Integral Benchmarks Available Through the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project and the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France). Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Interest in high-quality integral benchmark data is increasing as efforts to quantify and reduce calculational uncertainties accelerate to meet the demands of next generation reactor and advanced fuel cycle concepts. The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) and the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) continue to expand their efforts and broaden their scope to identify, evaluate, and provide integral benchmark data for method and data validation. Benchmark model specifications provided by these two projects are used heavily by the international reactor physics, nuclear data, and criticality safety communities. Thus far, 14 countries have contributed to the IRPhEP, and 20 have contributed to the ICSBEP. The status of the IRPhEP and ICSBEP is discussed in this paper, and the future of the two projects is outlined and discussed. Selected benchmarks that have been added to the IRPhEP and ICSBEP handbooks since PHYSOR’06 are highlighted, and the future of the two projects is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France). Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-99ID13727
- OSTI ID:
- 940029
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON--07-13259
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
BENCHMARKS
Benchmarks
COMMUNITIES
CRITICALITY
EVALUATION
FUEL CYCLE
Integral Experiments
International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP)
International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP)
MANUALS
NUCLEAR POWER
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
REACTOR PHYSICS
SAFETY
SPECIFICATIONS
VERIFICATION
Validation