Neutronics and photonics Monte-Carlo calculations in support to the design of the CARMEN1 device in the OSIRIS reactor

Author

Gaubert, L. ; D´Aletto, C. ; Fourmentel, D. ; Lemaire, Martin ; Lyoussi, A. ; Reynard, C.

Author_Institution

DEN, CEA, St. Paul-lez-Durance, France

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

THE Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) [1] is the next Material Testing Reactor under construction in France. It will be a major research infrastructure in Europe to support existing power plant operation and lifetime extension, as well as future reactor developments. Its objectives are to participate to the demonstration of GEN-II vessel behavior for Pressurized Water Reactor lifetime extension, and to test the new structural material and fuel behavior under irradiation for the development of GEN-III and GEN-IV reactors. It also aims at producing a large part of the radioisotope European request.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; fission reactor instrumentation; fission research reactors; light water reactors; nuclear engineering computing; APOLLO2 determinist code; CARMEN1 device; CARMEN1 irradiation program; CARMEN1_N; CARMEN1_P; CEA- SACLAY-FRANCE; Calorimetry Measurements in Reactor and Nuclear Emissions; Carmen2 device; Curie supercomputer; European JEFF3.1.1 nuclear data library; GEN-II vessel behavior; GEN-III reactor; GEN-IV reactor; Jules Horowitz Reactor; Material Testing Reactor; Monte Carlo code TRIPOLI4®; OSIRIS irradiated fuel assemblies; OSIRIS reactor; OSIRIS water reflector; Very Large Computing Center of CEA; fast flux; fission chambers; gamma spectra; high performance computing; midcycle core; nuclear heating; photonics Monte-Carlo calculations; power plant operation; pressurized water reactor lifetime extension; thermalhydraulic simulations; Fuels; Inductors; Monte Carlo methods; Neutrons; Nuclear measurements; Photonics; Radiation effects; CARMEN; JHR; Monte Carlo; neutronics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1046-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6728005

Filename

6728005