Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Summary of Results for the Uranium Benchmark Problem of the ANS Ad Hoc Committee on Reactor Physics Benchmarks

Conference ·
OSTI ID:334347
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (United States). Nuclear Engineering Dept.
  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
+ Show Author Affiliations
This paper presents a summary of the results obtained by all of the contributors to the Uranium Benchmark Problem of the ANS Ad hoc Committee on Reactor Physics Benchmarks. The benchmark problem was based on critical experiments which mocked-up lattices typical of PWRs. Three separate cases constituted the benchmark problem. These included a uniform lattice, an assembly-type lattice with water holes and an assembly-type lattice with pyrex rods. Calculated results were obtained from eighteen separate organizations from all over the world. Some organizations submitted more than one set of results based on different calculational methods and cross section data. Many of the most widely used assembly physics and core analysis computer codes and neutron cross section data libraries were applied by the contributors.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (United States). Nuclear Engineering Dept.; Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); 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:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
334347
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--98-3253; CONF-981003; ON: DE99002269
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Ad hoc committee on reactor physics benchmarks
Journal Article · Mon Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1996 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society · OSTI ID:436979
Analysis of ANS LWR physics benchmark problems.
Conference · Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · OSTI ID:10629
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on SSC physics
Technical Report · Sat Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · OSTI ID:76380

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
BENCHMARKS
CRITICALITY
MULTIPLICATION FACTORS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR KINETICS
REACTOR LATTICES
Results Summary
URANIUM
Uranium Benchmark Problem