Title of article :
AnalysisoftheIAEAresearchreactorbenchmarkproblembytheRETRAC-PCcodeOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
AnisBousbia-Salah، نويسنده , , TewfikHamidouche، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Abstract :
Abasicapproachtoperformsafetyanalysisofanuclearresearchreactorconsistsinusingdeterministicmethodstoverifythattheestablishedacceptancecriteriarelatedtofuelintegrityarefulfilledduringallthestagesofthefacilitylifetime.Thesemethodsshouldbevalidatedagainstalargesetofexperimentalandpostulatedtransients.Sincemeasureddataarenoteasilyavailableintheliterature,theIAEAdefinedtypicaltransientsinageneric10-MWMTRnuclearreactorcoreasabenchmarktestforcomputationaltoolsverification.Inthisframework,anassessmentstudyofthecoupledkinetic–thermal–hydraulicRETRAC-PCcodeispresentedherein.Theconsideredcasesincludetheanalysisofcoredynamicunderramppositivereactivityinsertion,andlossofflowtransients.Ingeneral,theobtainedresultsaresatisfactoryandagreewithresultsobtainedbyothersimilarcodes.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah