Published 2008 | Version v1
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MCNP qualification on the HTR critical configurations: HTTR, HTR10 and PROTEUS results

Creators

  • 1. AREVA NP, Tour Areva, 92084 Paris La Defence Cedex (France)

Description

Recent critical experiments, including PROTEUS, HTTR and HTR-10 provide a reliable qualification base for HTR criticality predictions. The fuel tested in these experiments, be it hexagonal block or pebble type, is irradiated in a spectrum comparable to that of the HTR planned by AREVA NP. The neutron spectrum is comparable in all three cases; the mean C/M value for all critical cases is less than +350 pcm (JEF2.2), +250 pcm (JEFF3.1) and +60 pcm (ENDF BVI). The C/M obtained for the rods worth, the reaction rates and the isothermal coefficient are very satisfactory. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI
Imprint Place
Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
ISBN
978-3-9521409-5-6
Imprint Pagination
9 p.

Conference

Title
International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 'Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Resource'
Acronym
PHYSOR'08
Dates
14-19 Sep 2008
Place
Interlaken (Switzerland)

INIS

Country of Publication
Switzerland
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
41119131
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONFIGURATION; CRITICALITY; HTTR REACTOR; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROTEUS; REACTION KINETICS
Descriptors DEC
BACTERIA; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUELS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HELIUM COOLED REACTORS; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; KINETICS; MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SPECTRA

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Notes
8 refs.; proceedings are available as a CD-ROM on request to info'at'physor08.ch