS	A flag allowing suppressing printing results.
FLUXBIN	FLUX_BIN	A flag to turn on generating a collapsed cross section file for TRITON.
WUNIT	WGTD	The logical unit number on which to write an AMPX weighted library of the 1-D neutron cross sections.

A sample data block is given below.

READ INITIAL KUNIT=35 XUNIT=4 END INITIAL

One of the next two blocks is required, but both can be specified if desired. If both are entered, either one can be first. The next data block specified is named ACTIVITY, and the input starts with the keywords READ ACTIVITY. It contains the data specifying which activities are to be calculated. The activities are specified by pairs of numbers giving the nuclide identifier and the reaction type identifier desired. A list of reaction types, also known as MT numbers, can be found in Appendix A of the XSLib chapter. These pairs are repeated until all the desired activities have been specified. If the nuclides are identified by the SCALE scheme, then the nuclide can be specified most explicitly by following the nuclide by the keyword MIX= and the mixture number the nuclide is in. By specifying a mixture of zero the activity will be calculated for each region in which the nuclide occurs. If the nuclide specifies a natural element identifier (1000*Z) and individual isotopes occur on the cross-section library, the isotope activities will be summed to produce the total activity for the element. If the nuclide is a special nuclide, i.e., identified with a prefix id times a million + a ZA, then MIX= must be specified as a mixture the nuclide occurs in. The data pair is described below.

Keyword	Variable	Description
	NUCLIDE	The nuclide identification number on the cross-section library for this activity request.
MIX	MIXTURE	Mixture number of the nuclide for this activity request. This is an optional entry, and defaults to 0.
	REACTION	The reaction type identifier for this activity request.

If no activities are desired, then the block can be omitted. A sample block is given below.

READ ACTIVITY 92235 18 92235 27 92235 1452 END ACTIVITY

The other input block is named COLLAPSE, and starts with the keywords READ COLLAPSE. There are two keyword entries that may be input in this block. A flux factor to normalize the fluxes by can be specified. It defaults to 1. The last fine group in the current broad group is the other entry. The broad groups are specified sequentially starting with group one. If the flux factor is specified more than once, the last value given is used. The data is specified as below.

Keyword	Variable	Description
FACTOR	FACTOR	A flux multiplier used to scale the fluxes before printing (default 1.0).
LASTG=	LAST_GROUP	The last fine group to be included in the current broad group. The broad groups are input sequentially starting with group one.

If no collapsed fluxes are desired, then the block can be omitted. A sample block is given below.

READ COLLAPSE FACTOR 1.0 LASTG=10 LASTG=20 LASTG=30 LASTG=56
 END COLLAPSE

2.5.3. KMART Sample Input

Sample input data for KMART5 is given in Example 2.5.1.

Example 2.5.1 KMART5 sample input.

=kmart5
read initial
  kunit=35 xunit=4 actbygrp rrpvol  keno3d  40  kmart5
end initial
read collapse
  lastg=39  lastg=214  lastg=252
end collapse
read activity
  92234 18
  92234 27
  92235 18
  92235 27
  92236 18
  92236 27
  92238 18
  92238 27
   1001 27
   8016 27
   9019 27
end activity
end