Published May 2000 | Version v1
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APOLLO2: a new two-level calculation scheme applied to PWR assembly depletion computation - 168

Creators

  • 1. Service d'Etudes des Reacteurs et de Mathematiques Appliquees, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, DRN/DMT/Serma/LENR, CEA-SACLAY 91191 Gif surYvette (France)
  • 2. Framatome, Tour Framatome, 92084 Paris La Defense (France)
  • 3. Electricite de France, EDF/DER, Clamart (France)

Description

A new method to improve the representation of the flux gradient in PWR assemblies during depletion calculations is presented herein. This original two-level scheme calculation consists in performing the depletion computation with two subsequent flux calculations based first on the Pij method with a general interface current formalism and then on the SN method. Several validations based on three different PWR configurations are presented: the absorption rate and the k∞ obtained with the new scheme are compared with the values issued from some fine Pij calculations. (author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL (United States)
Imprint Pagination
15 p.

Conference

Title
ANS International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics and Mathematics and Computation into the Next Millennium
Acronym
Physor 2000
Dates
7-12 May 2000
Place
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
54119191
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; CALCULATION METHODS; ENERGY LEVELS; PWR TYPE REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SORPTION; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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