Sensitivity and a priori uncertainty analysis of the CFRMF central flux spectrum

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5106920

Ryskamp, J M; Anderl, R A; Broadhead, B L; Ford, III, W E; Lucius, J L; Marable, J H

The Coupled Fast Reactivity Measurements Facility (CFRMF), located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, is a zoned-core critical assembly with a fast-neutron-spectrum zone in the center of an enriched /sup 235/U, water-moderated thermal driver. An accurate knowledge of the central neutron spectrum is important to data-testing analyses which utilize integral reaction-rate data measured for samples placed in the CFRMF field. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a study made with the AMPX-II and FORSS code systems to deterine the central-spectrum flux covariance matrix due to uncertainties and correlations in the nuclear data for the materials which comprise the facility.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5106920
• Report Number(s): CONF-801107-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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