Generation of SFR few-group constants using the Monte Carlo code Serpent

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:22212932

Fridman, E.; Rachamin, R. ^[1]; Shwageraus, E. ^[2]

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1. Helmholz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, POB 510119, Dresden, 01314 (Germany)
2. Ben-Gurion University, POB 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva (Israel)

In this study, the Serpent Monte Carlo code was used as a tool for preparation of homogenized few-group cross sections for the nodal diffusion analysis of Sodium cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) cores. Few-group constants for two reference SFR cores were generated by Serpent and then employed by nodal diffusion code DYN3D in 2D full core calculations. The DYN3D results were verified against the references full core Serpent Monte Carlo solutions. A good agreement between the reference Monte Carlo and nodal diffusion results was observed demonstrating the feasibility of using Serpent for generation of few-group constants for the deterministic SFR analysis. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22212932
• Resource Relation: Conference: M and C 2013: 2013 International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sun Valley, ID (United States), 5-9 May 2013; Other Information: Country of input: France; 7 refs.; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering - M and C 2013| 3016 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
FAST REACTORS
GROUP CONSTANTS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS