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Title: 2010 Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment at the CEA Valduc SILENE Facility

Abstract

Several experiments were performed at the CEA Valduc SILENE reactor facility, which are intended to be published as evaluated benchmark experiments in the ICSBEP Handbook. These evaluated benchmarks will be useful for the verification and validation of radiation transport codes and evaluated nuclear data, particularly those that are used in the analysis of CAASs. During these experiments SILENE was operated in pulsed mode in order to be representative of a criticality accident, which is rare among shielding benchmarks. Measurements of the neutron flux were made with neutron activation foils and measurements of photon doses were made with TLDs. Also unique to these experiments was the presence of several detectors used in actual CAASs, which allowed for the observation of their behavior during an actual critical pulse. This paper presents the preliminary measurement data currently available from these experiments. Also presented are comparisons of preliminary computational results with Scale and TRIPOLI-4 to the preliminary measurement data.

Authors:
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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. CEA-Centre de Valduc, Is-sur-Tille (France)
  3. CEA, Cetre de Sacaly, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  4. CEA, Cetre de Sacaly, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  5. Babcock International Group (United Kingdom)
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  7. Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); CEA-Centre de Valduc, Is-sur-Tille (France); CEA, Cetre de Sacaly, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); Babcock International Group (United Kingdom); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OSTI Identifier:
1025848
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC 2011), Edinburgh (United Kingdom), 19-22 Sep 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ALARM SYSTEMS; BENCHMARKS; CRITICALITY; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SHIELDING; SILENE REACTOR; VALIDATION; VERIFICATION; Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); Evaluated Benchmark Experiments; ICSBEP Handbook; Preliminary Measurement Data; Preliminary Computational Results Comparisons

Citation Formats

Miller, Thomas Martin, Dunn, Michael E., Wagner, John C., McMahan, Kimberly L., Authier, Nicolas, Jacquet, Xavier, Rousseau, Guillaume, Wolff, Herve, Piot, Jerome, Savanier, Laurence, Baclet, Nathalie, Lee, Yi-kang, Masse, Veronique, Trama, Jean-Christophe, Gagnier, Emmanuel, Naury, Sylvie, Lenain, Richard, Hunter, Richard, Kim, Soon, Dulik, George Michael, and Reynolds, Kevin H. 2010 Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment at the CEA Valduc SILENE Facility. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Miller, Thomas Martin, Dunn, Michael E., Wagner, John C., McMahan, Kimberly L., Authier, Nicolas, Jacquet, Xavier, Rousseau, Guillaume, Wolff, Herve, Piot, Jerome, Savanier, Laurence, Baclet, Nathalie, Lee, Yi-kang, Masse, Veronique, Trama, Jean-Christophe, Gagnier, Emmanuel, Naury, Sylvie, Lenain, Richard, Hunter, Richard, Kim, Soon, Dulik, George Michael, & Reynolds, Kevin H. 2010 Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment at the CEA Valduc SILENE Facility. United States.
Miller, Thomas Martin, Dunn, Michael E., Wagner, John C., McMahan, Kimberly L., Authier, Nicolas, Jacquet, Xavier, Rousseau, Guillaume, Wolff, Herve, Piot, Jerome, Savanier, Laurence, Baclet, Nathalie, Lee, Yi-kang, Masse, Veronique, Trama, Jean-Christophe, Gagnier, Emmanuel, Naury, Sylvie, Lenain, Richard, Hunter, Richard, Kim, Soon, Dulik, George Michael, and Reynolds, Kevin H. 2011. "2010 Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment at the CEA Valduc SILENE Facility". United States.
@article{osti_1025848,
title = {2010 Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment at the CEA Valduc SILENE Facility},
author = {Miller, Thomas Martin and Dunn, Michael E. and Wagner, John C. and McMahan, Kimberly L. and Authier, Nicolas and Jacquet, Xavier and Rousseau, Guillaume and Wolff, Herve and Piot, Jerome and Savanier, Laurence and Baclet, Nathalie and Lee, Yi-kang and Masse, Veronique and Trama, Jean-Christophe and Gagnier, Emmanuel and Naury, Sylvie and Lenain, Richard and Hunter, Richard and Kim, Soon and Dulik, George Michael and Reynolds, Kevin H.},
abstractNote = {Several experiments were performed at the CEA Valduc SILENE reactor facility, which are intended to be published as evaluated benchmark experiments in the ICSBEP Handbook. These evaluated benchmarks will be useful for the verification and validation of radiation transport codes and evaluated nuclear data, particularly those that are used in the analysis of CAASs. During these experiments SILENE was operated in pulsed mode in order to be representative of a criticality accident, which is rare among shielding benchmarks. Measurements of the neutron flux were made with neutron activation foils and measurements of photon doses were made with TLDs. Also unique to these experiments was the presence of several detectors used in actual CAASs, which allowed for the observation of their behavior during an actual critical pulse. This paper presents the preliminary measurement data currently available from these experiments. Also presented are comparisons of preliminary computational results with Scale and TRIPOLI-4 to the preliminary measurement data.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1025848}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
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