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VENUS-2 MOX Core Benchmark: Results of ORNL Calculations Using HELIOS-1.4.

DE2001777637

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Ellis, R. J.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The Task Force on Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition, now an Expert Group, was set up through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency to facilitate technical assessments of burning weapons-grade plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in U.S. pressurized-water reactors and Russian VVER nuclear reactors. More than ten countries participated to advance the work of the Task Force in a major initiative, which was a blind benchmark study to compare code benchmark calculations against experimental data for the VENUS-2 MOX core at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium. At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the HELIOS-1.4 code was used to perform a comprehensive study of pin-cell and core calculations for the VENUS-2 benchmark.
Keywords	Nuclear reactors Benchmarks Plutonium recycle H codes Economics Mixed oxide fuels Pwr type reactors Wwer type reactors
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200125
Contract Number	AC05-96OR22464

VENUS-2 MOX Core Benchmark: Results of ORNL Calculations Using HELIOS-1.4.

VENUS-2 MOX Core Benchmark: Results of ORNL Calculations Using HELIOS-1.4.
DE2001777637

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Ellis, R. J.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The Task Force on Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition, now an Expert Group, was set up through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency to facilitate technical assessments of burning weapons-grade plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in U.S. pressurized-water reactors and Russian VVER nuclear reactors. More than ten countries participated to advance the work of the Task Force in a major initiative, which was a blind benchmark study to compare code benchmark calculations against experimental data for the VENUS-2 MOX core at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium. At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the HELIOS-1.4 code was used to perform a comprehensive study of pin-cell and core calculations for the VENUS-2 benchmark.
Keywords	Nuclear reactors Benchmarks Plutonium recycle H codes Economics Mixed oxide fuels Pwr type reactors Wwer type reactors
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200125
Contract Number	AC05-96OR22464