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Garching, Germany
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21 December 2020
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Madrid, Spain
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18 December 2020
The goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...
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25 April 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)5
Since the early 2000s there is an increasing demand from nuclear research, industry, safety and regulation for best-estimate predictions to be provided with their confidence bounds. Consequently, an ...
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18 April 2023
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 (...
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20 September 2021
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18 January 2024
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8 August 2003
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9 July 2004
An important issue regarding deterministic transport methods for whole core calculations is that homogenised techniques can introduce errors into results. In addition, with modern computational abili...
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16 September 2005
One of the important issues regarding deterministic transport methods for whole core calculations is that homogenised techniques can introduce errors into results. On the other hand, with modern comp...
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8 August 2003
NEA/NSC/R(2023)8
The Task Force on Dose Rate Calculations for Irradiated Fuel Assembly was launched in 2015 to assess code predictions of dose rates from bare spent fuel assemblies and to benchmark multiple codes and...
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19 September 2023
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7 July 2006
In order to validate the calculations methods and nuclear data used for the prediction of power in MOX-fuelled systems, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has examined a series of theoretical physi...
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9 February 2004
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22 December 2000
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...
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4 June 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2022)5
This report presents the results of a benchmark study on innovative fuels for fast reactors using fuel performance codes. Irradiation results were shared among participants of the expert group and co...
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3 April 2023
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12 June 2012
30 October 2023
13:00-15:00 CET, Online
Recent performance breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have led to unprecedented interest in AI/ML among nuclear engineers. However, the lack of dedicated benchmar...
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6 December 2023
NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)17
LACANES – Phase I: Isothermal forced convection case
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12 June 2012
NEA/NSC/R(2018)1
LACANES – Phase II: Natural Convection
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4 April 2018
The annual WPRS Benchmarks Workshops took place on 22-26 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy.
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13 June 2023
NEA/NSC/DOC(2007)1/1
Particle transport calculations in three-dimensional configurations are becoming prevalent in nuclear applications. This places a premium on determining the accuracy of numerical solutions to practic...
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23 February 2007
NEA/NSC/DOC(2009)8
Saratoga Springs, New York, 6 May 2009 - Meeting summary
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11 May 2009
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) workshops, 7-15 December 2020.
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17 December 2020
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16 May 2013
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17 November 2009
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19 May 2006
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1994
The Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (BWRTT) Benchmark was established to challenge the coupled system thermal-hydraulic/neutron kinetics codes against a Peach-Bottom-2 (a GE-designed BWR/4) turbin...
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19 July 2022
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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20 July 2001
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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7 July 2005
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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21 December 2006
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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8 October 2010
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.
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11 September 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2016)2
Numerical benchmark for the analysis of small-sample reactivity experiments
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9 June 2016
NEA/NEACRP/L(1991)337
Simple PWR Spent Fuel Cell (Problem Specification), Makoto TAKANO (JAERI), Michaele BRADY (ORNL), 1991
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1 January 1991
NEA/NSC/DOC(1992)10
Isotopic Prediction (Problem Specification). Revised, January 1993 Michaele C. Brady<br>See <a href="/html/science/docs/1996/nsc-doc96-06.pdf">NEA/NSC/DOC(96)6</a>.
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1 January 1992
NEA/NSC/DOC(1993)22
JAERI-M-94-003 Makoto TAKANO (JAERI), January 1994
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1 January 1993
NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)6
Isotopic Prediction: Final Report, M.D. DeHart (ORNL), M.C. Brady (SNL), C.V. Parks (ORNL). Publication date June 1996. ORNL-6901
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1 January 1996
NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)1
JAERI-Research 96-003, M. Takano, H. Okuno, (JAERI), publication date: February 1996
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1 January 1996
NEA/NSC/DOC(1993)15
Effect of Axial Burnup Profile (Infinite fuel pin array) Makoto Takano (JAERI), Michaele Brady (SNL), Alain Santamarina (CEA), June 1993. See NEA/NSC/DOC(96)1
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1 January 1993
NEA/NSC/DOC(1998)1
Results - Conceptual PWR Spent Fuel Transportation Cask, A. Nouri
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1 January 1998
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9 September 2008
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20 December 2006
NEA/NSC/DOC(2000)12
Criticality Calculations of BWR Spent Fuel in Storage and Transport, Hiroshi OKUNO, Yoshitaka NAITO, Yoshihira ANDO
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30 June 2000
NEA/NSC/DOC(1997)11
Hiroshi OKUNO, Yoshitaka NAITO and Yoshihira ANDO (JAERI)
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1 January 1997
NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)4
Criticality Calculations of BWR Spent Fuel in Storage and Transportation, Yoshitaka Naito, Hiroshi Okuno and Yoshihara Ando (JAERI)
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1 January 1996
NEA/NSC/DOC(2002)2
Burn-up Calculations of BWR Fuel Assemblies for Storage and Transport
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16 January 2002
NEA/NSC/DOC(2003)3
Reactivity Prediction Calculations for Infinite Arrays of PWR Mox Fuel Pincells
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17 April 2003