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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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IRPhE Handbook 2019 Edition - Contents

IRPhE Handbook 2019 Edition - Contents

Verification and validation Verification Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Reactor physics …
Published date: 30 September 2020
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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
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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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KALININ-3 Coolant Transient Benchmark

This benchmark was a continuation of the V1000CT activities and defined a coupled code problem for further validation of thermal-hydraulics system codes for application with Russian-designed VVER-100...

Verification and validation Verification Benchmark Reactor physics
Published date: 19 July 2022
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Kalinin-3 Coolant Transient Benchmark - Conditions for release 2020

Conditions for release, rules and restrictions applying to the Kalinin Unit 3 (Kalinin-3) Transient Benchmark caused by the switching-off of one of the four operating main circulation pumps (MCPs) at...

Benchmark Reactor physics
Published date: 30 September 2020
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Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Benchmark (LFR)

Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) are rather new concepts which have gathered increasing international attention after the Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) selected them as promising candidates ...

Generation IV reactors Verification and validation Verification Validation Liquid metal reactors Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 2 August 2022
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Liquid Metal Fast Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark (LMFR T/H)

The Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LFMR) is one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of steady-state numerical predictions of Texas A&M University (TAMU) separate effect tests ...

Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 19 July 2022
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McMaster Core Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark

Building on the NEA BFBT and PSBT benchmarks, McMaster University, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, launched a CANDU thermal-hydraulic benchmark under the WPRS Expert Group on U...

Nuclear science Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 19 July 2022
Publications and Reports
Minor Actinide Burning in Thermal Reactors

This publication provides an introduction to minor actinide nuclear properties and discusses some of the arguments in favour of minor actinide recycling, as well as the potential role of thermal reac...

English Fuel studies Nuclear science Reactor physics Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Minor actinides …
Published date: 18 November 2013
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Multiphysics

Multiphysics are simulations using computer applications or software to couple multiple physical events in order to predict or validate the physical real-world outcome.

Multi-physics simulations Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 16 October 2020
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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
Publications and Reports
NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark

Refined models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data can improve the understanding of phenomena and the quantification of margins for operating nuclear power reactors...

English Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 7 July 2006
Publications and Reports
NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark - Volume II

This report provides the specification for the uncertainty exercises of the international OECD/NEA, NRC and NUPEC BFBT benchmark problem including the elemental task. The specification was prepared j...

English Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 1 January 2010
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 safety Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 1 June 2021
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 Reactor physics Boiling water reactors Nuclear safety Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 2 December 2021
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OECD/NRC Benchmark based on NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Tests (BFBT)

NUPEC Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark

Thermal hydraulics Reactor physics
Published date: 2 August 2022
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
NEA Document
Reactor physics Boiling water reactors NSC Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 1 May 2003
NEA Document
Reactor physics Boiling water reactors NSC Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 10 December 2000