DETERMINATION OF INVENTORIES AND POWER DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE NSBR.

Conference · Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:890544

HANSON, A L; DIAMOND, D J

This memo presents the details of the methodology for developing fuel inventories for the NBSR along with power distributions predicted with this set of inventories. Several improvements have been made to the MCNP model of the NBSR since a set of calculations was performed in 2002 in support of the NBSR relicensing and SAR update. One of the most significant changes in the model was to divide the fuel elements into upper and lower halves so the effects of uneven burn between the two halves (due to the shim arms) can be determined. The present set of power distributions are provided for comparison with the previous safety analyses.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NIST
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 890544
• Report Number(s): BNL-76769-2006-CP; R&D Project: 05379/05446; TRN: US0604678
• Resource Relation: Conference: TRTR/IGORR JOINT MEETING; GATHERSBURG, MD; 20050912 through 20050916
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
FUEL ELEMENTS
INVENTORIES
POWER DISTRIBUTION
SAFETY
REACTOR SAFETY