New Reactor Physics Benchmark Data in the March 2012 Edition of the IRPhEP Handbook

Conference · Sun Nov 11 04:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1058077

Bess, John D. ^[1]; Briggs, J. Blair ^[1]; Gulliford, Jim ^[2]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France). Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) was established to preserve integral reactor physics experimental data, including separate or special effects data for nuclear energy and technology applications. Numerous experiments that have been performed worldwide, represent a large investment of infrastructure, expertise, and cost, and are valuable resources of data for present and future research. These valuable assets provide the basis for recording, development, and validation of methods. If the experimental data are lost, the high cost to repeat many of these measurements may be prohibitive. The purpose of the IRPhEP is to provide an extensively peer-reviewed set of reactor physics-related integral data that can be used by reactor designers and safety analysts to validate the analytical tools used to design next-generation reactors and establish the safety basis for operation of these reactors. Contributors from around the world collaborate in the evaluation and review of selected benchmark experiments for inclusion in the International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhEP Handbook). Several new evaluations have been prepared for inclusion in the March 2012 edition of the IRPhEP Handbook.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1058077
• Report Number(s): INL/CON--12-26188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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