Abstract
The available results of reactor physics experiments on HTGRs and their accuracies are briefiy reviewed. The physical quantities of interest are grouped into three categories: basic nuclear data, lattice parameters and integral design data. The last two are considered and their possible improvements in accuracy by means of experimental measurements are assessed. The cost penalty on fuel cycle and capital cost due to each physical quantity is then considered, and consequently the benefits of reactor physics experiments are evaluated for a number of hypotheses concerning the foreseeable HTGR development and the delay in taking practical advantage of experimental results. It is concluded that, at the present state of knowledge of basic nuclear data and with the available calculation methods, the economic incentive to new reactor physics experiments is small, and a previous careful analysis is recommended to those intending to perform such experiments.
Citation Formats
Cuniberti, R, Graziani, G, Massino, L, Rinaldini, C, and Zanantoni, C.
Benefits of reactor physics experiments for the HTGR industrial development - an attempt to a quantitative approach.
NEA: N. p.,
1972.
Web.
Cuniberti, R, Graziani, G, Massino, L, Rinaldini, C, & Zanantoni, C.
Benefits of reactor physics experiments for the HTGR industrial development - an attempt to a quantitative approach.
NEA.
Cuniberti, R, Graziani, G, Massino, L, Rinaldini, C, and Zanantoni, C.
1972.
"Benefits of reactor physics experiments for the HTGR industrial development - an attempt to a quantitative approach."
NEA.
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title = {Benefits of reactor physics experiments for the HTGR industrial development - an attempt to a quantitative approach}
author = {Cuniberti, R, Graziani, G, Massino, L, Rinaldini, C, and Zanantoni, C}
abstractNote = {The available results of reactor physics experiments on HTGRs and their accuracies are briefiy reviewed. The physical quantities of interest are grouped into three categories: basic nuclear data, lattice parameters and integral design data. The last two are considered and their possible improvements in accuracy by means of experimental measurements are assessed. The cost penalty on fuel cycle and capital cost due to each physical quantity is then considered, and consequently the benefits of reactor physics experiments are evaluated for a number of hypotheses concerning the foreseeable HTGR development and the delay in taking practical advantage of experimental results. It is concluded that, at the present state of knowledge of basic nuclear data and with the available calculation methods, the economic incentive to new reactor physics experiments is small, and a previous careful analysis is recommended to those intending to perform such experiments.}
place = {NEA}
year = {1972}
month = {Oct}
}
title = {Benefits of reactor physics experiments for the HTGR industrial development - an attempt to a quantitative approach}
author = {Cuniberti, R, Graziani, G, Massino, L, Rinaldini, C, and Zanantoni, C}
abstractNote = {The available results of reactor physics experiments on HTGRs and their accuracies are briefiy reviewed. The physical quantities of interest are grouped into three categories: basic nuclear data, lattice parameters and integral design data. The last two are considered and their possible improvements in accuracy by means of experimental measurements are assessed. The cost penalty on fuel cycle and capital cost due to each physical quantity is then considered, and consequently the benefits of reactor physics experiments are evaluated for a number of hypotheses concerning the foreseeable HTGR development and the delay in taking practical advantage of experimental results. It is concluded that, at the present state of knowledge of basic nuclear data and with the available calculation methods, the economic incentive to new reactor physics experiments is small, and a previous careful analysis is recommended to those intending to perform such experiments.}
place = {NEA}
year = {1972}
month = {Oct}
}