Aspects of the core shielding assessment for the FASTEF-MYRRHA design

In the frame of the FP7 European project Central Design Team (CDT), an extensive simulation study has been done to assess the main shielding problems in view of the construction of the MYRRHA accelerator-driven system at SCK•CEN in Mol (Belgium). A method based on the combined use of the two Monte Carlo codes MCNPX and FLUKA has been developed, with the goal to characterize realistic neutron fields around the core barrel and build complex source terms, to be used in detailed analyses of the radiation fields due to the system in operation, and of the coupled residual radiation. The results evidenced a powerful way to analyze the shielding and activation problems, with direct and clear implications on the design solutions.