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Calculation of VVER reactor computational benchmark pin cell variants

A.G. Kalashnikov, Kalugin, A.P. Lazarenko, Jess C Gehin

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In the framework of the joint US/Russian project to update, verify, and validate reactor design/safety computer codes associated with mixed-oxide (MOX) usage in VVER reactors, a computational benchmark was constructed. The calculational results of pin cell variants from the benchmark are given in this paper. The pin cells contain low-enriched uranium (LEU), weapons-grade (W-G) MOX fuel, and reactor MOX fuel. The calculations call for a wide range of temperatures and soluble boron concentrations. Several of the variants include burnup analyses.

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In the framework of the joint US/Russian project to update, verify, and validate reactor design/safety computer codes associated with mixed-oxide (MOX) usage in VVER reactors, a computational benchmark was constructed. The calculational results of pin cell variants from the benchmark are given in this paper. The pin cells contain low-enriched uranium (LEU), weapons-grade (W-G) MOX fuel, and reactor MOX fuel. The calculations call for a wide range of temperatures and soluble boron concentrations. Several of the variants include burnup analyses.

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In the framework of the joint US/Russian project to update, verify, and validate reactor design/safety computer codes associated with mixed-oxide (MOX) usage in VVER reactors, a computational benchmark was constructed. The calculational results of pin cell variants from the benchmark are given in this paper. The pin cells contain low-enriched uranium (LEU), weapons-grade (W-G) MOX fuel, and reactor MOX fuel. The calculations call for a wide range of temperatures and soluble boron concentrations. Several of the variants include burnup analyses.

Key concepts: VVER, MOX fuel, Burnup, Benchmark (surveying), Nuclear engineering, Enriched uranium, Boron, Range (aeronautics)

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