SCALE Highlights

SCALE Newsletter Number 45, Spring 2013, is now available.
In this issue:
  • TRITON Primer
  • SCALE 6.1.2 Update
  • Additional Features in Development for SCALE 6.2
  • Additional Guidance for McDancoff
  • Revision to SCALE 6.1 Criticality Validation Report
  • Corrected User Guidance for Criticality Accident Alarm Modeling with SCALE
  • SCALE Users Group Discussion Forum
  • SCALE Publications
  • SCALE Spotlight
  • Technical Support and Training
  • SCALE Leadership Team
  • Spring 2013 SCALE Training Courses

SCALE 6.1.2 Update is Available
The SCALE Development Team recently completed a number of updates to SCALE 6.1. The SCALE 6.1.2 Update is recommended for all SCALE 6.1 users.
SCALE 6 Nuclear Technology Special Edition

SCALE was featured in the special edition of Nuclear Technology in May 2011. The following articles were published to provide a comprehensive review of SCALE features as of the SCALE 6.0 release.

Foreword: Special Issue on the SCALE Nuclear Analysis Code System
John C. Wagner

SCALE 6: Comprehensive Nuclear Safety Analysis Code System
S. M. Bowman

Resonance Self-Shielding Methodologies in Scale 6
Mark L. Williams

Isotopic Depletion and Decay Methods and Analysis Capabilities in SCALE
Ian C. Gauld, Georgeta Radulescu, Germina Ilas, Brian D. Murphy, Mark L. Williams, Dorothea Wiarda

Reactor Physics Methods and Analysis Capabilities in SCALE
Mark D. DeHart, Stephen M. Bowman

Monte Carlo Criticality Methods and Analysis Capabilities in Scale
Sedat Goluoglu, Lester M. Petrie, Jr., Michael E. Dunn, Daniel F. Hollenbach, Bradley T. Rearden

Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis Capabilities and Data in SCALE
B. T. Rearden, M. L. Williams, M. A. Jessee, D. E. Mueller, D. A. Wiarda

Monte Carlo Shielding Analysis Capabilities with MAVRIC
Douglas E. Peplow