Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2328957
Ronald Daryll E. Gatchalian, Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Reactivity measurement methods, like the Amplified Source Method (ASM), link observable quantities to integral physics parameters characterizing subcritical assemblies (SCAs). These methods were mo...
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2328452
Eric Aboud, Jesse Norris, Daniel Siefman
Integral benchmarks for criticality safety and nuclear data validation require expensive uncertainty quantification studies. In general, uncertainty quantification techniques ignore correlations be...
{"title":"Experimental Covariance Determination for Critical Integral Experiments","authors":"Eric Aboud, Jesse Norris, Daniel Siefman","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2328452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2328452","url":null,"abstract":"Integral benchmarks for criticality safety and nuclear data validation require expensive uncertainty quantification studies. In general, uncertainty quantification techniques ignore correlations be...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"2018 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140591297","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 : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2328964
François Martin, André Bergeron, Guillaume Campioni, Yannick Gorsse, Nathan Greiner, Elsa Merle
The CEA multiphysics tool combining the deterministic neutronics code APOLLO3® and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform TRUST/TrioCFD is used to model the first-ever-built molten salt nu...
{"title":"Coupled Neutronics-Thermal-Hydraulic Modeling of a Molten Salt Reactor: The Aircraft Reactor Experiment","authors":"François Martin, André Bergeron, Guillaume Campioni, Yannick Gorsse, Nathan Greiner, Elsa Merle","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2328964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2328964","url":null,"abstract":"The CEA multiphysics tool combining the deterministic neutronics code APOLLO3® and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform TRUST/TrioCFD is used to model the first-ever-built molten salt nu...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140591076","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}
Monte Carlo sampling is frequently employed for uncertainty quantification in depletion calculations. Several assumptions are needed to perform this analysis. In this work, an assessment of these a...
Monte Carlo 取样经常被用于损耗计算中的不确定性量化。进行这种分析需要几个假设。在这项工作中,对这些假设进行了评估。
{"title":"On the Assumptions Behind Statistical Sampling: A 235U Fission Yield Uncertainty Propagation Case Study","authors":"Enrica Belfiore, Federico Grimaldi, Luca Fiorito, Pablo Romojaro, Gašper Žerovnik, Pierre-Etienne Labeau, Sandra Dulla","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2323217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2323217","url":null,"abstract":"Monte Carlo sampling is frequently employed for uncertainty quantification in depletion calculations. Several assumptions are needed to perform this analysis. In this work, an assessment of these a...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140172882","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 : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2321661
G. Giudicelli, B. Forget, K. Smith
Using an optimized implementation of the three-dimensional (3D) method of characteristics for neutron transport, along with a novel equivalence method for transport calculations that was designed t...
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Full-Core BEAVRS Using OpenMOC with Transport Equivalence","authors":"G. Giudicelli, B. Forget, K. Smith","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2321661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2321661","url":null,"abstract":"Using an optimized implementation of the three-dimensional (3D) method of characteristics for neutron transport, along with a novel equivalence method for transport calculations that was designed t...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140201543","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 : 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2318837
Adam R. Kraus, Elia Merzari
Fast and accurate evaluation of flow and heat transfer phenomena in rod bundles is a problem of long-standing interest in nuclear engineering. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can provide accurat...
{"title":"Multiscale Modeling of Flow in Rod Bundles: From Direct Numerical Simulation and Subchannel to Coarse-Mesh CFD","authors":"Adam R. Kraus, Elia Merzari","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2318837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2318837","url":null,"abstract":"Fast and accurate evaluation of flow and heat transfer phenomena in rod bundles is a problem of long-standing interest in nuclear engineering. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can provide accurat...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140151639","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 : 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2311595
Zhaoyu Liang, Ding She, Yutong Wen, Lei Shi, Zuoyi Zhang
Dispersion fuel exhibits excellent safety performance and effectively reduces the risk of radioactive leakage, making it widely applied in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) and other adv...
{"title":"Improved Collision Probability Analysis of the Double-Heterogeneity Problem Based on Matrix Chord Length Correction","authors":"Zhaoyu Liang, Ding She, Yutong Wen, Lei Shi, Zuoyi Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2311595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2311595","url":null,"abstract":"Dispersion fuel exhibits excellent safety performance and effectively reduces the risk of radioactive leakage, making it widely applied in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) and other adv...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140151635","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 : 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2316930
Thomas Freyman, Karen Vierow Kirkland
The survivability of the domestic nuclear power industry depends on the cost-competitiveness of safe and secure nuclear power generation. Advanced reactor design concepts aim to have increased safe...
{"title":"A Consequence-Informed Licensing Path Selection for the Design of Physical Protection Systems at Commercial Nuclear Power Facilities","authors":"Thomas Freyman, Karen Vierow Kirkland","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2316930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2316930","url":null,"abstract":"The survivability of the domestic nuclear power industry depends on the cost-competitiveness of safe and secure nuclear power generation. Advanced reactor design concepts aim to have increased safe...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140127510","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 : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2023.2288308
Thomas Folk, Siddhartha Srivastava, Dean Price, Krishna Garikipati, Brendan Kochunas
Accurate assessment of uncertainties in cross-section data is crucial for reliable nuclear reactor simulations and safety analyses. In this study, we focus on the interpolation procedure of the par...
{"title":"Analytic Error Analysis of the Partial Derivatives Cross-Section Model—I: Derivation","authors":"Thomas Folk, Siddhartha Srivastava, Dean Price, Krishna Garikipati, Brendan Kochunas","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2023.2288308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2288308","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate assessment of uncertainties in cross-section data is crucial for reliable nuclear reactor simulations and safety analyses. In this study, we focus on the interpolation procedure of the par...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"132 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140071891","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 : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2316948
Janelle Bottom, David Wood, Tamzidul Mina, Savannah Bradley, Michal Rittikaidachar, Alexandria Miera, Jason Wheeler
Tank farm workers involved in nuclear cleanup activities perform physically demanding tasks, typically while wearing heavy personal protective equipment (PPE). Exoskeleton devices have the potentia...
{"title":"User Impressions and Gait Analysis of Exoskeleton Device Usage in Generalized Tank Farm Activities","authors":"Janelle Bottom, David Wood, Tamzidul Mina, Savannah Bradley, Michal Rittikaidachar, Alexandria Miera, Jason Wheeler","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2316948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2316948","url":null,"abstract":"Tank farm workers involved in nuclear cleanup activities perform physically demanding tasks, typically while wearing heavy personal protective equipment (PPE). Exoskeleton devices have the potentia...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047415","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}