Pub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2357943
C. Sartoris, J.-A. Zambaux, F. Fichot
In case of a severe accident in a light water reactor, a debris bed may form in the core and possibly melt, as happened in Three Mile Island Unit 2. Knowledge about the coolability of such a molten...
{"title":"Coolability of a Corium Pool in a Debris Bed: Impact of Debris Size, Steam, and Liquid Flow Rate; Tilting Angle; and Pressure on Critical Heat Flux—First Numerical Evaluations","authors":"C. Sartoris, J.-A. Zambaux, F. Fichot","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2357943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2357943","url":null,"abstract":"In case of a severe accident in a light water reactor, a debris bed may form in the core and possibly melt, as happened in Three Mile Island Unit 2. Knowledge about the coolability of such a molten...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141532521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2357422
Axel Laureau, Thibault Le Meute, Thomas Ligonnet, Elsa Merle
This article outlines the advancements made in broadening the application scope of the OpenMC neutron transport code to include thermohydraulic coupling and nuclear data uncertainty propagation. Th...
{"title":"Tool Developments in the OpenMC Code: Correlated Sampling and Transient Fission Matrix Approach Coupled to OpenFOAM","authors":"Axel Laureau, Thibault Le Meute, Thomas Ligonnet, Elsa Merle","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2357422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2357422","url":null,"abstract":"This article outlines the advancements made in broadening the application scope of the OpenMC neutron transport code to include thermohydraulic coupling and nuclear data uncertainty propagation. Th...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141530947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2352661
Shai Kinast, Dean Price, Claudio Filippone, Brendan Kochunas
An analysis of the stability margins of the innovative Holos-Quad microreactor design is presented. This high-temeprature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) system is designed to operate fully autonomously ...
{"title":"Parametric Sensitivity Analysis of Stability Margins of Holos-Quad Microreactor","authors":"Shai Kinast, Dean Price, Claudio Filippone, Brendan Kochunas","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2352661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2352661","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of the stability margins of the innovative Holos-Quad microreactor design is presented. This high-temeprature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) system is designed to operate fully autonomously ...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141515847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2353987
Luca Fiorito, Matteo Zanetti, Federico Grimaldi, Gert van den Eynde
Safety analyses of MYRRHA require calculating the reactor temperature feedback coefficients of reactivity associated with power operation. Within this framework, a significant emphasis is put on th...
{"title":"Uncertainty Quantification for the Doppler Reactivity Feedback Coefficient of MYRRHA","authors":"Luca Fiorito, Matteo Zanetti, Federico Grimaldi, Gert van den Eynde","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2353987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2353987","url":null,"abstract":"Safety analyses of MYRRHA require calculating the reactor temperature feedback coefficients of reactivity associated with power operation. Within this framework, a significant emphasis is put on th...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141515845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2350086
J. Darby Smith, Rich Lehoucq, Brian Franke
Traditional Monte Carlo methods for particle transport utilize source iteration to express the solution, the flux density, of the transport equation as a Neumann series. Our contribution is to show...
{"title":"A Stochastic Calculus Approach to Boltzmann Transport","authors":"J. Darby Smith, Rich Lehoucq, Brian Franke","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2350086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2350086","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional Monte Carlo methods for particle transport utilize source iteration to express the solution, the flux density, of the transport equation as a Neumann series. Our contribution is to show...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141515848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2343119
Patrick F. O’Rourke, Scott D. Ramsey
The Grigoriev-Meleshko Method, an indirect Lie group theory method, is used to derive the symmetry determining equations (SDEs) of the neutron transport equation (NTE) and the coupled delayed neutr...
{"title":"Symmetry Determining Equations and Lie Groups of the Neutron Transport Equation","authors":"Patrick F. O’Rourke, Scott D. Ramsey","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2343119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2343119","url":null,"abstract":"The Grigoriev-Meleshko Method, an indirect Lie group theory method, is used to derive the symmetry determining equations (SDEs) of the neutron transport equation (NTE) and the coupled delayed neutr...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2363089
Min Gao, Yi Shi
{"title":"A Modified Implicit Monte Carlo Method for Frequency-Dependent Three Temperature Radiative Transfer Equations","authors":"Min Gao, Yi Shi","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2363089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2363089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141344863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2357963
Thomas Ligonnet, A. Laureau, A. Pautz, V. Lamirand
{"title":"High-Resolution Modeling Without Computation Slowdown for PETALE in CROCUS","authors":"Thomas Ligonnet, A. Laureau, A. Pautz, V. Lamirand","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2357963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2357963","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141342160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2357953
Alejandro Campos-Muñoz, V.H. Sanchez-Espinoza, E. Redondo-Valero, C. Queral
{"title":"Verification of the Coupled Code PARCS/TWOPORFLOW with Rod Ejection Accident Calculations for Small Modular Reactors","authors":"Alejandro Campos-Muñoz, V.H. Sanchez-Espinoza, E. Redondo-Valero, C. Queral","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2357953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2357953","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141349029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2360309
W. A. Metwally, M. N. Dupont, W. J. Marshall, C. Celik, V. Karriem, A. Lang, K. L. Fassino, A. Shaw
{"title":"Nuclear Data–Induced Uncertainties in Criticality Safety Analyses for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels","authors":"W. A. Metwally, M. N. Dupont, W. J. Marshall, C. Celik, V. Karriem, A. Lang, K. L. Fassino, A. Shaw","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2360309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2360309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141345443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}