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Title: Current Reactor Physics Benchmark Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory

Abstract

The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) and the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) were established to preserve integral reactor physics and criticality experiment data for present and future research. These valuable assets provide the basis for recording, developing, and validating our integral nuclear data, and experimental and computational methods. These projects are managed through the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA). Staff and students at the Department of Energy - Idaho (DOE-ID) and INL are engaged in the development of benchmarks to support ongoing research activities. These benchmarks include reactors or assemblies that support Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) research, space nuclear Fission Surface Power System (FSPS) design validation, and currently operational facilities in Southeastern Idaho.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States); Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Center for Space Nuclear Research
  3. Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States); USDOE Idaho Operations Office (IO)
  4. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States); USDOE Idaho Operations Office (IO)
  5. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States)
  6. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States); Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Center for Space Nuclear Research; Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States); USDOE Idaho Operations Office (IO); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OSTI Identifier:
1031738
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-11-22404
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: US1200157
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 2011 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, Current Activities in Reactor Physics Methods Validation Based on Experimental Measurements , Washington, DC (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2011; Related Information: https://www.ans.org/meetings/view-77/; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X
Publisher:
American Nuclear Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BENCHMARKS; CRITICALITY; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FISSION; INEEL; NEA; POWER SYSTEMS; REACTOR PHYSICS; SAFETY; VALIDATION; Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP); International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP); Zero-Power PROTEUS Research Reactor; Pebble-Bed Reactor (PBR); AGN-201M Reactor; Advanced Test Reactor Critical (ATRC) Facility; Neutron Radiography (NRAD) Reactor; TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) Mark II Tank-Type Research Reactor

Citation Formats

Bess, John D., Marshall, Margaret A., Gorham, Mackenzie L., Christensen, Joseph, Turnbull, James C., and Clark, Kimberly L. Current Reactor Physics Benchmark Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Bess, John D., Marshall, Margaret A., Gorham, Mackenzie L., Christensen, Joseph, Turnbull, James C., & Clark, Kimberly L. Current Reactor Physics Benchmark Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory. United States.
Bess, John D., Marshall, Margaret A., Gorham, Mackenzie L., Christensen, Joseph, Turnbull, James C., and Clark, Kimberly L. 2011. "Current Reactor Physics Benchmark Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1031738.
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author = {Bess, John D. and Marshall, Margaret A. and Gorham, Mackenzie L. and Christensen, Joseph and Turnbull, James C. and Clark, Kimberly L.},
abstractNote = {The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) and the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) were established to preserve integral reactor physics and criticality experiment data for present and future research. These valuable assets provide the basis for recording, developing, and validating our integral nuclear data, and experimental and computational methods. These projects are managed through the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA). Staff and students at the Department of Energy - Idaho (DOE-ID) and INL are engaged in the development of benchmarks to support ongoing research activities. These benchmarks include reactors or assemblies that support Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) research, space nuclear Fission Surface Power System (FSPS) design validation, and currently operational facilities in Southeastern Idaho.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1031738}, journal = {Transactions of the American Nuclear Society},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}

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