Standalone BISON Fuel Performance Results for Watts Bar Unit 1, Cycles 1-3
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) is moving forward with more complex multiphysics simulations and increased focus on incorporating fuel performance analysis methods. The coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics capabilities within the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications Core Simulator (VERA-CS) have become relatively stable, and major advances have been made in analysis efforts, including the simulation of twelve cycles of Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 1 (WBN1) operation. While this is a major achievement, the VERA-CS approaches for treating fuel pin heat transfer have well-known limitations that could be eliminated through better integration with the BISON fuel performance code.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 3007874
- Report Number(s):
- CASL-U--2016-1010-001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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