BISON and MARMOT Development for Modeling Fast Reactor Fuel Performance

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1245515· OSTI ID:1245515

Gamble, Kyle Allan Lawrence ^[1]; Williamson, Richard L. ^[1]; Schwen, Daniel ^[1]; Zhang, Yongfeng ^[1]; Novascone, Stephen Rhead ^[1]; Medvedev, Pavel G. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

BISON and MARMOT are two codes under development at the Idaho National Laboratory for engineering scale and lower length scale fuel performance modeling. It is desired to add capabilities for fast reactor applications to these codes. The fast reactor fuel types under consideration are metal (U-Pu-Zr) and oxide (MOX). The cladding types of interest include 316SS, D9, and HT9. The purpose of this report is to outline the proposed plans for code development and provide an overview of the models added to the BISON and MARMOT codes for fast reactor fuel behavior. A brief overview of preliminary discussions on the formation of a bilateral agreement between the Idaho National Laboratory and the National Nuclear Laboratory in the United Kingdom is presented.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1245515
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-15-36440; TRN: US1601191
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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