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    IRPhE primary documentation

    Collected sources of primary documentation for reactor physics benchmarks.

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 14 April 2022
    Activity
    Pellet-Cladding Mechanical Interaction (PCMI) Benchmark

    The aim of the benchmark is to improve understanding and modelling of pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI) amongst NEA member organisations. This is achieved by comparing PCMI predictions of...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Light water reactors EGRFP Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 23 March 2022
    Activity
    Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS)

    Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) performs specific tasks associa...

    Reactor physics Molten salt reactors Light water reactors Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics …
    Published date: 29 March 2022
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    Expert Group on Reactor Fuel Performance (EGRFP)

    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...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics EGRFP Reactor physics
    Published date: 23 March 2022
    Activity
    Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)

    The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, and radiation transport and shielding in present and future nu...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Multi-physics simulations Fuel studies Light water reactors Thermal hydraulics WPRS Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 18 February 2022
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    International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2022)
    15 - 20 May 2022
    Pittsburgh, United States

    PHYSOR attracts international experts from all segments of the nuclear industry and scientific community, including vendors, utilities, laboratories, and universities. The theme for this year’s confe...

    Reactor physics Co-sponsored event
    Published date: 31 January 2022
    News
    Scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

    NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 15-19 February 2021.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 24 February 2021
    News
    Benchmarking, single and multi-physics modelling and simulation tools for nuclear reactor analysis

    NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) workshops, 7-15 December 2020.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 17 December 2020
    Activity
    Expert Group on Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics and Mechanics (EGTHM)

    Created in 2019, under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group will perform specific tasks associated with core thermal-hydraulics aspects of...

    Reactor physics Sodium-cooled reactor Molten salt reactors Light water reactors Thermal hydraulics WPRS Reactor physics …
    Published date: 22 December 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume IV: Results of Phase II on Pressure Drop and Critical Power
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)7

    In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...

    English Reactor physics Boiling water reactors Nuclear safety Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 2 December 2021
    Activity
    Expert Group on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF)

    The Expert Group on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF) dealt with the various aspects of the modelling and design of accelerator shield systems and radiatio...

    Reactor physics Nuclear science Radiation shielding Radiation transport and shielding Reactor physics …
    Published date: 19 November 2021
    Activity
    Expert Group on Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (EGUAM)

    The expert group provided advice to the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) on the scientific development needs (data and methods, validation experiments, scenario studies) o...

    EGUAM Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Light water reactors WPRS Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 27 October 2021
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    Physics of plutonium recycling

    For nuclear utility companies that opt to reprocess spent fuel, recycle it or do both, one of the main pertinent issues is plutonium recycling.

    Reactor physics Plutonium Nuclear fuel cycle Reactor physics
    Published date: 8 September 2021
    Activity
    Benchmark Based on NUPEC Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) Subchannel and Bundle Tests (PSBT)

    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.

    Reactor physics Nuclear science Thermal hydraulics Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors Multiphysics …
    Published date: 26 July 2021
    Activity
    IRPhE Technical Review Group

    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...

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 2 July 2021
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    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM)

    The goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) was to determine the uncertainty in light wat...

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 1 July 2021
    NEA Document
    Benchmark Specifications for the Fluoride-salt High-temperature Reactor (FHR) Reactor Physics Calculations
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)5

    This benchmark focuses on FHR reactors with plates and triso fuel. Several phases are planned, starting with neutronics on a simple fuel element simulation without burn-up, and gradually extending to...

    Reactor physics Verification Reactor physics
    Published date: 4 June 2021
    Activity
    International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE)

    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 ...

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 29 June 2021
    Publications and Reports
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark

    Refined models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data can improve the understanding of phenomena and the quantification of margins for operating nuclear power reactors...

    English Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 7 July 2006
    Publications and Reports
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark - Volume II

    This report provides the specification for the uncertainty exercises of the international OECD/NEA, NRC and NUPEC BFBT benchmark problem including the elemental task. The specification was prepared j...

    English Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 1 January 2010
    Activity
    Rostov-2 VVER-1000 Benchmark

    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 ...

    Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Multiphysics
    Published date: 23 March 2021
    Activity
    Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) Benchmark Task Force

    A sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is a fast neutron reactor that uses molten sodium metal as a coolant. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) are the most promising type of reactors to achieve Generati...

    Reactor physics EGRPANS Fast reactor WPRS Reactor physics …
    Published date: 4 February 2021
    Activity
    3-D Radiation Transport benchmarks

    3-D Radiation Transport benchmarks dealt with scientific issues in the field of deterministic and stochastic methods and computer codes relative to three dimensional (3-D) radiation transport. 

    Reactor physics Monte Carlo method Transport Verification and validation Radiation shielding Radiation Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 30 September 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 8 (LWR-UAM-8)
    14 - 16 May 2014
    Garching, Germany
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 21 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 1 (LWR-UAM-1)
    10 - 11 May 2007
    Paris, France
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 2 (LWR-UAM-2)
    2 - 4 April 2008
    Garching, Germany
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 4 (LWR-UAM-4)
    13 - 15 April 2010
    Pisa, Italy
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 5 (LWR-UAM-5)
    13 - 15 April 2011
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 6 (LWR-UAM-6)
    9 - 11 May 2012
    Karlsruhe, Germany
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 9 (LWR-UAM-9)
    20 - 22 May 2015
    Madrid, Spain
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 11 (LWR-UAM-11)
    10 - 12 May 2017
    Erlangen, Germany
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 12 (LWR-UAM-12)
    16 - 17 May 2018
    Lucca, Italy
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 13 (LWR-UAM-13)
    13 - 17 May 2019
    Oak Ridge, United States
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 3 (LWR-UAM-3)
    29 April 2009 - 1 May 2009
    University Park/State College, Pennsylvania, United States
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of LWRs - Workshop 10 (LWR-UAM-10)
    1 - 3 June 2016
    Villigen, Switzerland
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Event
    Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling Workshop (UAM-2006)
    28 - 29 April 2006
    Pisa, Italy
    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 18 December 2020
    Activity
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) workshops

    The Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) is an international high-visibility benchmark for unce...

    Boiling water reactors Light water reactors Reactor physics Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 30 September 2020
    Publications and Reports
    VVER-1000 MOX Core Computational Benchmark

    The United States and the Russian Federation have each agreed to dispose of 34 tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium that are beyond their defence needs. One effective way to dispose of this plutonium is...

    English Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Nuclear science Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 20 January 2006
    Subtopic
    Reactor fuel performance

    Understanding fuel performance is a key condition for successful reactor operation. Scientific knowledge in this domain was conceived by experimental tests encoded into software routines to ensure ac...

    Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 10 December 2020
    News
    Scientific issues of nuclear reactor systems

    NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 19-21 February 2020.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 4 March 2020
    Subtopic
    Reactor physics

    Questions relating to the space, time end energy distribution of neutrons and radiation in different media are the domain of reactor physics.

    Reactor physics Verification and validation Fast reactor Benchmark Advanced reactors Reactor physics …
    Published date: 2 December 2019
    Publications and Reports
    Very High Burn-ups in Light Water Reactors

    Average fuel burn-up in light water reactors (LWRs) has steadily increased with time as technological advances have been made. The practical limit is currently in the region of 50 GWd/t. The main dri...

    English Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Light water reactors Reactor physics …
    Published date: 22 August 2006
    NEA Document
    Benchmark for Neutronic Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Cores with Various Fuel Types and Core Sizes
    NEA/NSC/R(2015)9

    Sodium fast reactors offer the most promising type of reactors to achieve such Generation IV goals at a reasonable time scale given the experience accumulated over the years. However, it is recognise...

    English Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Fuel studies Sodium-cooled reactor NSC Generation IV reactors Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 5 November 2015
    NEA Document
    A Code to Code Benchmark for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Element Depletion
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)1

    The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphitemoderated gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. This design permits ...

    English Nuclear fuel Fuel studies Generation IV reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics Reactor physics Cogeneration NSC Gas-cooled reactors Benchmark …
    Published date: 18 January 2019
    Activity
    Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD)

    The Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD) dealt with the status and trends of reactor physics, fuel performance and fuel cycle issues related to the disposition of weapons-grade...

    Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Plutonium Reactor physics …
    Published date: 16 December 2020
    Subtopic
    Thermal hydraulics and mechanics

    Thermal hydraulics and mechanics deals with the physics and mechanics of the flow and energetic transfer of liquids, and its interactions with the structures around them in large complex systems, suc...

    Reactor physics Nuclear science Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 10 December 2020
    NEA Document
    Overview of SMORN-VI: Summary of the Sixth Symposium on Reactor Noise (SMORN VI)
    NEA/NEACRP/L(1991)333

    A summary of the Sixth Symposium on Reactor Noise (SMORN VI), Gatlinburg, United States, 19-24 May 1991

    English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science
    Published date: 1 January 1991
    NEA Document
    Overview of the 7th Symposium on Reactor Surveillance and Diagnostics (SMORN-VII)
    NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)17

    Overview of the 7th Symposium on Reactor Surveillance and Diagnostics (SMORN-VII), 19-23 June 1995, Avignon, France

    English Reactor physics NSC
    Published date: 1 January 1996
    Publications and Reports
    Reactor Noise - SMORN II
    English Reactor physics Nuclear science Proceedings
    Published date: 1 January 1977
    Publications and Reports
    Reactor Noise - SMORN I
    English Reactor physics Nuclear science Proceedings
    Published date: 1 January 1974
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