RSICC CODE PACKAGE CCC-829
1. NAME AND TITLE
COG 11.1: Multiparticle Monte Carlo Code System for Shielding and Criticality Use.
Data libraries available for COG 11.1:
Neutron Activation Library
ACTL92 LLNL's ACTL 1992
Photon Libraries
COGGXS defaults to EPDL97
EPDL89 LLNL's EPDL-1989
EPDL97 LLNL's EPDL-1997
Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Library
COGNRF LLNL's Dr. James Hall data
Photonuclear Libraries
COGPNUC defaults to IAEAPNUC
IAEAPNUC IAEA
PN.ENDFB7R1 ENDF/B-VII.1
PN.MCNP.70u MCNP's .70u
Radiation Simulation Library
COGRS developed by LLNL's Dr. E. M. Lent
Delayed Fission Gamma Libraries developed by LLNL's Dr. E. M. Lent
DFG.ENDFB7R1 ENDF/B-VII.1
DFG.JEFF3.1.1 JEFF3.1.1
DFG.JENDL4 JENDL4
Neutron Libraries
ENDFB6R7 ENDF/B-VI.7
ENDFB6R8 ENDF/B-VI.8
ENDFB7R0 ENDF/B-VII.0
ENDFB7R0.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.0
ENDFB7R1 ENDF/B-VII.1
ENDFB7R1.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.1
ENDL2008 LLNL's ENDL-2008
ENDL90 LLNL's ENDL-1990
ENDL99 LNL's ENDL-1999
JEFF3.1 JEFF3.1
JEFF3.1.1 JEFF3.1.1
JEFF3.1.2 JEFF3.1.2
JENDL3.3 JENDL3.3
JENDL4 JENDL4
MCNP.50c MCNP's .50c
MCNP.51c MCNP's .51c
MCNP.55c MCNP's .55c
MCNP.66c MCNP's .66c
MCNP.70c MCNP's .70c
RED2002 Hybrid ENDFB/ENDL library by Dr. D. Cullen (2002)
Probability Table Libraries
PT.ENDFB7R0.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.0
PT.ENDFB7R1.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.1
PT.JEFF3.1 JEFF3.1
PT.JEFF3.1.1 JEFF3.1.1
PT.JEFF3.1.2 JEFF3.1.2
PT.MCNP.66c MCNP's .66c
PT.MCNP.70c MCNP's .70c
Thermal Libraries
T.ENDFB3R0 ENDF/B-III.0
T.ENDFB6R0 ENDF/B-VI.0
T.ENDFB6R2 ENDF/B-VI.2
T.ENDFB7R0 ENDF/B-VII.0
T.ENDFB7R0.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.0
T.ENDFB7R0.LANL LANL's ENDF/B-VII.0
T.ENDFB7R1 ENDF/B-VII.1
T.ENDFB7R1.BNL BNL's ENDF/B-VII.1
T.JEF2.2 JEF2.2
T.JEFF3.0 JEFF3.0
T.JEFF3.1 JEFF3.1
T.JEFF3.1.1 JEFF3.1.1
T.JEFF3.1.2 JEFF3.1.2
Dosimetry Libraries
IRDF2002 IRDF-2002
IRDFF1.02 IRDFF Release 1.02
2. CONTRIBUTORS
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
3. CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER
Package includes executables for Linux, MacOS and Windows (CYGWIN) systems. COG is written in Fortran 77 (98%) and C (2%), but source files are not included. (C00826MNYCP00).
4. NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED
COG is a modern, full-featured Monte Carlo radiation transport code that provides accurate answers to complex shielding, criticality, and activation problems.COG was written to be state-of-the-art and free of physics approximations and compromises found in earlier codes. COG is fully 3-D, uses point-wise cross sections and exact angular scattering, and allows a full range of biasing options to speed up solutions for deep penetration problems. Additionally, a criticality option is available for computing Keff for assemblies of fissile materials. ENDL or ENDFB cross section libraries may be used. COG home page: http://cog.llnl.gov.
Cross section libraries are included in the package. COG can use either the LLNL ENDL-90 cross section set or the ENDFB/VI set. Analytic surfaces are used to describe geometric boundaries. Parts (volumes) are described by a method of Constructive Solid Geometry. Surface types include surfaces of up to fourth order, and pseudo-surfaces such as boxes, finite cylinders, and figures of revolution. Repeated assemblies need be defined only once. Parts are visualized in cross-section and perspective picture views. A lattice feature simplifies the specification of regular arrays of parts. Parallel processing under MPI is supported for multi-CPU systems.
Source and random-walk biasing techniques may be selected to improve solution statistics. These include source angular biasing, importance weighting, particle splitting and Russian roulette, pathlength stretching, point detectors, scattered direction biasing, and forced collisions.
Criticality – For a fissioning system, COG will compute Keff by transporting batches of neutrons through the system.
Activation – COG can compute gamma-ray doses due to neutron-activated materials, starting with just a neutron source.
Coupled Problems – COG can solve coupled problems involving neutrons, photons, and electrons.
COG 11.1 is an updated version of COG11.1 BETA 2 (RSICC C00777MNYCP02). New features in COG 11.1 include:
A hybrid approach to detector score variance reduction in criticality problems;
Production and tracking of delayed fission gammas;
A treatment of nuclear resonance fluorescence;
Simulation of radiative decay;
A number of new data libraries.
5. METHOD OF SOLUTION
COG is a high-resolution code for the Monte Carlo simulation of coupled neutron, proton, gamma-ray, and electron transport in arbitrary 3-D geometry. COG will transport neutrons with energies in the range of 10-5 eV to 150 MeV, protons with energies up to hundreds of GeV, and photons with energies in the range of 10 eV to 100 GeV. (COG’s energy ranges are limited by the available cross section sets and physics models). Via the EGS4 electron transport kernel, electrons in the range of 10 keV to a few thousand GeV can also be transported. The COG code is a significant upgrade from earlier Monte Carlo transport codes and has been written specifically to make it more versatile, accurate, and easier to use. COG has provisions for calculating deep penetration (shielding) problems, criticality problems, and neutron activation problems, and retains all of the standard capabilities found in other Monte Carlo transport codes. COG uses high-resolution pointwise cross-section databases and makes no compromises in the transport physics, so that the results of a COG run are limited only by the accuracy of the databases used. COG runs primarily on UNIX workstations – currently, UNIX workstations from Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Silicon Graphics, Compaq, and IBM are supported. There are also versions for the Power Macintosh and Linux/Intel PCs. COG can also be run concurrently over a network of processors or on an MPP to solve very large problems.
6. RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS
Size of problems may be limited by computer memory. COG will transport neutrons with energies in the range of 10-5 eV to 150 MeV, protons with energies up to hundreds of GeV, and photons with energies in the range of 10 eV to 100 GeV. (COG’s energy ranges are limited by the available cross section sets and physics models). Via the EGS4 electron transport kernel, electrons in the range of 10 keV to a few thousand GeV can also be transported.
7. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME
Running time on a particular computer will vary widely, depending on geometric complexity, number of materials, and number of particles to be followed. For many problems, runs of a few minutes may give an approximate solution. For a statistically precise solution, hours of computation may be necessary. The parallel processing option is useful for shortening the run times of long problems.
8. COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Supported platforms are:
Supported platforms are: PC workstations running Windows 7, MacOS and Workstations/Clusters running Linux OS.
The code system without the data libraries requires 35 MB of disk space. The standard data library set requires 1.6 GB.
9. COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
COG is distributed on Dual Layer DVD’s. Included are executables for Linux, MacOS and Windows systems, data libraries, test cases and documentation. Source code is not included in this distribution. At RSICC, all test cases were run using included executables on RedHat Linux, MacOS 10.9.5 and Windows (Cygwin) systems.
10. REFERENCES
10. a) Included Documentation:
R.M. Buck, E. M. Lent, “COG User’s Manual: A Multiparticle Monte CarloTransport Code,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA, UCRL-TM-202590, 5th Edition (Sept. 1, 2002).
R.M. Buck, E. M. Lent, “COG11 Manual Supplement,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA, LLNL-SM-461824 (Nov. 8, 2010)
R.M. Buck, E. M. Lent, “COG11.1 Manual Supplement2.15,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA, LLNL-SM-635621 (April. 15, 2013)
10.b) Background References:
R.J. Howerton, R.E. Dye, and S.T. Perkins, “Evaluated Nuclear Data Library,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-50400, Vol. 4, Rev. 1 (1981).
R. Kinsey, “Data Formats and Procedures for the Evaluated Nuclear Data File, ENDF,” National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY, BNL-NCS-50496 (1979).
W. R. Nelson, H. Hirayama, and D. W. O. Rogers, “The EGS4 Code System,” SLAC-Report #265, Stanford University (December, 1985).
11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE
COG is distributed on DVD. Included are executables for Linux, MacOS, and WindowsOS; data libraries, test cases and documentation. Source codes are not included in this distribution.
12. DATE OF ABSTRACT
January 2011; June 2013, May 2015
KEYWORDS: ACTIVATION; COMPLEX GEOMETRY; COUPLED; CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON; GAMMA-RAY; MONTE CARLO; NEUTRON; PROTON