Qualification of the APOLLO2 lattice physics code of the NURISP platform for VVER hexagonal lattices
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G. Hegyi
Abstract
The experiments performed at the ZR-6 zero power critical reactor by the Temporary International Collective (TIC) and a burnup benchmark specified for depletion calculation of a VVER-440 assembly containing Gd burnable poison were used to qualify the APOLLO2.8-3.E (APOLLO2) code as a part of its ongoing validation activity. The work is part of the NURISP project, where KFKI AEKI undertook to develop and qualify some calculation schemes for hexagonal problems. Concerning the ZR-6 measurements, single cell, macro-cell and 2D calculations of selected regular and perturbed experiments are used for the validation. In the 2D cases, the radial leakage is also taken into account by the axial leakage represented by the measured axial buckling. Criticality parameter and reaction rate comparisons are presented. Although various sets of the experiments have been selected for the validation, good agreement of the measured and calculated parameters could be found by using the various options offered by APOLLO2. An additional mathematical benchmark – presented in the paper – also attests for the reliability of APOLLO2. All the test results prove the reliability of APOLLO2 for VVER core calculations.
Kurzfassung
Das Programm APOLLO2 steht derzeit in der Version 2.83.E zur Verfügung und wird kontinuierlich validiert. Ein Teil dieser Validierung fand im Rahmen des NURISP Projektes statt. Dazu wurden Experimente am Nullleistungsreaktor ZR-6, die vom sog. Temporary International Collective (TIC) durchgeführt wurden, und ein Abbrand-Benchmark zur Bestimmung des Abbaus des in einem WWER-440 Brennelement enthaltenen abbrennbaren Absorbers Gd herangezogen. Zur Validierung auf Basis der ZR-6 Experimente wurden Berechnungen für Einzelzellen, Makrozellen sowie 2D-Berechnungen ausgewählter regulärer und Experimente mit eingebrachter Störung durchgeführt. Im Falle der 2D-Berechnungen wurde die radiale Leckage berücksichtigt basierend auf dem gemessenen axialen Buckling. Im Beitrag werden kritische Parameter und Reaktionsraten verglichen. Obwohl verschiedenste Experimente für die Validierung ausgesucht wurden, zeigte sich eine gute Übereinstimmung zwischen Messwerten und Rechenergebnissen unter Nutzung der verschiedenen Modelloptionen des Programms APOLLO2. Alle durchgeführten Vergleiche zeigen die zuverlässige Nutzbarkeit des Programms APOLLO2 für WWER-Kernberechnungen.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Contents/Inhalt
- Contents
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Editorial
- Research on the reactor physics and reactor safety of VVER reactors – Selected contributions to the XXIst Symposium of the Atomic Energy Research organization
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- Development of multi-group spectral code TVS-M
- Qualification of the APOLLO2 lattice physics code of the NURISP platform for VVER hexagonal lattices
- The simplified P3 approach on a trigonal geometry of the nodal reactor code DYN3D
- An analytical solution for the consideration of the effect of adjacent fuel assemblies; extension to VVER-440 type fuel assemblies
- Studies on boiling water reactor design with reduced moderation and analysis of reactivity accidents using the code DYN3D-MG
- Simulations of RUTA-70 reactor with CERMET fuel using DYN3D/ATHLET and DYN3D/RELAP5 coupled codes
- Analysis of coolant flow in central tube of VVER-440 fuel assemblies
- Effect of spacer grid mixing vanes on coolant outlet temperature distribution
- Study on severe accidents and countermeasures for VVER-1000 reactors using the integral code ASTEC
- Assessment of spectral history influence on PWR and WWER core
- New practice for the evaluation of rod efficiency measurement by rod drop at the NPP Paks
- Comparison of square and hexagonal fuel lattices for high conversion PWRs
- VVER-440 with inert matrix fuel – viable direction to sustainability
