Growth of the international criticality safety and reactor physics Benchmark experiment evaluation projects since ICNC 2011 - 14102
- Idaho National Laboratory, 2525 North Fremont Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3855 (United States)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency, Le Seine St-Germain, 12, Boulevard des Iles 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD (NEA))
Since the International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) 2011, the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) and the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) have continued to expand their efforts. Twenty countries have continued to participate in the ICSBEP since 2011; participating countries in the IRPhEP have grown from 16 in 2011 to 20 in 2015. Since ICNC 2011, the contents of the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments have increased from 533 evaluations (approximately 58,000 pages), containing benchmark specifications for 4,552 critical or subcritical configurations to 561 evaluations (approximately 67,000 pages), containing benchmark specifications for 4,839 critical or subcritical configurations in the 2014 Edition of the ICSBEP Handbook. While the current number of criticality-alarm-placement/shielding benchmark configurations has remained at 24, the number of fundamental physics measurements relevant to criticality safety applications has increased from 200 to 207. Since ICNC 2011, the contents of the International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments have increased from 53 experimental series that were performed at 31 different reactor facilities to 143 experimental series that were performed at 50 different reactor facilities in the 2015 Edition of the IRPhEP Handbook. The status of the ICSBEP and the IRPhEP is discussed and benchmarks that have been more recently added to the handbooks are highlighted. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23100803
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICNC 2015: 2015 International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety, Charlotte, NC (United States), 13-17 Sep 2015; Other Information: Country of input: France; 2 refs.; available on CD Rom from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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