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All Journal Jurnal Teknologi Reaktor Nuklir Tri Dasa Mega Urania Jurnal Ilmiah Daur Bahan Bakar Nuklir
Wahid Luthfi
Center for Nuclear Reactor Technology and Safety, National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN)
Energy Materials Science & Nanotechnology

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CALCULATION OF 2-DIMENSIONAL PWR MOX/UO2 CORE BENCHMARK OECD NEA 6048 WITH SRAC CODE Wahid Luthfi; Surian Pinem
JURNAL TEKNOLOGI REAKTOR NUKLIR TRI DASA MEGA Vol 22, No 3 (2020): OCTOBER 2020
Publisher : Pusat Teknologi Dan Keselamatan Reaktor Nuklir (PTKRN)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17146/tdm.2020.22.3.5955

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The mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel (MOX/UO2) is an interesting fuel for future power reactors. This is due to the large amount of plutonium that can be processed from spent fuel of nuclear plants or from plutonium weapons. MOX/UO2 fuel is very flexible to be applied in thermal reactors such as PWR and it is more economical than UO2 fuel. However, due to the different nature of neutron interactions of MOX in PWR, it will change the reactor core design parameters and also its safety characteristic. The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of SRAC2006 code system in generation of cross-sections and calculation of reactor core design parameters such as criticality, reactivity of control rods and radial power distribution. In this study, PWR MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark is used to verify the code that models a MOX/UO2 fueled core. SRAC-CITATION result is different from DeCART by 0.339% from. SRAC-CITATION result of single rod worth in All Rods Out (ARO) conditions are quite good with a maximum difference of 6.34% compared to BARS code and 4.74% compared to PARCS code. In All Rods In (ARI) condition, SRAC-CITATION results compared to the PARCS code is quite good where the maximum difference is 9.72%, but compared to BARS code, it spikes up to 33.24% at maximum difference. In the other case, overall radial power density results are quite good compared to the reference. Its maximum deviation from DeCART code is 5.325% in ARO condition and 6.234% in ARI condition. Based on the results of these calculations, SRAC code system can be used to generate cross-section and to calculate some neutronic parameters. Hence, it can be used to evaluate the neutronic parameters of the MOX/UO2 PWR core design.Keywords: MOX/UO2 fuel, Criticality, Power peaking factor, SRAC2006
VALIDATION OF SRAC CODE SYSTEM FOR NEUTRONIC PARAMETERS CALCULATION OF THE PWR MOX/UO2 CORE BENCHMARK Wahid Luthfi; Surian Pinem
Urania : Jurnal Ilmiah Daur Bahan Bakar Nuklir Vol 27, No 1 (2021): Februari, 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17146/urania.2021.27.1.6238

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VALIDATION OF SRAC CODE SYSTEM FOR NEUTRONIC PARAMETERS CALCULATION OF THE PWR MOX/UO2 CORE BENCHMARK. Determination of neutronic parameter value is an important part in determining reactor safety, so accurate calculation results can be obtained. This study is focused on the validation of SRAC code system in the calculation of neutronic parameters value of a PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) reactor core. MOX/UO2 Core Benchmark was choosed because it is used by several researchers as a reference core for code validation in the determination of neutronic parameters of a reactor core. The neutronic parameters calculated include critical boron concentration, delayed neutron fraction, and Power Peaking Factor (PPF) and its distribution in axial and radial directions. When compared with reference data, the calculation results of the critical boron concentration value show that there is a difference of 22.5 ppm on SRAC code system. Meanwhile, differences in power per fuel element (assembly power error) value of power-weighted error (PWE) and error-weighted error (EWE) is 2.93% and 3.94%, respectively. Maximum difference between PPF value in axial direction with reference reaches a value of 4.57%. SRAC calculation results also show consistency with the calculation results of other program packages or code. Results of this study indicate that SRAC code system is still quite accurate for the calculation of neutronic parameters of PWR reactor core benchmark. Therefore, SRAC code system can be used to calculate neutronic parameters of PWR reactor core, especially when using MOX (mixed oxide) fuel.Keywords: Neutronic parameter, critical boron concentration, power peaking factor, SRAC code system.
Co-Authors Surian Pinem Surian Pinem