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KIR2 Software Complex for Simulation of a Stationary and Nonstationary Particle Transport by the Monte Carlo Method

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The KIR2 software complex for simulating neutronic stationary and nonstationary processes in reactors based on the Monte Carlo method [1, 2] is discussed. The paper presents a brief description of the software complex being developed, its key capabilities, and the features of the architecture.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The ideology of the software package was proposed by Evgenii Alekseevich Gomin, a senior scientific researcher at the Kurchatov Institute, who dedicated his life to research and application of the Monte Carlo method in neutronic calculations. The authors express their gratitude to E.A. Gomin for his invaluable contribution to the discussion of the directions of development, key algorithms, and methods of the KIR2 software package.

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This work was supported by ongoing institutional funding. No additional grants to carry out or direct this particular research were obtained.

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    V. I. Belousov, M. I. Gurevich, V. D. Davidenko, I. I. D’iachkov, M. V. Ioannisian, A A. Kovalishin, M. R. Malkov, K. F. Raskach, K. G. Chernov & R. V. Shirokov

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Belousov, V.I., Gurevich, M.I., Davidenko, V.D. et al. KIR2 Software Complex for Simulation of a Stationary and Nonstationary Particle Transport by the Monte Carlo Method. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 86, 1812–1817 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377882308001X

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