KIR-TG code for interconnected thermo-hydraulic and neutron-physical test calculations of VVER-SKD reactors.

The paper considers the KIR-TG software package, which is designed for the interconnected neutron-physical and thermohydraulic test calculations of the infinite grid of VVER-SKD fuel elements. As part of the work, a software program written in the Python and Lua dynamic programming languages for linking between the module for calculating neutron physics (KIR computer program) and the TK-SKD thermohydraulic module was created and applied. The use of precision calculation performed by the Monte Carlo method in the neutron-physical part avoids the error of deterministic approximation methods in the calculation results. The problem statement, as well as the nature and results of the work, revealed the advantages of this approach to solving problems related to thermal-hydraulic calculations: parallel neutronic and sequential thermal-hydraulic calculations do not affect the overall speed of the associated calculation, the calculation codes are developed in parallel to save time and resources, and errors are tracked separately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]