Table 3 Computational consumptions for a single process of the ITER full model and its constituents with D1SUNED v4.1.2 parallelized with OMP + MPI

From: ITER full model in MCNP for radiation safety demonstration

Parameter

Tokamak complex14

E-lite11

ITER full model

Lost particle rate with a R = 22 m spherea inward source (bNPS = 109)

71

1034

1094

Loading time (min)

30

67

250

Peak RAM (GB)

4.18

6.11

13.14

Number of cells

277,132

328,521

826,169

Number of surfaces

472,375

461,038

1,348,375

  1. aSphere with R = 22 m covers the interface between the two models where lost particles related to the assembly process may occur.
  2. bNPS stands for number of Monte Carlo histories.