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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 Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Nuclear safety WPRS EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics Nuclear science Benchmark …
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
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
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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
News
International review of benchmark experiments

ICSBEP, SINBAD AND IRPhEP Technical Review Group meetings, October 2021.

News brief Criticality safety Nuclear science ICSBEP IRPhEP Reactor physics …
Published date: 25 October 2021
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Benchmark of the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-350 MW Core Design

Helium-cooled very high-temperature gas reactors are highlighted as a key technology with the potential to improve the competitiveness of nuclear energy within the Generation IV International Forum (...

Gas-cooled reactors Reactor physics
Published date: 20 September 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
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Neutron noise analysis

Neutron noise analysis can be defined as the direct measurement of the kinetics of a nuclear core. This page describes some of the NEA's previous activities on neutron noise analysis in nuclear power...

Nuclear science Fast reactor Benchmark Reactor physics
Published date: 26 July 2021
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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
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Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR) Benchmark

Fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (FHRs), cooled with liquid (molten) salt, fueled with TRISO-based fuel are a potential molten salt reactor (MSR) design.

Nuclear science Molten salt reactors Verification Reactor physics
Published date: 14 June 2021