WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.
A number of tests with detail well documented neutronics and thermal-hydraulics measurements data have been performed at the Rostov Unit 2 (Rostov-2) nuclear power plant (NPP). The reactor type is a ...
An approach similar to the OECD/NRC Boiling Water Reactor Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Tests (BFBT) Benchmark was adopted by dividing the benchmark activity into phases.
The event gathered 129 participants from 75 international institutions.
The modelling and simulation of nuclear systems allow scientists and engineers to probe aspects of the operation of these systems beyond what has been precisely measured. This has numerous applicatio...
Figure 1: Generation IV International Forum [gen-4.org]
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) organised an international workshop on the implementation of radioactive w...
The International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at ...
The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation (IRPhE) Technical Review Group provides the nuclear community with qualified benchmark data sets by collecting reactor physics experimental dat...
The 2021 edition contains data from 169 experimental series that were performed at 57 nuclear facilities.
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group performs specific tasks associated with fuel performance aspects of pr...
EGPRS Task Force members met on 3 April 2023.
Since the early 2000s there is an increasing demand from nuclear research, industry, safety and regulation for best-estimate predictions to be provided with their confidence bounds. Consequently, an ...
The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.
The goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...
The annual Benchmark Workshops of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems will be hosted by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sus...
The NEA thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using HTTF data (HTGR T/H), supervised by the Expert Group on Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics and Mechanic...
The annual WPRS Benchmarks Workshops took place on 22-26 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy.
The first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) took place on 22-23 May 2023.
Kick-off workshop of the thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) data.