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    Benchmark Activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics of the 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) and its expert groups co-ordinate benchmark activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics. The benchmark ac...

    Nuclear science WPRS Reactor physics
    Published date: 16 March 2023
    Event
    WPRS Benchmarks Workshop 2023
    22 - 26 May 2023
    Zanhotel Europa, Via Cesare Boldini 11, Bologna, Italy

    The annual Benchmark Workshop of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems will be hosted in 2023 by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy ...

    Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Nuclear science Benchmark Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics Reactor fuel performance Multiphysics …
    Published date: 16 March 2023
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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: 8 March 2023
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    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
    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
    NEA Document
    Existing Practices for Multi-physics Validation: Report on Sub-Task 3, Task Force 2
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)7

    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...

    Reactor physics Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP …
    Published date: 11 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
    Event
    International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS)
    1 - 23 May 2023
    Online training & in-person event on 22-23 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy

    The NEA will organise the first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) on the topic of Reactor single- and multi-physics simulations based on Light Water Reactor (LWR) ...

    Nuclear science Education WPRS Nuclear science Reactor physics …
    Published date: 20 February 2023
    NEA Document
    Burn-up Credit Criticality Studies: Benchmark Analyses for Pressurised Water Reactors
    NEA/NSC/R(2016)1
    English Nuclear science Criticality WPNCS WPRS Multiphysics Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP Reactor physics Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science …
    Published date: 23 February 2016
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    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 Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics …
    Published date: 10 December 2020
    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 Fuel studies Generation IV reactors Nuclear science WPRS Reactor physics Reactor physics Sodium-cooled reactor NSC EGPRS Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 5 November 2015
    NEA Document
    International Benchmark on Pressurised Water Reactor Sub-channel and Bundle Tests - Volume II: Benchmark results of phase I Void distribution
    NEA/NSC/R(2015)4

    The objective of the benchmark was twofold. First, the benchmark aimed to evaluate currently available computational approaches in an effort to understand the strengths and weaknesses of current ther...

    English Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics Thermal hydraulics and mechanics EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 24 June 2015
    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 Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics Thermal hydraulics and mechanics EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 2 October 2015
    NEA Document
    MOx Depletion Calculation Benchmark
    NEA/NSC/R(2016)3

    In 2013, the Expert Group on Reactor Physics and Advanced Nuclear Systems (EGRPANS) published a report that investigated fuel depletion effects in a pressurised water reactor (PWR). This was entitled...

    English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science Reactor physics …
    Published date: 14 June 2016
    NEA Document
    NEA Benchmark of the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor 350 MW Core DesignVolumes I and II
    NEA/NSC/R(2017)4
    English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science EGTHM Reactor physics EGMUP …
    Published date: 6 December 2017
    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 Nuclear science WPRS Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP Reactor physics Cogeneration NSC Gas-cooled reactors EGPRS Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 18 January 2019
    NEA Document
    Coupled Neutronic/Thermal-Fluid Benchmark of the MHTGR-350 MW Core Design: Results for Phase I Exercise 1
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)5
    Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science EGTHM Reactor physics EGMUP …
    Published date: 12 October 2020
    NEA Document
    Coupled Neutronic/Thermal-Fluid Benchmark of the MHTGR-350 MW Core Design: Results for the Lattice Physics Exercises
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)6

    The purpose of this prismatic High Temperature Reactor (HTR) benchmark is to provide a solution set that can be used in future code benchmarking and to better understand the effects induced by the pr...

    English Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics EGTHM Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP Reactor physics NSC EGPRS Nuclear science …
    Published date: 18 November 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 Nuclear science EGPRS Verification WPRS Nuclear science Reactor physics …
    Published date: 4 June 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume III: Results of Phase I on Void Distribution
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)6

    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 Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Nuclear safety WPRS Thermal hydraulics and mechanics EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 1 June 2021
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