An overview of reactor physics standards - past, present, and future

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6663074

Cokinos, D M ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)

Standards for determining key static reactor physics parameters have been developed by groups of experts (working groups) under the aegis of ANS-19, the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Reactor Physics Standards Committee. Following a series of sequential reviews, augmented by feedback from potential users, a proposed standard is brought into final form by the working group before it is adopted as a formal standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Reactor physics standards are intended to provide guidance in the performance and qualification of complex sequences of reactor calculations and/or measurements and are regularly reviewed for possible updates and/or revisions. Table I lists the reactor physics standards developed to date, and Table II shows those standards now being developed by the respective working groups. The standards listed in Table I cover a wide range of physics calculations and measurements and are widely applied in the nuclear industry. They are an important part of the ANSI/ANS standards program, which also includes standards in many other areas of nuclear technology.

• OSTI ID: 6663074
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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