TY - GEN
T1 - OECD/NEA kritz-2 UO2 and MOX benchmarks
AU - Remec, I.
AU - Gehin, J. C.
AU - D'hondt, P.
AU - Sartori, E.
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PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The international Expert Group on Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD) has been established at the OECD/NEA to facilitate the sharing of existing information and experience in the physics and fuel behavior of MOX fuel as it relates to the disposition of weapons-grade plutonium. One of the many recent activities of this Experts Group is the analysis of several critical configurations of the KRITZ reactor. In total, three core configurations were considered, two with UO2 fuel and one with MOX fuel. Measurements were performed for room temperature as well as elevated temperatures (∼245°C). Solutions were obtained from several participants using both deterministic and Monte Carlo methods. The calculational results generally show a slight negative bias in keff of about 0.2 - 0.6% for the UO2 configurations and about 0.1% for the MOX core. The relative fission rate results generally lie within a band of ±2% for all cases with maximum errors approaching 4 - 6%.
AB - The international Expert Group on Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD) has been established at the OECD/NEA to facilitate the sharing of existing information and experience in the physics and fuel behavior of MOX fuel as it relates to the disposition of weapons-grade plutonium. One of the many recent activities of this Experts Group is the analysis of several critical configurations of the KRITZ reactor. In total, three core configurations were considered, two with UO2 fuel and one with MOX fuel. Measurements were performed for room temperature as well as elevated temperatures (∼245°C). Solutions were obtained from several participants using both deterministic and Monte Carlo methods. The calculational results generally show a slight negative bias in keff of about 0.2 - 0.6% for the UO2 configurations and about 0.1% for the MOX core. The relative fission rate results generally lie within a band of ±2% for all cases with maximum errors approaching 4 - 6%.
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AN - SCOPUS:85024133077
T3 - Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting
BT - Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology
PB - American Nuclear Society
T2 - 2002 International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing, PHYSOR 2002
Y2 - 7 October 2002 through 10 October 2002
ER -