A. Andrianov, I. Kuptsov, T. Osipova, Anastasia Alekseevna Spiridonova, O. Andrianova, Tat’yana Vladimirovna Utianskaia
The paper provides a brief description of the functionality of the nuclear energy system modelling application package (NESAPP), including a list of modelling objects, key assumptions and areas of application. NESAPP consists of the following main modules: NUDAPS (a module for calculating thermal neutron cross-sections, resonance integrals and one-group neutron cross-sections, and associated uncertainties), NUCLEX (a module for calculating the evolution of the nuclide composition and characteristics of nuclear fuel in reactors and at the nuclear fuel cycle front-end and back-end steps), NUCAB (a module for adjusting isotopic composition and blending), FANES (a module for analysing material flows and integrating data in nuclear energy evolution scenarios), ECNES (a module for assessing economic performance metrics for the nuclear energy evolution scenarios). Each of the modules is a calculation tool that can be used as independent or integrated into the software for technical and economic modelling of nuclear energy systems. Various calculation models are implemented in the modules, allowing users to evaluate the methodological component of the calculation uncertainty in scenario modelling studies and the functionality for assessing the impact of initial data uncertainties on the resulting indicators. The authors also provide some examples of applying NESAPP.
{"title":"Nuclear Energy System Modelling Application Package: Functional Overview and Examples","authors":"A. Andrianov, I. Kuptsov, T. Osipova, Anastasia Alekseevna Spiridonova, O. Andrianova, Tat’yana Vladimirovna Utianskaia","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.14","url":null,"abstract":"The paper provides a brief description of the functionality of the nuclear energy system modelling application package (NESAPP), including a list of modelling objects, key assumptions and areas of application. NESAPP consists of the following main modules: NUDAPS (a module for calculating thermal neutron cross-sections, resonance integrals and one-group neutron cross-sections, and associated uncertainties), NUCLEX (a module for calculating the evolution of the nuclide composition and characteristics of nuclear fuel in reactors and at the nuclear fuel cycle front-end and back-end steps), NUCAB (a module for adjusting isotopic composition and blending), FANES (a module for analysing material flows and integrating data in nuclear energy evolution scenarios), ECNES (a module for assessing economic performance metrics for the nuclear energy evolution scenarios). Each of the modules is a calculation tool that can be used as independent or integrated into the software for technical and economic modelling of nuclear energy systems. Various calculation models are implemented in the modules, allowing users to evaluate the methodological component of the calculation uncertainty in scenario modelling studies and the functionality for assessing the impact of initial data uncertainties on the resulting indicators. The authors also provide some examples of applying NESAPP.","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74141512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article considers methodological issues related to the conceptual and terminological apparatus of the dynamics of nuclear reactors. Based on an elementary analysis of the standard point reactor kinetics equations, the author shows that it is necessary to clarify the physical meaning of the parameter β included in the equations, which is traditionally interpreted as the “effective delayed neutrons fraction” (EDNF). It follows directly from the kinetics equations that the parameter β, which appears in these equations as the EDNF, is, from the point of view of the neutron balance, the fraction of prompt neutrons consumed for the generation of delayed neutron precursors (DNPs), and, from the point of view of the DNP balance, the DNP yield per prompt neutron in a single fission event. With these interpretations taken into account, the role of the β parameter is considered in situations related with its adjustment by multiplying it by the “delayed neutron efficiency factor” and with the establishment of the actual fractions of prompt and delayed neutrons. In particular, it is shown that: the statement “if the delayed neutron fraction is β, then the prompt neutron fraction is equal to 1 – β”, used in the problems of analyzing the nuclear reactor dynamics as a starting position, cannot be considered applicable to any reactor conditions; an increase in the β parameter by multiplying it by the “delayed neutron efficiency factor” leads, contrary to traditional interpretations, not to an increase but to a decrease in neutron reproduction in a supercritical reactor. The proposed clarifications are appropriate both in terms of more adequate descriptions of processes in nuclear reactors and in relation to the formulations of nuclear safety requirements.
{"title":"On the Concept of «Effective Delayed Neutron Fraction»","authors":"A. G. Yuferov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.16","url":null,"abstract":"The article considers methodological issues related to the conceptual and terminological apparatus of the dynamics of nuclear reactors. Based on an elementary analysis of the standard point reactor kinetics equations, the author shows that it is necessary to clarify the physical meaning of the parameter β included in the equations, which is traditionally interpreted as the “effective delayed neutrons fraction” (EDNF). It follows directly from the kinetics equations that the parameter β, which appears in these equations as the EDNF, is, from the point of view of the neutron balance, the fraction of prompt neutrons consumed for the generation of delayed neutron precursors (DNPs), and, from the point of view of the DNP balance, the DNP yield per prompt neutron in a single fission event. With these interpretations taken into account, the role of the β parameter is considered in situations related with its adjustment by multiplying it by the “delayed neutron efficiency factor” and with the establishment of the actual fractions of prompt and delayed neutrons. In particular, it is shown that:\u0000 the statement “if the delayed neutron fraction is β, then the prompt neutron fraction is equal to 1 – β”, used in the problems of analyzing the nuclear reactor dynamics as a starting position, cannot be considered applicable to any reactor conditions;\u0000 an increase in the β parameter by multiplying it by the “delayed neutron efficiency factor” leads, contrary to traditional interpretations, not to an increase but to a decrease in neutron reproduction in a supercritical reactor.\u0000 The proposed clarifications are appropriate both in terms of more adequate descriptions of processes in nuclear reactors and in relation to the formulations of nuclear safety requirements.","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81745929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calculation of Enriched Uranium Products Costs in Multi&Threaded Cascades of Enrichment Process","authors":"E. V. Semyonov, V. V. Kharitonov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79600626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative Methods of Management of Radioactively Contaminated NPP Water – a Windows of Opportunities","authors":"A. S. Chugunov, Vadim Aleksandrovich Vinnitskij","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90181478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermophysical Studies of Alkaline Liquid Metal Coolants. Izvestiya vuzov","authors":"J. Kuzina, A. Sorokin, N. A. Denisova","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88488141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
For a comprehensive assessment of the protection of uranium against proliferation due to the presence of uranium-232 in it, the authors of the article propose and substantiate an integral protection criterion for this material. The criterion is based on the physical barriers against the proliferation of uranium created by uranium-232, namely: (1) the radiolysis of uranium hexafluoride, which hinders attempts to re-enrich uranium and, as a result, a significant critical mass; (2) hard γ-radiation, which leads to incapacity and death of those who try to handle this material without radiation protection; (3) increased heat release, which disables the components of a nuclear explosive device; and (4) a significant source of neutrons that causes predetonation and thereby reduces the energy yield of a nuclear explosive device. These barriers appear at various stages of uranium handling not only in the indicated order but also act simultaneously, mutually reinforcing one another.
{"title":"Comprehensive Analysis of Proliferation Protection of Uranium due to the Presence of 232U and its Decay Products","authors":"G. Kulikov, A. Shmelev, V. Apse, E. Kulikov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.15","url":null,"abstract":"For a comprehensive assessment of the protection of uranium against proliferation due to the presence of uranium-232 in it, the authors of the article propose and substantiate an integral protection criterion for this material. The criterion is based on the physical barriers against the proliferation of uranium created by uranium-232, namely: (1) the radiolysis of uranium hexafluoride, which hinders attempts to re-enrich uranium and, as a result, a significant critical mass; (2) hard γ-radiation, which leads to incapacity and death of those who try to handle this material without radiation protection; (3) increased heat release, which disables the components of a nuclear explosive device; and (4) a significant source of neutrons that causes predetonation and thereby reduces the energy yield of a nuclear explosive device. These barriers appear at various stages of uranium handling not only in the indicated order but also act simultaneously, mutually reinforcing one another.","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81974227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experience of the Use of Detection Systems for Loose Parts and Weakly Fixed Objects in the Coolant Circulation Circuit of Novovoronezh NPP Reactor Installations","authors":"A. Voronov, M. T. Slepov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86132650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The results of calculations conducted to substantiate radiation safety while handling spent removable sections (SRS) of reactors with a liquid metal coolant (LMC) for nuclear submarines (NS) are presented in the article. The spent removable sections of reactors with liquid metal coolant for nuclear submarines are the sources of intense neutron and gamma radiation. Shielding should ensure the dose rate level for neutrons and gamma radiation which is not exceeding the values allowed for transportation of nuclear materials established by the NP-053-04 therefore it will attenuate emission of neutrons and gamma quanta by several orders of magnitude. A homogeneous model of the reactor core was used for calculations. Sources of neutrons and photons in the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of the SRS, sources of photons in the reactor control devices and in construction materials (the reactor vessel and grids of fuel rods) have been taken into consideration while conducting the calculations. The computer code MCNP-4B was employed to calculate dose rates for neutrons and photons. In most cases direct calculations of dose rates for neutrons and secondary gamma-quanta using the MCNP-4B code provided acceptable results with admissible methodical errors. For the tasks with sources of gamma quanta direct calculation using the MCNP-4B brought unsatisfactory results due to strong attenuation. Various methods were applied to reduce dispersion: the first one is to assign importance to the cells and the second one is the method of weight windows iteration. Values of dose rates were obtained with acceptable errors. The results of the calculations provided necessary information to conduct operations to unload spent nuclear fuel from the SRS. The results of performed calculations were also used in the design and manufacturing of the shielding.
{"title":"Carrying out Calculations of Radiation Safety During Unloading and Disassembly of Cores of Spent Removable Parts of Reactors with Liquid Metal Coolant of Submarines","authors":"Elena Vladimirovnа Devkina, I. Suslov, V. Chernov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.07","url":null,"abstract":"The results of calculations conducted to substantiate radiation safety while handling spent removable sections (SRS) of reactors with a liquid metal coolant (LMC) for nuclear submarines (NS) are presented in the article. The spent removable sections of reactors with liquid metal coolant for nuclear submarines are the sources of intense neutron and gamma radiation. Shielding should ensure the dose rate level for neutrons and gamma radiation which is not exceeding the values allowed for transportation of nuclear materials established by the NP-053-04 therefore it will attenuate emission of neutrons and gamma quanta by several orders of magnitude.\u0000 A homogeneous model of the reactor core was used for calculations. Sources of neutrons and photons in the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of the SRS, sources of photons in the reactor control devices and in construction materials (the reactor vessel and grids of fuel rods) have been taken into consideration while conducting the calculations. The computer code MCNP-4B was employed to calculate dose rates for neutrons and photons.\u0000 In most cases direct calculations of dose rates for neutrons and secondary gamma-quanta using the MCNP-4B code provided acceptable results with admissible methodical errors. For the tasks with sources of gamma quanta direct calculation using the MCNP-4B brought unsatisfactory results due to strong attenuation.\u0000 Various methods were applied to reduce dispersion: the first one is to assign importance to the cells and the second one is the method of weight windows iteration.\u0000 Values of dose rates were obtained with acceptable errors. The results of the calculations provided necessary information to conduct operations to unload spent nuclear fuel from the SRS. The results of performed calculations were also used in the design and manufacturing of the shielding.","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76512772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. V. Yaurov, A. V. Borovoy, A. Yudin, M. Bolgov, A. Danilov
{"title":"Computational and Experimental Justification of Increasing the Efficiency of the Regenerative Heat Exchanger of the Steam Generator Purge System of the NPP-2006 Project (RU V-392M)","authors":"S. V. Yaurov, A. V. Borovoy, A. Yudin, M. Bolgov, A. Danilov","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80260499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruslana Оlegovna Sutyagina, V. V. Alekseev, Ivan Аlekseevich Sutyagin
{"title":"Simulating Sodium Purification from Oxygen by a Soluble Getter. Izvestiya vuzov","authors":"Ruslana Оlegovna Sutyagina, V. V. Alekseev, Ivan Аlekseevich Sutyagin","doi":"10.26583/npe.2022.2.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.2.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37826,"journal":{"name":"Izvestiya Wysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy, Yadernaya Energetika","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85887411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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