Keno is a software package for simulating nuclear

Nuclear reaction

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, a nuclear reaction is semantically considered to be the process in which two nuclei, or else a nucleus of an atom and a subatomic particle from outside the atom, collide to produce products different from the initial particles...

 processes. It was written by Elliot Whitesides and others at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, starting in the 1960s. It is used primarily for the calculation of the neutron multiplication factor (or k-effective), which is used to judge whether or not nuclear systems are critical. Keno uses Monte Carlo method

Monte Carlo method

Monte Carlo methods are a class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to compute their results. Monte Carlo methods are often used in computer simulations of physical and mathematical systems...

 to solve the three dimensional Boltzmann transport equation.

See also

• Nuclear engineering
  Nuclear engineering
  Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...
  
  
• Nuclear reactor
  Nuclear reactor
  A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...
  
  
• Neutron
  Neutron
  The neutron is a subatomic hadron particle which has the symbol or , no net electric charge and a mass slightly larger than that of a proton. With the exception of hydrogen, nuclei of atoms consist of protons and neutrons, which are therefore collectively referred to as nucleons. The number of...
  
  
• MCNP
  Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code
  Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code is a software package for simulating nuclear processes. It is developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and is distributed within the United States by the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center in Oak Ridge, TN and internationally by the Nuclear...
  
  
• MONK
  MONK
  MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes, particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor, or k-effective, of a system. It is owned by Serco Assurance...
  
  
• MCU
  Monte Carlo Universal
  Monte Carlo Universal is a project on development and practical use of a universal computer code for simulation of particle transport in three-dimensional systems by means of the Monte Carlo method....