2017 Vol. 29, No. 03

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Nodal code development for pressurized water reactor transient analysis based on non-linear iteration method
Zheng Youqi, Lee Deokjung
2017, 29: 036001. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160297
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Transient calculation is one of the key parts in reactor safety analysis and system simulation. With the fast development of computer technology, now 3D spatial dependent kinetics calculation is feasible and has already been used in the system simula...
Depletion chain compression method via quantitative significance analysis
Huang Kai, Wu Hongchun, Li Yunzhao, Cao Liangzhi
2017, 29: 036002. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160302
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The depletion calculation in reactor physics requires depletion chain data. However, the depletion chain that originates from evaluated nuclear data library is unnecessarily detailed for assembly and micro-depletion calculation, while conventional de...
Meticulous modeling and verification on criticality calculation of BEAVRS benchmark by Monte-Carlo code cosRMC
Yao Yuan, Ma Xubo, Chen Yixue, Hu Jiaju, Gao Bin, Yu Hui
2017, 29: 036003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160286
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BEAVRS is an international benchmark model based on the commercial PWR reactor with full-core meticulous modeling from MIT, and it has detailed measurement data. BEAVRS is a large 3D reactor benchmark for verification consisted of a variety of enrich...
Sensitivity analysis of nuclear data in core critical calculation of Qinshan Ⅱ
Qiang Shenglong, Yin Qiang, Lu Wei, Li Qing, Chai Xiaoming
2017, 29: 036004. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160433
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Nuclear power software needs to give the uncertainty of calculation results, thus it can effectively evaluate the safety of nuclear power. Nuclear data are important sources of uncertainty in core calculation, and the sensitivity analysis is an impor...
High burnup calculation characteristics of traveling wave reactor
Sun Wei, Wei Yanqin, Wu Wenbin, Ni Dongyang, Lu Di, Lou Lei
2017, 29: 036005. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160339
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The traveling wave reactor (TWR) is an innovative nuclear system, whose discharge burnup is 400 GWd/tHM, about three to four times of existing fast reactor and six to eight times of pressurized water reactor. High discharge burnup forces the present ...
Large-scale geometric modeling and management for reactor simulation
Qin Guiming, Ma Yan, Fu Yuanguang, Li Gang, Deng Li,
2017, 29: 036006. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160357
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Large equipment models need tremendous amount of three-dimensional solid entities to build, when using CSG method. For example, Dayawan reactor whole core model has tens of thousands of solid entities. A large-scale visual modeling software JLAMT for...
Coupling of Monte-Carlo code JMCT and sub-channel thermal-hydraulics code COBRA-EN
Shi Dunfu, Li Kang, Qin Guiming, Liu Xiongguo
2017, 29: 036007. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160383
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Coupled neutronics and thermal-hydraulics calculation can enhance the computational accuracy in reactor simulation. With the development of computational capability, the coupled Monte-Carlo neutron transportation and thermal-hydraulics calculation pl...
Neutron flux calculation of reactor pressure vessel for MOX fuel core
Wang Mengqi, Ding Qianxue, Mei Qiliang
2017, 29: 036008. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160179
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The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) neutron flux calculation method for MOX fuel core was preliminarily researched, especially the core source calculation method for MOX fuel core. Based on three-dimensional discrete ordinate code TORT, the RPV fast ne...
Physics start-up analysis system
Yu Chao, Fu Xuefeng, Li Wei, Wang Yangyi, Peng Sitao, Li Yiming, Cai Dechang
2017, 29: 036009. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160294
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Zero power physics test (ZPPT) is implanted after the nuclear reactor approach to criticality to make sure the core performance is in compliance with the nuclear design. However, traditional equipment used in ZPPT is bulk in volume and the measuremen...
Fuel loading pattern with 50% MOX fuel in HPR1000 core
Liu Guoming, Guo Zhipeng
2017, 29: 036010. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160376
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Fuel loading pattern optimization with MOX (mixed oxide of plutonium and uranium) fuel is an important aspect for GIII LWR. For the HPR1000 core, an optimized MOX fuel is designed. Based on which, two loading patterns with 50% MOX fuel are designed. ...
Overheating study in power plant control rod banks calibration test
Wang Xinxin, Fu Xuefeng, Zhang Ming
2017, 29: 036011. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160172
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Power control banks-turbine load test (RGL04 test) is to be performed to verify the accuracy of calibration curve by quickly reducing the power before nuclear power plants connecting to power grid. Overheating phenomenon occurred during the tests in ...
Simulating plutonium isotopic composition in spent fuel
Xu Xuefeng, Tian Dongfeng, Zhu Jianyu, Wu Jun, Shi Xueming
2017, 29: 036012. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160338
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In the field of nuclear arms control, non-proliferation is an significant area, particularly the proliferation of weapon usable nuclear materials, which is concerned by many countries. We used burnup calculating code MCORGS to simulate the relation b...
Three-dimensional distribution calculation for ex-core detector response functions
Ding Qianxue, Mei Qiliang
2017, 29: 036013. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160191
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Ex-core detector response function represents the contribution to the detector tally from each reactor core assembly, reflects the relationship between reactor core power distribution and detector tally. In this paper, the adjoint transport calculati...
Optimization research on gray control rod worth for control capability of mechanical shim operation strategy
Dang Halei, Ye Qing, Yang Bo
2017, 29: 036014. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160298
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The fast, accurate and highly automatic power regulation ability in a large range is a main research objective of advanced nuclear power plant control strategy. In the current PWR plant, the mechanical shim control and operation strategy is a good me...
Verification of CAACS program based on the critical accidents
Yu Miao, Yi Xuan, Liu Guoming, Huo Xiaodong, Yang Haifeng
2017, 29: 036015. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160189
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Nuclear criticality safety is one of the most important security issues in the process of development of nuclear industry, in which evaluation and analysis of critical accidents is the foundation of shielding design and emergency plan after critical ...
Transmutation characteristics of minor actinides in advanced pressurized water reactors
Hu Wenchao, Jing Jianping, Pan Xinyi, Bi Jinsheng, Zhao Chuanqi, Zhang Chunming, Ouyang Xiaoping, Liu Bin
2017, 29: 036016. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160355
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With the development of nuclear power industry, spent fuel of nuclear power plant is increasing. The disposal of minor actinides(MA) of spent nuclear fuel in nuclear power plants is not only an important process of recycling nuclear fuel, but also ke...
Simulation of JMCT based on JLAMT visualized modeling tool
Zheng Yu, Quan Guoping, Li Gang
2017, 29: 036017. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201628.160291
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The 3-D Monte Carlo transport code JMCT is developed by Software Center for High Performance Numerical Simulation independently and JLAMT is its pre-processing visualized modeling tool. Benchmarks including BW, KRITZ, BEAVRS et al were simulated by J...
Application of improved transmutation trajectory analysis in neutron activation calculation
Peng Yi, Zhang Jingyu, Chen Yixue
2017, 29: 036018. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160194
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Nuclear reactors will produce a large number of neutrons when the plant is in operation. The neutrons could have strong effect on in-core materials and generate active products which could cause destructive effects on staff. Therefore, the high preci...
Conceptual neutronic design of conventional fast reactor with super high burnup
Wang Xinzhe, Xu Li, Jia Xiaochun, Hu Yun
2017, 29: 036019. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160399
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In order to compare core characteristics of conventional fast reactor with travelling wave reactor, a conceptual neutronic design of conventional fast reactor called HBFR (High Burnup Fast Reactor) with maximum burnup up to 300 000 MWd/tHM was given....
Shielding calculations of PWR using JSNT code
Zhang Guangchun, Cheng Tangpei, Deng li, Zheng Zheng, Wang Chenlin
2017, 29: 036020. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160400
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Reactor shielding calculations is the foundation for assessing nuclear plant safety performance. It is also an important method to provide guidelines for constructions and operations of nuclear plant. JSNT is a massively parallel discrete ordinates t...
Thermal scattering data processing and development of Thermc module
Li Wanlin, Wang Kan, Yu Ganglin
2017, 29: 036021. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160326
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The incident energy of thermal neutron ranges from 110-5 eV to 5 eV, which is comparable to energy of thermal motion of nuclide in the reactor, the reactions between neutron and target have vastly different characteristic in this energy range. The co...
MOC/SN coupled 3D neutron transport software KYCORE
Tang Xiao, Li Qing, Chai Xiaoming, Tu Xiaolan, Wang Kan
2017, 29: 036022. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160192
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KYCORE is a radial MOC and axial SN coupled neutron transport software developed by China Institute of Nuclear Power. Its highly accurate coupling between 2D MOC and 1D SN is realized by angular flux, which is one of the most accurate methods applyin...
Calculation and verification of secondary neutron source intensity of nuclear reactor
Su Genghua, Bao Pengfei, Han Song
2017, 29: 036023. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160186
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This paper studies and proposes a mechanism-based calculation method of secondary neutron source (SNS) intensity of nuclear reactor, and calculated the SNS intensity of the reactor of a certain nuclear power plant at the refueling outage of the secon...
Application of Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov method for high temperature reactor neutron diffusion equation calculation
Lu Jia’nan, Guo Jiong, Li Fu
2017, 29: 036024. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160333
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This paper studies the application of solving high temperature reactor (HTR) neutron diffusion equation with Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov (JFNK) method. Results show that when solving neutron diffusion equation, the relative residual norm of JFNK meth...
Testing and analysis of coupled program of MCNP and FISPACT
Zhang Haoran, Zeng Qin, Chen Chong, Li Wei, Chen Hongli
2017, 29: 036025. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201729.160424
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The burnup calculation of reactors is related to the fuel management of the reactor, and directly affect the economic evaluation of the core, therefore how to calculate burnup characteristics of reactors faster and better is an important part of the ...
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