Several countries are developing and deploying SFRs even after the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station. However, the Fukushima accident prompted all countries to redefi...Several countries are developing and deploying SFRs even after the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station. However, the Fukushima accident prompted all countries to redefine the fast reactor programs. The drastic safety enhancement is the most important issue to be established. In light of this situation, key essence of the safety improvement is reviewed in this paper by referring the achievements of the recent International Workshop on Prevention and Mitigation of Severe Accidents in SFRs which was held by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in June, 2012 and the findings published in the past journals including those of the International Conference on Fast Reactor and Related Fuel Cycles (FR09) held by IAEA in December, 2009.展开更多
Various approaches and models are used in deterministic codes to treat the resonance self-shielding behavior of cross-sections.The accuracy of the models used has a significant effect on the precision of calculations;...Various approaches and models are used in deterministic codes to treat the resonance self-shielding behavior of cross-sections.The accuracy of the models used has a significant effect on the precision of calculations;hence it is essential to select the best self-shielding method that yields accurate results within a reasonable computational time.In the present paper,the performance of the statistical subgroup method and the subgroup projection method associated with the DRAGON5 code is assessed during the burnup of a fuel pin.Two types of fuel are investigated:UO2,and PuO2-UO2.The accuracy of the methods is determined by calculating the variation of the infinite multiplication factor and the reaction rates during burnup,and then the results are compared to the stochastic MCNP6 code.It is indicated that the performance of both methods in treating the resonance self-shielding effect is satisfactory and that the subgroup projection method has a better performance during burnup calculations.展开更多
文摘Several countries are developing and deploying SFRs even after the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station. However, the Fukushima accident prompted all countries to redefine the fast reactor programs. The drastic safety enhancement is the most important issue to be established. In light of this situation, key essence of the safety improvement is reviewed in this paper by referring the achievements of the recent International Workshop on Prevention and Mitigation of Severe Accidents in SFRs which was held by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in June, 2012 and the findings published in the past journals including those of the International Conference on Fast Reactor and Related Fuel Cycles (FR09) held by IAEA in December, 2009.
文摘Various approaches and models are used in deterministic codes to treat the resonance self-shielding behavior of cross-sections.The accuracy of the models used has a significant effect on the precision of calculations;hence it is essential to select the best self-shielding method that yields accurate results within a reasonable computational time.In the present paper,the performance of the statistical subgroup method and the subgroup projection method associated with the DRAGON5 code is assessed during the burnup of a fuel pin.Two types of fuel are investigated:UO2,and PuO2-UO2.The accuracy of the methods is determined by calculating the variation of the infinite multiplication factor and the reaction rates during burnup,and then the results are compared to the stochastic MCNP6 code.It is indicated that the performance of both methods in treating the resonance self-shielding effect is satisfactory and that the subgroup projection method has a better performance during burnup calculations.
