High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...
WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.
Burn-up credit is a safety approach that accounts for the reduction in the reactivity of configurations with spent nuclear fuel due to the change in their composition after irradiation.
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) , the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) focuses on technical and scientific issues related to criticality safety. Specific...
The NEA Data Bank Nuclear Data Service (NDS) organised the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Week (NDW) on 25-29 April 2022.
The Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) deals with technical and scientific issues relevant to criticality safety. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to) investig...
Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST), aims to provide rapid feedback on the effect of changes to nuclear data on integral benchmarks.
Accident-tolerant fuels may offer opportunities to enhance the safety and competitiveness of commercial nuclear power plants.
The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) released the first version of the Database for the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experime...
Collected sources of primary documentation for reactor physics benchmarks.