User's manual for ASTERIX-2: a two-dimensional modular-code system for the steady-state and xenon-transient analysis of a pebble-bed high-temperature reactor

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:7101137

Lauer, A; Schwiegk, H J; Wu, T; Cowan, C L

The ASTERIX modular code package was developed at KFA Laboratory-Juelich for the steady state and xenon transient analysis of a pebble bed high temperature reactor. The code package was implemented on the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Computer in August, 1980, and a user's manual for the current version of the code, identified as ASTERIX-2, was prepared as a cooperative effort by KFA Laboratory and GE-ARSD. The material in the manual includes the requirements for accessing the program, a description of the major subroutines, a listing of the input options, and a listing of the input data for a sample problem. The material is provided in sufficient detail for the user to carry out a wide range of analyses from steady state operations to the xenon induced power transients in which the local xenon, temperature, buckling and control feedback effects have been incorporated in the problem solution.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.; Kernforschungsanlage Juelich G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-80ET34034
• OSTI ID: 7101137
• Report Number(s): GEFR-00595; Juel-1750; ON: DE82021226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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