Published October 2008 | Version v1
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PWR and WWER MOX benchmark calculation by HELIOS

  • 1. VUJE, Inc., 918 64 Trnava, Slovakia, and Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • 2. VUJE, Inc., 918 64 Trnava (Slovakia)
  • 3. Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia)

Description

A depletion calculation benchmark devoted to MOX fuel cycles in an ongoing objective of OECD/NEA WPRS (Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems) following the study of depletion calculation concerning UOX fuel. Four corresponding fuel structures as super-cells were calculated: the MOX PWR, WWER-1000, WWER-440 assembly surrounded by UOX assembly and MOX assembly in an infinite lattice. These scenarios enable to show the importance of the UOX environment in the mixed UOX - MOX core. Studies have shown that a standard calculation based on an infinite medium pattern for MOX assembly can lead to a significant error in Pu-239 concentration at a high burn up. The model calculations were performed by a spectral code HELIOS 1.10. (Author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Kiadja and KFKI Atomenergia Kutatointezet
Imprint Place
Budapest (Hungary)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the eighteenth symposium of atomic energy research
Imprint Pagination
620 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
Report number
INIS-SK--2009-001

Conference

Title
18. Atomic Energy Research Symposium on WWER Physics and Reactor Safety
Dates
6-10 Oct 2008
Place
Eger (Hungary)

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Notes
8 refs; 5 tab.; 8 figs. Imprint:Next corporations organizations: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Institute of Nuclear Techniques, Budapest (Hungary); Forschungszentrum Dresden- Rossendorf, Institute of Safety Research, Dresden (Germany); Studsvik Scandpower, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US); Studsvik Scandpower, Inc., Boston, MA (US); Studsvik Scandpower AS, Kjeller (Norway); INVAP S.E., Bariloche (Argentina); TS Enercon Ltd. (Hungary);Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia); The Pennsylvania State University (US); VNIIAES (RF); GRS mbH (Germany); INRNE-BAS, Sofia (Bulgaria); VTT, Espoo (Finland); BME NTI (Hungary), State Scientific and Technical Centre on Nuclear and Radiation Safety, Kyiv (Ukraine); Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia); Bohunice NPP (Slovakia); Mochovce NPP (Slovakia); Dukovany NPP (Czech Republic)