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VENUS-2 MOX Core Benchmark: Results of ORNL Calculations Using HELIOS-1.4

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/777637· OSTI ID:777637
The Task Force on Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition, now an Expert Group, was set up through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency to facilitate technical assessments of burning weapons-grade plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in U.S. pressurized-water reactors and Russian VVER nuclear reactors. More than ten countries participated to advance the work of the Task Force in a major initiative, which was a blind benchmark study to compare code benchmark calculations against experimental data for the VENUS-2 MOX core at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium. At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the HELIOS-1.4 code was used to perform a comprehensive study of pin-cell and core calculations for the VENUS-2 benchmark.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
777637
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2000/180
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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