Published June 2018 | Version v1
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Investigating decoupling effects in Cfv type of reactors using Avery s coupled reactor theory

  • 1. Idaho National Laboratory, 2525 Fremont Ave, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 (United States)
  • 2. University of California, Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering, 2521 Hearst Ave, Bekeley, CA 94709 (United States)
  • 3. CEA, Direction de le Energie Nuclearie, DER, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)

Description

An investigation is carried out on possible decoupling effects on Cfv reactor type with heterogeneous blanket regions like that present in the Astrid reactor. A code based on Avery s coupled reactor theory was used to study the impact of different subdivisions of an Astrid benchmark in several zones (reactors) for a transient of a rod ejection. Coupling coefficients are computed using a new developed version of the Serpent code. (Author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Centro de Informacion y Documentacion, 52750 Ocoyoacac, Estado de Mexico (MX), e-mail: mclaudia.gonzalez@inin.gob.mx

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana
Imprint Place
Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico)
Imprint Pagination
12 p.

Conference

Title
reactor physics paving the way towards more efficient systems
Acronym
PHYSOR 2018
Dates
22-26 Apr 2018
Place
Cancun, Q. R. (Mexico)

INIS

Country of Publication
Mexico
Country of Input or Organization
Mexico
INIS RN
50013987
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BENCHMARKS; COUPLING; CRITICALITY; CROSS SECTIONS; DECOUPLING; KINETICS; REACTIVITY; REACTORS; RODS; S CODES; SODIUM; TRANSIENTS; VOIDS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; METALS