In-core detector activation rate for a PWR assembly
The in-core detector system is the principal source of information for determining relative assembly powers, and maximum fuel rod powers in a reactor core. The detector signals are used in conjunction with pre-calculated factors, and appropriate normalizations, to obtain measured power values. Considerable reliance is placed on the accuracy of in-core detector inferred power distributions in reactor operations, and in the verification of calculational methods. The objective of this study was to compare results from standard design codes for the in-core detector activation rate (and the fission rate distribution in an assembly), to results obtained from a detailed calculation performed with a continuous energy Monte Carlo program with ENDF/B-V nuclear data.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5640684
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-NUREG-30724; CONF-820609-11; ON: DE82010623; TRN: 82-010555
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 6 Jun 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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