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Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark

Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark

Multi-physics simulations Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark
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
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Deterministic Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Benchmark without Spatial Homogenisation (C5G7-TD)

To ensure reliable modelling of neutron physics within a state-of-the-art transient code, the neutron kinetics part of such a code should be based on the full-scale calculation of the space-time neu...

Transport Verification and validation Verification Radiation Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 19 July 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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Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (BWRTT) Benchmark

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...

Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Verification Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Reactor physics …
Published date: 19 July 2022
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Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM)

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...

Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 5 July 2022
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Burst Fission Gas Release (FGR) Benchmark of the Expert Group on Reactor Fuel Performance (EGRFP)

This benchmark is organised to examine the models for fission gas release during anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs).

Nuclear science Validation EGRPF WPRS Benchmark Reactor fuel performance …
Published date: 30 June 2022
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High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

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...

Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Multiphysics Reactor physics …
Published date: 22 June 2022
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Burn-up credit criticality safety

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.

Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science Criticality WPNCS …
Published date: 2 June 2022
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Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS)

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...

Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science Criticality
Published date: 17 May 2022