VALIDATION OF THE ABBN/CONSYST CONSTANTS SYSTEM. PART 1: VALIDATION THROUGH THE CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS ON COMPACT METALLIC CORES

Authors & Affiliations

Ivanova T.T. , Manturov G.N., Nikolaev M.N., Rozhikhin E.V., Semenov M.Yu., Tsiboulia A.M.
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

Abstract

Worldwide compilation of criticality safety benchmark experiments, evaluated due to an activity of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP), discovers new possibilities for validation of the ABBN-93.1 cross section library for criticality safety analysis. Results of calculations of small assemblies with metal-fuelled cores are presented in this paper. It is concluded that ABBN-93.1 predicts criticality of such systems with required accuracy.

Keywords
validation, system constant supply ABBN / CONSYST, compilation of data ICSBEP, critical systems, contact active zones, nuclear safety

Article Text (in English, PDF, Translated by IAEA)

References

UDC 539.17

Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. Series: Nuclear Constants", issue 2, 1998

BROND-3.1

ISSUES

1998, Issue 2

VALIDATION OF THE ABBN/CONSYST CONSTANTS SYSTEM. PART 1: VALIDATION THROUGH THE CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS ON COMPACT METALLIC CORES