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Muratori F, Nguyen F, Le Niliot C, Gonnier C, Eschbach R. Exponential fitting of PWR decay heat data at short cooling time for use in the PRESTO experiment. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bonin A, Zammataro M, Larmier C. Modelling of radioactive dust for dose calculations with stochastic geometries. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2022001] [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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Stochastic geometries in Monte-Carlo simulations enable to simulate complex configurations such as the repartition of possible radioactive dust in a glove box. This paper compares several dust models that represent more or less explicitly the heterogeneous repartition of dust speckles in space. Indeed, assessing the contribution of dust to the dose received by the hands of an operator is a key problem for glove boxes. Results show that homogeneous models generally overestimate the dose, which is correct for radioprotection studies, but that dust aggregates produce doses that are much smaller than those obtained by homogenising dust. These heterogeneous models can also help estimating deposited dust quantities from dose measurements inside the glove box, whereas an homogenous model would grossly underestimate dust quantity.
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Calame A, Lebrat JF, Buiron L. Validation of fast neutron reactors fertile blanket depletion calculations through the analysis of the DOUBLON experiment in Phenix with TRIPOLI-4® and DARWIN3-SFR. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jansson P, Bengtsson M, Bäckström U, Álvarez-Velarde F, Čalič D, Caruso S, Dagan R, Fiorito L, Giot L, Govers K, Hernandez Solis A, Hannstein V, Ilas G, Kromar M, Leppänen J, Mosconi M, Ortego P, Plukienė R, Plukis A, Ranta-Aho A, Rochman D, Ros L, Sato S, Schillebeeckx P, Shama A, Simeonov T, Stankovskiy A, Trellue H, Vaccaro S, Vallet V, Verwerft M, Žerovnik G, Sjöland A. Blind Benchmark Exercise for Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat. NUCL SCI ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2022.2053489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland
- NPP Gösgen-Däniken AG, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Belgium
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- Université de Nantes, SUBATECH, CNRS-IN2P3, IMT-Atlantique, France
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- Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC), Belgium
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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- DG Energy, EURATOM Safeguards, European Commission, Luxembourg
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- SEA Ingenieria y Análisis de Blindajes S.L., Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan
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- National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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- Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra, Italy
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- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Sweden
- Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Zhao Z, Yang Y, Gao Q, Fang P, Wu X. Development of code IMPC-MC1.0 by implementing the function for proton transport simulation in OpenMC. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108705] [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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New feature of DARWIN/PEPIN2 inventory code: Propagation of nuclear data uncertainties to decay heat and nuclide density. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ritter G, Merniz F, Brun-Magaud V, Martin G, Le Loirec C, Ledieu M, Motuelle C, Aguiar-Martins A, Aupy A. Experimental validation of DEMAIN for predicting induced radioactivity in research testing reactor civil engineering. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Calame A, Lebrat JF, Buiron L. Analysis of the TRAPU irradiation in PHENIX with TRIPOLI-4® and DARWIN-3 for the validation of fast reactor fuel depletion calculations. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bartos J, Gruel A, Vaglio-Gaudard C, Coquelet-Pascal C. Some Considerations on the Energy Deposition During a RIA Transient Based On Monte Carlo Simulations. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202125304005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Specific research reactors are capable of reproducing reactivity injection accidents in order to study the behavior of the nuclear fuel pins in accidental situations. In the CABRI research reactor, the fuel pin to be examined (test pin) is placed in the center of the core in a dedicated test loop. It is then subjected to a power transient, obtained by the fast depressurization of the 3He neutron absorber gas from the transient rods located in the core. One of the central parameters of the experiment is the energy deposition in the test pin, which is currently not measured during a transient. Instead, it is assumed that the relative energy distribution between the core and the test pin is constant regardless the operational state of the reactor. Currently, this correlation is measured in steady state. As such, the impact of the variations in the neutron flux, fuel and moderator temperatures during the transient is assumed equivalent on the energy deposition in the core and in the test pin. The goal of this work is to improve our knowledge on the mechanisms involved in the transient energy deposition. The aim of this paper is to present a methodological approach for the energy deposition estimation during a CABRI transient, based on static Monte Carlo calculations. The results suggest that the transient energy deposition rate is mainly dependent on the helium pressure and the Doppler feedback, and the relative energy distribution between the core and test pin changes during the transient.
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Vallet V, Huyghe J, Vaglio-Gaudard C, Lecarpentier D, Reynard-Carette C. NUCLEAR DATA UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION FOR THE DECAY HEAT OF PWR MOX FUELS USING DATA ASSIMILATION OF ELEMENTARY FISSION BURSTS. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202124710002] [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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Currently there is no integral experimental data for code validation regarding the decay heat of MOX fuels, excepted fission burst experiments (for fission products contributions at short cooling times) or post-irradiated experiments on nuclide inventories (restricted number of nuclide of interest for decay heat). The uncertainty quantification mainly relies on uncertainty propagation of nuclear data covariances. In the recent years, the transposition method, based on the data assimilation theory, was used in order to transpose the experiment-to-calculation discrepancies at a given set of parameters (cooling time, fuel burnup) to another set of parameters. As an example, this method was used on the CLAB experiments and the experiment-to-calculation discrepancies at 13 years were transposed to an UOX fuel between 5 and 27 years and for burnups from 10 to 50 GWd/t. The purpose of this paper is to study to what extent the transposition method could be used for MOX fuels. In particular, the Dickens fission burst experiment of 239Pu was considered for MOX fuels at short cooling times (< 1h30) and low burnup (< 10 GWd/t). The impact of fission yields (FY) correlations was also discussed. As a conclusion, the efficiency of the transposition process is limited by the experimental uncertainties larger than nuclear data uncertainties, and by the fact that fission burst experiments would only be representative to the FY contribution of the decay heat uncertainty of an irradiated reactor fuel. Nevertheless, this method strengthens the decay heat uncertainties at very short cooling times, previously based only on nuclear data covariance propagation through computation.
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Benchmark of DEMAIN, a new calculation package for decommissioning purposes. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Optimized control rod designs for Generation-IV fast reactors using alternative absorbers and moderators. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Guo H, Kooyman T, Sciora P, Buiron L. Application of Minor Actinides as Burnable Poisons in Sodium Fast Reactors. NUCL TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2019.1611304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- H. Guo
- CEA, DEN, SPRC, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France
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- CEA, DEN, SPRC, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France
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- CEA, DEN, SPRC, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France
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- CEA, DEN, SPRC, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France
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Huyghe J, Vallet V, Lecarpentier D, Reynard-Carette C, Vaglio-Gaudard C. How to obtain an enhanced extended uncertainty associated with decay heat calculations of industrial PWRs using the DARWIN2.3 package. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2019002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Decay heat is a crucial issue for in-core safety after reactor shutdown and the back-end cycle. An accurate computation of its value has been carried out at the CEA within the framework of the DARWIN2.3 package. The DARWIN2.3 package benefits from a Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (VVUQ) process. The VVUQ ensures that the parameters of interest computed with the DARWIN2.3 package have been validated over measurements and that biases and uncertainties have been quantified for a particular domain. For the parameter “decay heat”, there are few integral experiments available to ensure the experimental validation over the whole range of parameters needed to cover the French reactor infrastructure (fissile content, burnup, fuel, cooling time). The experimental validation currently covers PWR UOX fuels for cooling times only between 45 minutes and 42 days, and between 13 and 23 years. Therefore, the uncertainty quantification step is of paramount importance in order to increase the reliability and accuracy of decay heat calculations. This paper focuses on the strategy that could be used to resolve this issue with the complement and the exploitation of the DARWIN2.3 experimental validation.
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Uncertainty assessment on the calculated decay heat of the ASTRID basic design core based on the DARWIN-2.3 package. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Le Loirec C, Peneliau Y, Lacroix C, Soldaini M, van Houtte D, Friconneau J. ITER transfer cask: Preliminary assessment of dose rate due to dust remained in the cask. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Kooyman T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. On the influence of the americium isotopic vector on the cooling time of minor actinides bearing blankets in fast reactors. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2018007] [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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In the heterogeneous minor actinides transmutation approach, the nuclei to be transmuted are loaded in dedicated targets often located at the core periphery, so that long-lived heavy nuclides are turned into shorter-lived fission products by fission. To compensate for low flux level at the core periphery, the minor actinides content in the targets is set relatively high (around 20 at.%), which has a negative impact on the reprocessing of the targets due to their important decay heat level. After a complete analysis of the main contributors to the heat load of the irradiated targets, it is shown here that the choice of the reprocessing order of the various feeds of americium from the fuel cycle depends on the actual limit for fuel reprocessing. If reprocessing of hot targets is possible, it is more interesting to reprocess first the americium feed with a high 243Am content in order to limit the total cooling time of the targets, while if reprocessing of targets is limited by their decay heat, it is more interesting to wait for an increase in the 241Am content before loading the americium in the core. An optimization of the reprocessing order appears to lead to a decrease of the total cooling time by 15 years compared to a situation where all the americium feeds are mixed together when two feeds from SFR are considered with a high reprocessing limit.
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Kooyman T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. Optimization of minor actinides bearing blankets with industrial fuel cycle constraints. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lahaye S. Choice of positive distribution law for nuclear data. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2018047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nuclear data evaluation files in the ENDF6 format provide mean values and associated uncertainties for physical quantities relevant in nuclear physics. Uncertainties are denoted as Δ in the format description, and are commonly understood as standard deviations. Uncertainties can be completed by covariance matrices. The evaluations do not provide any indication on the probability density function to be used when sampling. Three constraints must be observed: the mean value, the standard deviation and the positivity of the physical quantity. MENDEL code generally uses positively truncated Gaussian distribution laws for small relative standard deviations and a lognormal law for larger uncertainty levels (>50%). Indeed, the use of truncated Gaussian laws can modify the mean and standard deviation value. In this paper, we will make explicit the error in the mean value and the standard deviation when using different types of distribution laws. We also employ the principle of maximum entropy as a criterion to choose among the truncated Gaussian, the fitted Gaussian and the lognormal distribution. Remarkably, the difference in terms of entropy between the candidate distribution laws is a function of the relative standard deviation only. The obtained results provide therefore general guidance for the choice among these distributions.
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Kooyman T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. An optimization methodology for heterogeneous minor actinides transmutation. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2018002] [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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In the case of a closed fuel cycle, minor actinides transmutation can lead to a strong reduction in spent fuel radiotoxicity and decay heat. In the heterogeneous approach, minor actinides are loaded in dedicated targets located at the core periphery so that long-lived minor actinides undergo fission and are turned in shorter-lived fission products. However, such targets require a specific design process due to high helium production in the fuel, high flux gradient at the core periphery and low power production. Additionally, the targets are generally manufactured with a high content in minor actinides in order to compensate for the low flux level at the core periphery. This leads to negative impacts on the fuel cycle in terms of neutron source and decay heat of the irradiated targets, which penalize their handling and reprocessing. In this paper, a simplified methodology for the design of targets is coupled with a method for the optimization of transmutation which takes into account both transmutation performances and fuel cycle impacts. The uncertainties and performances of this methodology are evaluated and shown to be sufficient to carry out scoping studies. An illustration is then made by considering the use of moderating material in the targets, which has a positive impact on the minor actinides consumption but a negative impact both on fuel cycle constraints (higher decay heat and neutron) and on assembly design (higher helium production and lower fuel volume fraction). It is shown that the use of moderating material is an optimal solution of the transmutation problem with regards to consumption and fuel cycle impacts, even when taking geometrical design considerations into account.
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BERNARD D, SEROT O, SIMON E, BOUCHER L, PLUMERI S. A Photofission Delayed γ-ray Spectra Calculation Tool for the Conception of a Nuclear Material Characterization Facility. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817006001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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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The photon interrogation analysis is a nondestructive technique allowing to identify and quantify fissile materials in nuclear waste packages. This paper details an automatic procedure which has been developed to simulate the delayed γ-ray spectra for several actinide photofissions. This calculation tool will be helpful for the fine conception (collimation, shielding, noise background optimizations, etc.) and for the on-line analysis of such a facility.
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Fourmentel D, Villard JF, Destouches C, Geslot B, Vermeeren L, Schyns M. In-Pile Qualification of the Fast-Neutron-Detection-System. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817004025] [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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In order to improve measurement techniques for neutron flux assessment, a unique system for online measurement of fast neutron flux has been developed and recently qualified in-pile by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in cooperation with the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•ECEN). The Fast-Neutron-Detection-System (FNDS) has been designed to monitor accurately high-energy neutrons flux (E > 1 MeV) in typical Material Testing Reactor conditions, where overall neutron flux level can be as high as 1015 n.cm-2.s-1 and is generally dominated by thermal neutrons. Moreover, the neutron flux is coupled with a high gamma flux of typically a few 1015 γ.cm-2.s-1, which can be highly disturbing for the online measurement of neutron fluxes.
The patented FNDS system is based on two detectors, including a miniature fission chamber with a special fissile material presenting an energy threshold near 1 MeV, which can be 242Pu for MTR conditions. Fission chambers are operated in Campbelling mode for an efficient gamma rejection. FNDS also includes a specific software that processes measurements to compensate online the fissile material depletion and to adjust the sensitivity of the detectors, in order to produce a precise evaluation of both thermal and fast neutron flux even after long term irradiation.
FNDS has been validated through a two-step experimental program. A first set of tests was performed at BR2 reactor operated by SCK•CEN in Belgium. Then a second test was recently completed at ISIS reactor operated by CEA in France. FNDS proved its ability to measure online the fast neutron flux with an overall accuracy better than 5%.
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Bonin A, Tsilanizara A. A METHOD TO IMPROVE DOSE ASSESSMENT BY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLETE ISOTOPES INVENTORY. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2017; 175:46-57. [PMID: 27664430 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Radiation shielding assessments may underestimate the expected dose if some isotopes at trace level are not considered in the isotopes inventory of the shielded radioactive materials. Indeed, information about traces is not often available. Nevertheless, the activation of some minor isotopic traces may significantly contribute to the dose build-up. This paper presents a new method (Isotopes Inventory Reconstruction-IIR) estimating the concentration of the minor isotopes in the irradiated material at the beginning of the cooling period. The method requires the solution of the inverse problem describing the irradiated material's decay. In a mixture of an irradiated uranium-plutonium oxide shielded by a set-up made of stainless-steel, porous polyethylene plaster and lead methyl methacrylate, the comparison between different methods proves that the IIR-method allows better assessment of the dose than other approximate methods.
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- Alice Bonin
- CEA Saclay, DEN, DANS, DM2S, SERMA , 91191Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA Saclay, DEN, DANS, DM2S, SERMA , 91191Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Jutier L, Riffard C, Santamarina A, Guillou E, Grassi G, Lecarpentier D, Lauvaud F, Coulaud A, Hampartzounian M, Tardy M, Kitsos S. Burnup Credit Implementation for PWR UOX Used Fuel Assemblies in France: From Study to Practical Experience. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse14-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- L. Jutier
- Institut de Radioprotection et de S#x00FB;reté Nucléaire, BP 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
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- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, DEN, Reactor and Fuel Cycle Physics Section, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, DEN, Reactor and Fuel Cycle Physics Section, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- AREVA, Etablissement de La Hague, 50444 Beaumont Hague, France
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- AREVA, BU Recycling, 1 place Jean Millier, 92084 Paris La Défense, France
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- Electricité de France, 1 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 92141 Clamart, France
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- Electricité de France, 1 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 92141 Clamart, France
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- AREVA, 1 rue des Hérons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex, France
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- AREVA, 1 rue des Hérons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex, France
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- AREVA, TN International, 1 rue des Hérons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex, France
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- AREVA, TN International, 1 rue des Hérons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex, France
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Leconte P, Hudelot JP, Antony M. Fluctuations of Mass Yield Distribution for the Epithermal Fission of 235U and Its Impact on HCLWR Calculations. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse11-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- P. Leconte
- CEA, DEN, DER/SPRC/LEPh Cadarache, F-13108 St. Paul lez Durance
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- CEA, DEN, DER0SPRC0LPN Cadarache, F-13108 St. Paul lez Durance
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- CEA, DEN, DER0SPEX0LPE Cadarache, F-13108 St. Paul lez Durance
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Jaboulay JC, Bourganel S. Analysis of MERCI Decay Heat Measurement for PWR UO2 Fuel Rod. NUCL TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nt12-a13328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- J. C. Jaboulay
- DEN/DANS/DM2S/SERMA/LPEC, CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX France
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Lebrat JF, Tommasi J. The use of representativity theory in the depletion calculations of SFR blankets. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kooyman T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. Optimization of Minor Actinide–Bearing Radial Blankets for Heterogeneous Transmutation in Fast Reactors. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2016.1272381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Timothée Kooyman
- CEA Cadarache, Pièce 04 SS Bat 230, 13115 Saint Paul lez Durance, France
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Kooymana T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. Analysis and optimization of minor actinides transmutation blankets with regards to neutron and gamma sources. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201715305005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Jaboulay JC, Brun E, Hugot FX, Huynh TD, Malouch F, Mancusi D, Tsilanizara A. Rigorous-two-Steps scheme of TRIPOLI-4® Monte Carlo code validation for shutdown dose rate calculation. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201715302008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kooyman T, Buiron L, Rimpault G. Analysis and optimization of minor actinides transmutation blankets with regards to neutron and gamma sources. EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2017003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Neutronic and fuel cycle comparison of uranium and thorium as matrix for minor actinides bearing-blankets. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Probabilistic approach for decay heat uncertainty estimation using URANIE platform and MENDEL depletion code. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2015.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lahaye S, Huynh TD, Tsilanizara A. Comparison of deterministic and stochastic approaches for isotopic concentration and decay heat uncertainty quantification on elementary fission pulse. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611109002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lemaire M, Vaglio-Gaudard C, Lyoussi A, Reynard-Carette C. For a better estimation of gamma heating in nuclear material-testing reactors and associated devices: status and work plan from calculation methods to nuclear data. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2015.1009957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Quantitative analysis of the fission product distribution in a damaged fuel assembly using gamma-spectrometry and computed tomography for the Phébus FPT3 test. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Geslot B, Vermeeren L, Filliatre P, Lopez AL, Barbot L, Jammes C, Bréaud S, Oriol L, Villard JF. New measurement system for on line in core high-energy neutron flux monitoring in materials testing reactor conditions. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2011; 82:033504. [PMID: 21456734 DOI: 10.1063/1.3554439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Flux monitoring is of great interest for experimental studies in material testing reactors. Nowadays, only the thermal neutron flux can be monitored on line, e.g., using fission chambers or self-powered neutron detectors. In the framework of the Joint Instrumentation Laboratory between SCK-CEN and CEA, we have developed a fast neutron detector system (FNDS) capable of measuring on line the local high-energy neutron flux in fission reactor core and reflector locations. FNDS is based on fission chambers measurements in Campbelling mode. The system consists of two detectors, one detector being mainly sensitive to fast neutrons and the other one to thermal neutrons. On line data processing uses the CEA depletion code DARWIN in order to disentangle fast and thermal neutrons components, taking into account the isotopic evolution of the fissile deposit. The first results of FNDS experimental test in the BR2 reactor are presented in this paper. Several fission chambers have been irradiated up to a fluence of about 7 × 10(20) n∕cm(2). A good agreement (less than 10% discrepancy) was observed between FNDS fast flux estimation and reference flux measurement.
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- B Geslot
- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, SPEx∕LDCI, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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Filliatre P, Jammes C, Geslot B, Buiron L. In vessel neutron instrumentation for sodium-cooled fast reactors: Type, lifetime and location. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Diop CM. Integral form of nuclide generation and depletion equations for Monte Carlo simulation. Application to perturbation calculations. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Blanchet D, Huot N, Sireta P, Serviere H, Boyard M, Antony M, Laval V, Henrard P. Qualification of a gamma-ray heating calculation scheme for the future Jules Horowitz material testing reactor (RJH). ANN NUCL ENERGY 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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