Abstract
Numerical solutions based on finite-difference method require the domain in the problem to be divided into a number of nodes in the form of triangles, rectangular, and so on. To apply the finite-difference method in reactor physics for solving the diffusion equation with satisfactory accuracy, the distance between adjacent mesh-points should be small in comparison with a neutron mean free path. In this regard the effect of number of mesh points on the accuracy and computation time have been investigated using the VVER-1000 reactor of Bushehr NPP as an example, and utilizing WIMS and CITATION codes. The best results obtained in this study belong to meshing models with higher numbers of mesh-points in both radial and axial directions of the reactor core.
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