Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA

Benjamin Collins; Robert Salko; Shane Stimpson; Kevin Clarno; Andrew Godfrey; Scott Palmtag; Jeffery Secker; Brian Kendrick; Rosemary Montgomery

Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA

Benjamin Collins, Robert Salko, Shane Stimpson, Kevin Clarno, Andrew Godfrey, Scott Palmtag, Jeffery Secker, Brian Kendrick, Rosemary Montgomery

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Abstract

VERA-CS is the core simulator component of the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) that is being developed by the Consortium for the Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL). VERA-CS is coupled with the coolant chemistry code MAMBA to model CRUD-Induced Power Shift (CIPS). Cycle 7 of the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 is simulated, and comparisons are made to measured boron concentrations, axial offset, and 3D flux maps throughout the cycle. Cases are simulated with and without the effects of CRUD to show the axial offset anomaly between measured and predicted results normally associated with CIPS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
Publisher	American Nuclear Society
Pages	1306-1316
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510825734
State	Published - 2016
Event	Physics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016 - Sun Valley, United States Duration: May 1 2016 → May 5 2016

Publication series

Name	Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	Physics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Sun Valley
Period	05/1/16 → 05/5/16

Keywords

CASL
CIPS
CRUD

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Collins, B., Salko, R., Stimpson, S., Clarno, K., Godfrey, A., Palmtag, S., Secker, J., Kendrick, B., & Montgomery, R. (2016). Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA. In Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century (pp. 1306-1316). (Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century; Vol. 2). American Nuclear Society.

Collins, Benjamin ; Salko, Robert ; Stimpson, Shane et al. / Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA. Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century. American Nuclear Society, 2016. pp. 1306-1316 (Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century).

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Collins, B, Salko, R, Stimpson, S, Clarno, K, Godfrey, A, Palmtag, S, Secker, J, Kendrick, B & Montgomery, R 2016, Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA. in Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century. Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, vol. 2, American Nuclear Society, pp. 1306-1316, Physics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, United States, 05/1/16.

Simulation of crud-induced power shift using the VERA core simulator and MAMBA. / Collins, Benjamin; Salko, Robert; Stimpson, Shane et al.
Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century. American Nuclear Society, 2016. p. 1306-1316 (Physics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century; Vol. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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