High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 9, 096001(2024)

Quantification of calculated effective multiplication factor uncertainty caused by nuclear data in research reactor

Jingyu Sun and Jimin Ma*
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621999, China
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    Core structure
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    Comparison of absorption cross-sections of hafnium in TENDL-2021 library
    • Table 1. Comparison of disturbance results of single group elastic scattering cross section of sodium

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      Table 1. Comparison of disturbance results of single group elastic scattering cross section of sodium

      meanstdev/%
      Fiorito L[3]MacFarlane[10]this articleFiorito L[3]MacFarlane[10]this article
      ENDF/B-VII.17.947.947.952.442.462.52
      JEFF-3.27.897.897.902.102.092.15
    • Table 2. Contribution of uncertainty of each nuclide under three working conditions

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      Table 2. Contribution of uncertainty of each nuclide under three working conditions

      working conditionkeffuncertainty caused by fuel nuclides/10−5uncertainty caused by coolant and moderator/10−5uncertainty caused by control rod material/10−5total/10−5
      27Al238U235Utotal1H2H16O9Betotal174Hf176Hf177Hf178Hf179Hf180Hftotal
      critical condition1.00457±0.00008309.567.6417.0523.7346.641.6107.159.9370.015.015.1154.715.422.917.3156.5660.8
      control rod fully inserted1.00457±0.00008247.557.5309.8400.7250.046.196.460.2278.513.917.3324.717.640.120.9329.1588.5
      control rod fully withdrawn1.00457±0.00008366.783.2454.5589.9367.444.3100.475.0390.713.213.813.813.514.014.333.7708.4
    • Table 3. Quantitative results of uncertainty for each reaction channel under different operating conditions (10−5)

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      Table 3. Quantitative results of uncertainty for each reaction channel under different operating conditions (10−5)

      nuclidereaction channelcritical conditioncontrol rod fully insertedcontrol rod fully withdrawn
      235Ucapture181.5154.4237.0
      fission115.999.5132.4
      inelastic scattering8.37.28.9
      elastic scattering8.98.78.2
      prompt multiplicity131.6116.8163.9
      energy distribution331.8220.1325.4
      238Ucapture51.946.268.8
      fission8.37.88.2
      inelastic scattering36.927.139.7
      elastic scattering17.015.020.0
      prompt multiplicity10.19.69.4
      energy distribution7.88.08.0
      27Alcapture168.3143.6219.0
      elastic scattering130.998.3127.1
      inelastic scattering224.3176.0265.3
      9Beelastic scattering42.542.852.8
      inelastic scattering42.242.353.2
      16Oelastic scattering106.796.1100.0
      capture8.87.68.8
      1Helastic scattering188.2136.6184.3
      capture291.1209.4317.8
      2Helastic scattering40.645.243.6
      capture9.29.07.9
      174Hfcapture8.88.37.6
      elastic scattering8.27.57.7
      inelastic scattering8.98.27.6
      176Hfcapture9.513.38.0
      elastic scattering8.47.88.0
      inelastic scattering8.27.87.8
      177Hfcapture154.0323.98.3
      elastic scattering12.121.67.7
      inelastic scattering8.47.77.9
      178Hfcapture9.213.47.6
      elastic scattering8.98.18.0
      inelastic scattering8.68.07.8
      179Hfcapture19.638.38.3
      elastic scattering8.49.28.0
      inelastic scattering8.37.47.9
      180Hfcapture12.317.08.3
      elastic scattering8.98.88.4
      inelastic scattering8.38.48.1
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    Received: Jan. 18, 2024

    Accepted: May. 13, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Ma Jimin (majm03@yeah.net)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.240024

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