• Title of article

    HTR-10fullcorefirstcriticalityanalysiswithMCNPOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Volkan?eker، نويسنده , , UnerColak، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    263
  • To page
    270
  • Abstract
    ExperimentalfacilitieslikeHTR-10,HTTR,andASTRAserveasthesourceofinformationforthecurrentlydesignedhightemperaturegas-coolednuclearreactors.Itisalsodesiredtoverifytheexistingcodesagainstthedataobtainedinsuchfacilities.Inthisstudy,firstcriticalitycalculationsofapebblebedgas-cooledreactor,HTR-10,isperformedwithMCNP-4B,acodesystemforMonteCarloparticletransportsimulation.HTR-10hasratheruniquecharacteristicsintermsoftherandomnessingeometryasinthecaseofallpebblebedreactors.ThegeometricalmodelofthefullreactorisobtainedbyusinglatticeanduniversefacilitiesprovidedbyMCNP.Modelingdetailsarediscussedwithnecessarysimplifications.ResultsobtainedbyMonteCarlosimulationsarecomparedwithavailabledata.ItisobservedthatMonteCarlosimulationsyieldsufficientlyaccurateresultsintermsofinitialcriticalityoftheHTR-10reactor.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894543