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4x4_BWR                         Version 1.0.0                      Nov. 15 2013
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                         AUTHORS & CONTACT INFORMATION
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Undergraduate Contributors-----------------------------------------------------

        Stephanie Pavlick -- [email protected]
        Jasmeet Arora     -- [email protected]
        Davis Tran        -- [email protected]

Graduate Mentor----------------------------------------------------------------

        Will Boyd         -- [email protected]

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                              REACTOR DESCRIPTION
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This benchmark is a 4x4 BWR reactor containing 14 fuel pins of 3 wt.% UO2 and 2
fuel pins of poisoned fuel containing 3 wt.% UO2 and 3 wt.% GD2O3. The fuel is 
contained in Zircaloy-2 clad. The moderator is water.

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                             NOTES ABOUT PLOTTING
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At the end of the code, plotting is commented out in order to prevent the code
from breaking if the user does not have matplotlib installed. Matplotlib is
a python module that can be installed using the following command:
    
    >$ sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib

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                                    SOURCES
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"MOCUM: A two-dimensional method of characteristics code based on constructive 
solid geometry and unstructured meshing for general geometries" is a research
article written by Xue Yang and Nader Satvat. It was published online on April 
9, 2012.