High Flux Isotope Reactor Core Analysis-Challenges and Recent Enhancements in Modeling and Simulation

Ilas, Germina; Betzler, Benjamin; Chandler, David; Davidson, Eva E.

Title: High Flux Isotope Reactor Core Analysis-Challenges and Recent Enhancements in Modeling and Simulation

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A concerted effort over the past few years has focused on enhancing the core depletion models for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) as part of a comprehensive study for designing a HFIR core that would use low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. A HFIR core depletion model that is based on current state-of-the-art methods and nuclear data was needed for use as a reference for the design of an LEU fuel for HFIR and to improve the basis for analyses that support HFIR’s current operation with high-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel. This paper summarizes the recent improvements in modeling and simulation for HFIR core analyses, with a focus on core depletion models.

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Publication Date:: Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1253244

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: PHYSOR 2016 - Sun Valley, Idaho, United States of America - 5/1/2016 12:00:00 AM-5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; HFIR; research reactor; HEU; LEU; depletion

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                    Ilas, Germina, Betzler, Benjamin, Chandler, David, and Davidson, Eva E. High Flux Isotope Reactor Core Analysis-Challenges and Recent Enhancements in Modeling and Simulation.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Ilas, Germina, Betzler, Benjamin, Chandler, David, & Davidson, Eva E. High Flux Isotope Reactor Core Analysis-Challenges and Recent Enhancements in Modeling and Simulation.  United States.

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                    Ilas, Germina, Betzler, Benjamin, Chandler, David, and Davidson, Eva E. 2016.  
        "High Flux Isotope Reactor Core Analysis-Challenges and Recent Enhancements in Modeling and Simulation".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1253244.

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