TY - GEN
T1 - Performance and safety parameters for the high flux isotope reactor
AU - Ilas, Germina
AU - Primm, Trent
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A Monte Carlo depletion model for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Cycle 400 and its use in calculating parameters of relevance to the reactor performance and safety during the reactor cycle are presented in this paper. This depletion model was developed to serve as a reference for the design of a low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel for an ongoing study to convert HFIR from high-enriched uranium (HEU) to LEU fuel; both HEU and LEU depletion models use the same methodology and ENDF/B-VII nuclear data as discussed in this paper. The calculated HFIR Cycle 400 parameters, which are compared with measurement data from critical experiments performed at HFIR, data included in the HFIR Safety Analysis Report (SAR), or data reported by previous calculations, provide a basis for verification or updating of the corresponding SAR data.
AB - A Monte Carlo depletion model for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Cycle 400 and its use in calculating parameters of relevance to the reactor performance and safety during the reactor cycle are presented in this paper. This depletion model was developed to serve as a reference for the design of a low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel for an ongoing study to convert HFIR from high-enriched uranium (HEU) to LEU fuel; both HEU and LEU depletion models use the same methodology and ENDF/B-VII nuclear data as discussed in this paper. The calculated HFIR Cycle 400 parameters, which are compared with measurement data from critical experiments performed at HFIR, data included in the HFIR Safety Analysis Report (SAR), or data reported by previous calculations, provide a basis for verification or updating of the corresponding SAR data.
KW - HFIR
KW - Monte Carlo depletion
KW - Research reactor
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84870309837
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870309837
SN - 9781622763894
T3 - International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2012, PHYSOR 2012: Advances in Reactor Physics
SP - 2333
EP - 2348
BT - International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2012, PHYSOR 2012
T2 - International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2012: Advances in Reactor Physics, PHYSOR 2012
Y2 - 15 April 2012 through 20 April 2012
ER -