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    NEA Document
    OECD/NRC Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (TT) Benchmark - Summary of the First Workshop
    NEA/NSC/DOC(2000)22
    Reactor physics Boiling water reactors NSC Nuclear science Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 10 December 2000
    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: 2 August 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: 7 February 2023
    News
    International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments

    The 2021 edition contains data from 169 experimental series that were performed at 57 nuclear facilities.

    Physics News brief Experiments ICSBEP IRPhEP Reactor technology Reactor physics Reactor physics Benchmark …
    Published date: 13 December 2022
    Event
    Management of Spent Fuel, Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning in SMRs or Advanced Reactor Technologies
    7 - 10 November 2022
    Lord Elgin Hotel - Ottawa, Canada

    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...

    Reactor physics Radioactive waste management CDLM Nuclear safety Nuclear decommissioning RWMC Legacy management Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 21 November 2022
    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: 10 November 2022
    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: 9 November 2022
    News
    Discussing radiation shielding, novel accelerator experiments and radiation physics simulations

    The event gathered 129 participants from 75 international institutions.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Radiation shielding EGPRS WPRS Radiation transport and shielding Reactor physics …
    Published date: 6 October 2022
    News
    Discussing scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

    WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics News brief Sodium-cooled reactor Light water reactors EGPRS WPRS Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 9 June 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 EGPRS Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics …
    Published date: 19 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume II

    The quality of the isotopic composition of plutonium fuel degrades as the number of recycles increases in thermal reactors. There are in addition incentives to better utilise fuel by increasing the b...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 19 July 1995
    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: 2 August 2022
    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: 2 August 2022
    Activity
    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
    Event
    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
    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 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
    Activity
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Publications and Reports
    VVER-1000 Coolant Transient Benchmark - Phase 1 (Vol. 1)

    In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...

    English Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 31 December 2003
    Publications and Reports
    VVER-1000 Coolant Transient Benchmark - Phase 1 (Vol. 2)

    In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...

    English Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors Multiphysics …
    Published date: 30 June 2006
    Publications and Reports
    Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (TT) Benchmark - Volume III

    In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...

    English Reactor physics Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 21 December 2006
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume V

    Studies on fast reactors have historically concentrated on their capability to use plutonium produced in thermal reactors as initial fuel, and subsequently their capacity to produce electricity while...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 1 November 1996
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume IV

    Studies on fast reactors have historically concentrated on their capability of using plutonium produced in thermal reactors as initial fuel, and subsequently their capacity to produce electricity whi...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 1 November 1995
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume III

    The quality of the isotopic composition of plutonium fuel degrades as the number of recycles increases in thermal reactors, requiring an increase in the total loading necessary in mixed plutonium-ura...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 17 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume IX

    The NEA has studied multiple recycling issues associated with various reactor systems fuelled with mixed-oxide (MOX) and published a series of computational physics benchmarks. This has led to improv...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 21 June 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VIII

    The NEA has studied multiple recycling issues associated with various reactor systems fuelled with mixed-oxide (MOX) and published a series of computational physics benchmarks. This has led to improv...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 21 June 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VII

    The commercial recycling of plutonium as PUO2/UO2 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel is an established practice in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) in several countries, the main motivation being the consumptio...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 10 March 2003
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VI

    Although the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) is now well-established on a commercial scale, many physics questions remain. The main quest...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 23 October 2002
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