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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
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VVER-1000 Coolant Transient (V1000CT) Benchmarks

The overall objective of the VVER-1000 Coolant Transient (V1000CT) Benchmark was to assess computer codes used in the safety analysis of water-water energetic reactor (VVER) power plants, specificall...

Verification Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 2 August 2022
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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) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...

Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 5 July 2022
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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
Publications and Reports
Nuclear Safety Research Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors: 2021 Update

Experimental facilities in nuclear energy are key to addressing safety issues. The recent loss of some critical infrastructure, from facilities to industry expertise, has therefore become a concern f...

English Boiling water reactors Molten salt reactors Nuclear safety Light water reactors Safety Advanced reactors Safety research Sodium-cooled reactor Gas-cooled reactors Pressurised heavy water reactors Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 8 September 2021
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
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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
Joint project
Bubbler Condenser Project

There are several VVER-440/213* type nuclear power plants operating in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Russia and Ukraine. VVER-440/213 pressurised water reactors (PWRs) have a pressure...

Risk assessment Accident analysis and management Fuel cycle facility safety Nuclear safety research Joint project Safety of components and structures Accident management Pressurised water reactors Risk …
Published date: 22 April 2020
Joint project
Plant Safety Monitoring and Assessment System (PLASMA) Project

Under an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, (JAERI), the NEA supported an international research project with the goal of developing a plant safety monitoring and assessment s...

Risk assessment Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research Joint project Accident management Pressurised water reactors Safety research …
Published date: 22 April 2020
Joint project
PSB-VVER Project

The PSB-VVER is a large-scale thermal-hydraulics testing facility operated by the Electrogorsk Research and Engineering Centre (EREC) in Russia. The PSB-VVER Project was intended to provide the exper...

Risk assessment Accident analysis and management Thermal hydraulics Nuclear safety research CSNI Joint project Safety of components and structures Codes and programs Pressurised water reactors Safety research …
Published date: 22 April 2020
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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
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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
NEA Document
Solving Thermal Hydraulic Safety Issues for Current and New Pressurised Water Reactor Design Concepts: Primary Coolant Loop Test Facility (PKL2) Project – Final Report
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)6

For many years, extensive experimental investigations into the system response of pressurised water reactors (PWRs) under accident conditions have been being conducted at the large-scale Primärkreisl...

English Nuclear safety research CSNI Pressurised water reactors
Published date: 17 January 2018
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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
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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
NEA Document
International Benchmark on Pressurised Water Reactor Sub-channel and Bundle Tests - Volume III: Departure from nucleate boiling
NEA/NSC/R(2015)7

The need to refine models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data has arisen for various nuclear applications. One of the most extensive and valuable databases availabl...

English NSC Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 2 October 2015
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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
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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
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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
NEA Document
OECD/NRC Benchmark Based on NUPEC Pressurised Water Reactor Sub-channel and Bundle Tests (PSBT) - Volume I: Experimental database and final problem specifications
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)1

Based on the success of the OECD/NRC BFBT Benchmark, Japan released data based on the NUPEC PWR Sub-channel and Bundle Tests (PSBT) Benchmark and asked Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the Unit...

English Reactor physics NSC Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 4 January 2012