| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 247, 2021
PHYSOR2020 – International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future
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| Article Number | 02001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Core Analysis Methods | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124702001 | |
| Published online | 22 February 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124702001
EVALUATION OF THE ESFR END OF CYCLE STATE AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS
1 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rosendorf, Germany
3 Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
4 National Nuclear Laboratory, United Kingdom
5 Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Published online: 22 February 2021
The ESFR-SMART project is the latest iteration of research into the behaviour of a commercial-size SFR core throughout its lifetime. As part of this project the ESFR core has been modelled by a range of different reactor physics simulation codes at its end of cycle state, and the important safety relevant parameters evaluated. These parameters are found to agree well between the different codes, giving good confidence in the results.
A detailed mapping of the local sodium void worth is also performed due to the problems associated with the positive void coefficient seen in large SFR designs. The local void worth maps show that the use of zone-wise coefficients replicates the important reactivity feedbacks to a high degree, indicating their suitability for use in SFR simulations.
Key words: ESFR / sodium-cooled fast reactor / spatial reactivity coefficients / sodium void worth
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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