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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
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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
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Thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using HTTF data (HTGR T/H)

High-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors are one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists consists in a multi-staged code-to-code-to-data thermal hydraulics code validation...

Thermal hydraulics 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
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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 EGPRS WPRS Reactor physics …
Published date: 24 February 2021
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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
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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
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Dragon Project

View of Dragon Reactor. Photo: AEA Technology.

In 1959, twelve OECD countries began the Dragon Reactor Experiment (DRE) to build a reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, United Kingdom. The Dragon was the fi...

Criticality safety Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Reactor physics …
Published date: 14 October 2022
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Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-hydraulics Transients Benchmark - PBMR-400 Core Design

The international benchmark concerned pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics transients based on the PBMR-400MW design.

SMR Gas-cooled reactors Thermal hydraulics Verification Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 26 July 2021
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