CRISTAL V2: New package for criticality calculations
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire - IRSN, BP 17 - 92262, Fontenay aux Roses Cedex (France)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives - CEA, Centre de Saclay, DEN/DM2S/SERMA, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives - CEA, Centre de Cadarache, DEN/DER/SPRC, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
A new release of the CRISTAL French criticality calculation package, named CRISTAL V2, has been developed and intensively validated by IRSN and CEA, in collaboration with AREVA. This package was designed to cover the needs of criticality practitioners in the fields of nuclear fuel cycle facilities and transportation of fissile materials. Based on an optimized modular architecture in an updated software development environment, the design of CRISTAL package V2 integrates new generation of cross-section libraries, new calculation schemes consistent with new applications, and up-to-date calculation codes capabilities. Four calculation routes are currently available allowing multi-group and continuous energy calculations. The validation database is composed of more than 3000 critical experiments, in order to cover a wide range of configurations. The CRISTAL V2 package also includes customer services covering a large scope of activities like documentations, hotline, maintenance and training courses. A significant promotion and an increased recognition referred both nationally and internationally are foreseen, including the provision of the CRISTAL V2 package to the OECD / NEA Data Bank. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22973008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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