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He D, Zhang T, Liu X. Theory and application of the functional expansion fission matrix. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Laureau A, Bellè A, Allibert M, Heuer D, Merle E, Pautz A. Unmoderated molten salt reactors design optimisation for power stability. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Mochizuki H. Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics coupling analyses on transient and accident behaviors of molten chloride salt fast reactor. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2022.2131647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Hiroyasu Mochizuki
- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Japan
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Jeong Y, Shirvan K, Buric M. Informing Performance Metrics of Advanced I&C Systems for Liquid Fueled Fast Molten Salt Reactors. NUCL SCI ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2022.2102388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Yeongshin Jeong
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgatown, West Virginia
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Fiorina C, Clifford I, Kelm S, Lorenzi S. On the development of multi-physics tools for nuclear reactor analysis based on OpenFOAM®: state of the art, lessons learned and perspectives. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Alsayyari F, Tiberga M, Perkó Z, Kloosterman JL, Lathouwers D. Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor using reduced-order models. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Demonstration of a coupled computational fluid dynamics approach for modelling non-water cooled small modular reactors. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rau AJ, Walters WJ. Strategies for Fast Fission Matrix Estimation with Fuel Temperature and Control Rod Feedback. NUCL SCI ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2021.1905431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Adam J. Rau
- The Pennsylvania State University, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, 232 Hallowell Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, 232 Hallowell Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Time-dependent Green's function generation with Monte Carlo for transient analysis of source-driven systems. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mickus I, Roberts JA, Dufek J. APPLICATION OF RESPONSE MATRIX METHOD TO TRANSIENT SIMULATIONS OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMS. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202124704014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Until recently, reactor transient problems were exclusively solved by approximate deterministic methods. The increase in available computing power made it feasible to approach the transient analyses with time-dependent Monte Carlo methods. These methods offer the first-principle solution to the space-time evolution of reactor power by explicitly tracking prompt neutrons, precursors of delayed neutrons and delayed neutrons in time and space. Nevertheless, a very significant computing cost is associated with such methods. The general benefits of the Monte Carlo approach may be retained at a reduced computing cost by applying a hybrid stochastic-deterministic computing scheme. Among such schemes are those based on the fission matrix and the response matrix formalisms. These schemes aim at estimating a variant of the Greens function during a Monte Carlo transport calculation, which is later used to formulate a deterministic approach to solving a space-time dependent problem. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the time-dependent response matrix method, which describes a system by a set of response functions. We have recently suggested an approach where the functions are determined during a Monte Carlo criticality calculation and are then used to deterministically solve the space-time behaviour of the system. Here, we compare the time-dependent response matrix solution with the transient fission matrix and the time-dependent Monte Carlo solutions for a control rod movement problem in a mini-core reactor geometry. The response matrix formalism results in a set of loosely connected equations which offers favourable scaling properties compared to the methods based on the fission matrix formalism.
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Negri O, Abram T. INFLUENCE OF FUEL FLOW RATE VARIATION ON MOLTEN SALT REACTOR PERFORMANCE. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202124701008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Molten Salt Reactors are Gen-IV reactors that use liquid fuel. Fluid fuel allows continuous removal of fission gases as well as batch fuel reprocessing. With these control mechanisms the system can be sustained within the desired operating temperature range and required power output. These methods rely on the presence of a chemical processing plant on-site that adds complexity. This also creates a risk of processing plant unavailability due to faults, emergency downtime or maintenance. The work considers variation of fuel salt flow rate in Molten Salt Reactors as a means of controlling reactor operation without using reprocessing. The analysis is performed using the Molten Salt Fast Reactor as an example. An extended version of the SERPENT Monte-Carlo transport code coupled with OpenFOAM generic platform were used for capturing delayed neutron drift, decay heat, gaseous fission product removal, calculating fuel salt velocity vectors and the fuel temperature distribution. The two models were coupled via a script that accounted for reactivity insertion between time steps and the changes caused in the fission power. Results confirm that, while operating at constant power, the difference between fuel inlet and outlet temperatures increase as the flow rate decreases. Burnup analysis has shown that while the average fuel temperature continues to reduce with time, the difference between inlet and outlet temperatures can be controlled by varying the flow rate while maintaining constant power. Finally, the variation in the fuel flow rate has been shown to extend the reactor operating time with no insertion of additional fissile inventory.
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Laureau A, Rosier E, Merle E, Beils S, Bruneau O, Blanchon J, Gathmann R, Heuer D, Passelaigue F, Vaiana F, Zanini A. THE LiCore POWER PLANT SIMULATOR OF THE MOLTEN SALT FAST REACTOR. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202124706030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Molten salt reactors as liquid-fuelled reactors are flexible in terms of operation or design choices, but they are very different in terms of design, operation and safety approach compared to solid-fuelled reactors. Such reactors call for a new definition of their operating procedures and safety approach. Dedicated developments and studies have been performed in the frame of the European SAMOFAR project of Horizon2020 and in parallel in France involving CNRS, CORYS and Framatome to develop a system code called LiCore adapted to such reactors, corresponding to a basic-principle power plant simulator. The neutronic model LiCore, at the centre of the simulator, corresponds to an improved point-kinetics model to take into account the specificities of a MSR, notably the circulation of the delayed neutron precursors out of the core. Coupled to a simple piston model for the fuel motion in the core, this code can perform calculations faster than real time to simulate the behaviour of the fuel circuit. Transient calculations performed with LiCore are presented, together with comparisons first to a simple point-kinetics model and then to 3D calculations with the TFM-OpenFOAM coupled code. Finally, the LiCore code has recently been integrated in the ALICES platform, the integrated simulation toolset designed by CORYS for the development, maintenance and operation of major simulator such as power plant simulators.
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He D, Walters WJ. Development of RAPID transport calculation with heterogeneous temperature distribution. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ramzy Altahhan M, Bhaskar S, Ziyad D, Balestra P, Fiorina C, Hou J, Smith N, Avramova M. Preliminary design and analysis of Liquid Fuel Molten Salt Reactor using multi-physics code GeN-Foam. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Tiberga M, Lathouwers D, Kloosterman JL. A multi-physics solver for liquid-fueled fast systems based on the discontinuous Galerkin FEM discretization. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fission matrix homogenization and iterative convergence in RAPID. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tiberga M, de Oliveira RGG, Cervi E, Blanco JA, Lorenzi S, Aufiero M, Lathouwers D, Rubiolo P. Results from a multi-physics numerical benchmark for codes dedicated to molten salt fast reactors. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mickus I, Roberts JA, Dufek J. Stochastic-deterministic response matrix method for reactor transients. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.107103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Validation of coupled fission matrix – TRACE methods for thermal-hydraulic and control feedback on the Penn State Breazeale Reactor. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An iterative fission matrix scheme for calculating steady-state power and critical control rod position in a TRIGA reactor. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.106984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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German P, Ragusa JC, Fiorina C. Application of multiphysics model order reduction to doppler/neutronic feedback. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In this paper, a proper orthogonal decomposition based reduced-order model is presented for parametrized multiphysics computations. Our application physics is Doppler feedback in a simplified model of the molten salt fast reactor concept. The reduced model is created using the method of snapshots where the offline training set is obtained by exercising a full-order model created with the OpenFOAM based multiphysics solver, GeN-Foam. The steady state models solve the multi-group diffusion k-eigenvalue equations with moving precursors together with the energy equation. A fixed velocity field is assumed throughout the computations, hence the momentum and continuity equations are not solved. The discrete empirical interpolation method is used for the efficient coupling of the ROM solvers, while the input parameter space is surveyed using the improved distributed latin hypercube sampling algorithm.
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Beils S, Gérardin D, Uggenti AC, Carpignano A, Dulla S, Merle E, Heuer D, Allibert M. Application of the lines of defence method to the molten salt fast reactor in the framework of the SAMOFAR project. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) with its liquid circulating fuel and its fast neutron spectrum calls for a new safety approach and adaptation of the analysis tools. In the frame of the Horizon2020 program SAMOFAR (Safety Assessment of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor), a safety approach suitable for Molten Salt Reactors has been developed and is now applied to the MSFR. For this purpose, the Lines of Defence (LoD) method is selected to drive the design consistently with the Defence in Depth principle. This paper presents the main characteristics of the method, along with some practical guidelines to apply it to the specific case of the MSFR; moreover, some initiating events are analyzed through the implementation of the LoD tool. The outcomes of this analysis drive the design evolution.
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A methodology for the identification of the postulated initiating events of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transient fission matrix approach for assessing complex kinetics behavior in the ZEPHYR ZPR coupled core configurations. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Brovchenko M, Kloosterman JL, Luzzi L, Merle E, Heuer D, Laureau A, Feynberg O, Ignatiev V, Aufiero M, Cammi A, Fiorina C, Alcaro F, Dulla S, Ravetto P, Frima L, Lathouwers D, Merk B. Neutronic benchmark of the molten salt fast reactor in the frame of the EVOL and MARS collaborative projects. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2018052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This paper describes the neutronic benchmarks and the results obtained by the various participants of the FP7 project EVOL and the ROSATOM project MARS. The aim of the benchmarks was two-fold: first to verify and validate each of the code packages of the project partners, adapted for liquid-fueled reactors, and second to check the dependence of the core characteristics to nuclear data set for application on a molten salt fast reactor (MSFR). The MSFR operates with the thorium fuel cycle and can be started with 233U-enriched U and/or TRU elements as initial fissile load. All three compositions were covered by the present benchmark. The calculations have confirmed that the MSFR has very favorable characteristics not present in other Gen4 fast reactors, like strong negative temperature and void reactivity coefficients, a low-fissile inventory, a reduced long-lived waste production and its burning capacities of nuclear waste produced in currently operational reactors.
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Laureau A, Lederer Y, Krakovich A, Buiron L, Fontaine B. Spatial analysis of unprotected transients in heterogeneous sodium fast reactors. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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