Evaluation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Physics Research Reactor Operation Data for Critical Benchmark Creation [Slides]
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
During the evaluation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Physics Research Reactor operation data for critical benchmark creation, a detailed, functional SCALE model was built, and experimental data was evaluated for the creation of a critical benchmark. The estimated experimental uncertainty is about 3800 pcm, which is considered very high. The relative difference between expected and calculated keff values is about 1.5 %, also considered very high. It was concluded that a good quality critical benchmark worthy of the ICSBEP standards cannot be created from HPRR data in the present conditions. Locating the HPRR fuel to obtain an uncertainty on the density would aid in solving this issue.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1898512
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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