Additional Resources

Introduction

The OSCAR-5 system is distributed with various pracitcal examples and tutorials to help guide the user in the optimal use of the system. This section of the user guide contains a list of all additional resources at the user’s disposal.

Tutorials

The set of tutorials aim to guide the user through the major steps involved in preparing and executing reactor calculations with OSCAR-5. Basic model building and applications such as reload and core-follow calculations are explained in a step by step manner.

The tutorial set includes:

  1. Your first OSCAR-5 run: Single assembly reactor

  2. Building a reactor model with OSCAR-5, Part 1: Mini core heterogeneous model

  3. Building a reactor model with OSCAR-5, Part 2: Mini core homogeneous model

  4. Running corefollow and related applications with OSCAR-5: Full core applications

Video Tutorials

Video tutorials covering more advanced features of OSCAR-5:

  1. Working with the FreeCAD extension, Part I

  1. Working with the FreeCAD extension, Part II

  1. Working with the FreeCAD extension, Part II

  1. Introduction to the OSCAR-5 GUI

Presentations

There are a number of presentations associated with the OSCAR-5 tutorials:

  1. OSCAR-5 Theory

  2. Underlying codes theory

  3. How to run the tutorials

  4. Tut 1 presentation

  5. Tut 2 part 1 presentation

  6. Tut 2 part 2 presentation

  7. Tut 3 presentation

Additional presentations, not related to the tutorial set:

  1. Quick overview of the model documentation mechanism

Benchmark examples

A number of benchmark examples are included in the OSCAR-5 package. These benchmarks serve as an excellent validation platform as well as practical examples of how to construct reactor models and create applications for various target codes with the OSCAR-5 reactor analysis platform.

The overhead document for these benchmark models can be found in the Benchmark set document, where each benchmark model is briefly discussed and the notable features illustrated with regards to OSCAR-5 functionality as well as reactor modelling in general.

The benchmark set includes models for:

  1. ETRR-2, Egypt Test and Research Reactor

  2. IRR1, Israeli Research Reactor

  3. MNR, McMaster Nuclear Reactor

  4. OPAL, Open-Pool Australian Lightwater reactor

  5. SAFARI-1, South Africa Fundamental Atomic Research Installation reactor