Title of article :
Validation of a new continuous Monte Carlo burnup code using a Mox fuel assembly Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
B. El Bakkari، نويسنده , , T. El Bardouni، نويسنده , , O. Merroun، نويسنده , , C. El Younoussi، نويسنده , , Y. Boulaich، نويسنده , , H. Boukhal، نويسنده , , E. Chakir، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
11
From page :
1828
To page :
1838
Abstract :
The reactivity of nuclear fuel decreases with irradiation (or burnup) due to the transformation of heavy nuclides and the formation of fission products. Burnup credit studies aim at accounting for fuel irradiation in criticality studies of the nuclear fuel cycle (transport, storage, etc…). The principal objective of this study is to evaluate the potential capabilities of a newly developed burnup code called “BUCAL1”. BUCAL1 differs in comparison with other burnup codes as it does not use the calculated neutron flux as input to other computer codes to generate the nuclide inventory for the next time step. Instead, BUCAL1 directly uses the neutron reaction tally information generated by MCNP for each nuclide of interest to determine the new nuclides inventory. This allows the full capabilities of MCNP to be incorporated into the calculation and a more accurate and robust analysis to be performed. Validation of BUCAL1 was processed by code-to-code comparisons using predictions of several codes from the NEA/OCED. Infinite multiplication factors (k∞) and important fission product and actinide concentrations were compared for a MOX core benchmark exercise. Results of calculations are analysed and discussed.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number :
895390
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