Further Information on MONK can be obtained from the following MONK Technical Papers:

 

G Dobson (Serco Assurance) and D. Winstanley (British Nuclear Group): "Modelling Dropped Rods For Criticality Analysis", M&C 2005, Palais Des Papes, Avignon, France (September 2005).

 

D. Dewar, A.J. Cooper, P. Hulse (British Nuclear Group) and P. Cowan (Serco Assurance) "CODEMORE: A Fair System for Distributing Parameter Searches on a Cluster Computer System", The 11th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2005 and The 2nd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA (July 2005).

 

D. Dewar, A.J. Cooper, P. Hulse (British Nuclear Group) and P. Cowan (Serco Assurance) "VME: A Visual Model Editor for the ANSWERS Shielding and Criticality Codes", The 11th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2005 and The 2nd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA (July 2005).

 

T D Newton, "The Deveopment of Modern Design and Reference Core Neutronics Methods for PMBR"

 

M Armishaw, A Bird, H Crofts and NR Smith, "The Role of Graphical Supporting Tools for Monte Carlo Analysis", Proc Monte Carlo 2000, Lisbon, Portugal (October 2000)

 

NR Smith, E Shuttleworth, MJ Grimstone, JL Hutton, M Armishaw, A Bird, N France (all Serco Assurance) and S Connolly (BNFL), "The Current Status and Future Plans for the Monte Carlo Codes MONK and MCBEND" , Proc Monte Carlo 2000, Lisbon, Portugal (October 2000)

 

NR Smith, NT Gulliford and D Hanlon "Achieving Industry Acceptance of a JEF2.2 Nuclear Data Library for MONK" (pdf: 59k - 10 pages) International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC '99) - Versailles.

 

NR Smith, MJ Armishaw, L Hutton and J Sidell "The Unification of MONK - Extending the Monte Carlo Horizon" (pdf: 103k - 10 pages) International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC '99) - Versailles.

 

N.R.Smith and P.R.Thorne."The Accurate Determination of Sub-Critical Margins to Meet Emerging Criticality Needs" (pdf:100k - 8 pages)

 

N.R.Smith and G.A.Morell. "An Introduction to MONK7" (pdf: 160k - 11 pages) International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC '95) - Albuquerque.

 

N.R.Smith et al. "Securing the MONK Validation Database" (pdf: 100k - 9 pages) International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC '95) - Albuquerque.

 

An Introduction to the New Features of MONK8A (pdf: 340k - 72 pages) ANSWERS/MONK(98)7

 

An Introduction to the New Features of MONK7B (pdf:360k - 40 pages) ANSWERS/MONK(97)5