{"title":"Core conversion design study of TRIGA Mark 2000 Bandung using MTR plate type fuel element","authors":"S. Pinem, T. M. Sembiring, T. Surbakti","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016738","url":null,"abstract":"The TRIGA 2000 Bandung (TRIGA 2000) is a TRIGA Mark II type reactor with the nominal thermal power of 2 MW. It is used as a back-up reactor for irradiation radioisotope targets to the local market. This present study describes the fuel type conversion, from TRIGA fuel rod type to the MTR fuel plate type, as a solution to the fuel shortage. The optimum silicide (U3Si2-Al) equilibrium core are obtained by using WIMSD/5B (cell calculations) and BATAN-FUEL and BATAN-3DIFF (core calculations) codes for static and kinetic core parameters. The core calculation results showed that the optimum equilibrium core configuration is 5×5 core grid position and the maximum thermal neutron fluxes in the centre and periphery core are 6.07×1013 neutron/cm2s and 1.41×1013 neutron/cm2s, respectively. It is concluded that TRIGA 2000 reactor can be designed with very satisfactory static parameters and inherent safety.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44156865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Mathur, S. Khan, V. Jagannathan, L. Thilagam, Suneet Singh
{"title":"Analysis of long life LWR fuel benchmark by CP based interface current methods","authors":"A. Mathur, S. Khan, V. Jagannathan, L. Thilagam, Suneet Singh","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016743","url":null,"abstract":"The LWR benchmark suite is a set of problems that was proposed for validating lattice calculations at pin and assembly level for long life fuel. The LEU and MOX fuel assembly designs consider fissile loading and gadolinium loading which are significantly higher than current fuel designs. In this paper, we describe the solution to this benchmark problem by the lattice burnup code VISWAM. This code solves the transport equation by the interface current method based on 2-D collision probability (2DCP). The incoming and outgoing angular fluxes at the pin-cell interfaces are expanded in terms of PN half space expansions, where N is the order of the expansion. We have considered three expansions, double P0, double P1 and double P2 for evaluating the escape and transmission probabilities. The higher order methods are more accurate where flux anisotropy is high.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48315168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rogério Rivail Rodrigues, A. Z. Mesquita, D. A. Palma
{"title":"Designing a system to detect leaking in fuel elements in Brazilian Triga research reactor","authors":"Rogério Rivail Rodrigues, A. Z. Mesquita, D. A. Palma","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016742","url":null,"abstract":"The Nuclear Technology Development Centre (CDTN) is a research institute administered by the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) located in Belo Horizonte/Brazil. The CDTN is equipped with a Triga Mark I nuclear reactor with almost 60 years of operation. Most of its fuel elements are in the core since the first criticality, and corrosion may occur that threatens the integrity of spent fuel claddings. The reactor coolant must be treated and controlled in order to maintain its low electrical conductivity and pH close to neutrality, in order to minimise the corrosion of the reactor components, mainly the fuel elements. The objective of this work is to present the leak monitoring system developed for the verification of possible leaks in the Triga fuel elements based on the sipping test. A correlation was also developed to find the diameter of a hypothetical small cylindrical hole in the fuel cladding as a function of Cs-137 activity values to be measured.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46077807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"System identification of a research nuclear reactor versus loss of flow accident using recurrent neural network","authors":"B. Salmasian, G. Ansarifar, S. M. Mirvakili","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016725","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, modelling of the Tehran Research Reactor is done using Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) in Loss of Flow Accident (LOFA). TRANS code is calculated as training data mode for each of the scenarios. Supervised recurrent neural network is chosen for modelling and identification system, classified system data and appropriate parameters for modelling function of system have been chosen, then data is classified. In the next step, we choose variant networks to train and compare with each other. Next, an optimised network is chosen according to mean square error parameter and correlation among educational data from TRANS code and network output data. Finally, entrance data related to the unforeseen accident was entered to the system and the predicted results by model and output data of TRANS code were compared. Results demonstrate the appropriate conformity between extraction data of TRANS code and extraction data of the model, which shows appropriate function of the model.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44145023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimated radon concentration in drinking water samples for different regions of Hilla City, Iraq","authors":"K. S. Jassim, I. H. Kadhim, Nawras T. Shihab","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016734","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the concentration of radon in water has been measured for 17 samples from different regions of Al-Kifl in the province of Babylon, Iraq. This study was performed using the electronic radon detector RADH2O, where the highest value was 0.199 Bq.L−1 and the lowest value was 0.0 Bq.L−1 and the effective dose for human exposure to radon average is 5.09*10−7 Sv.y−1. The results of radon concentrations and annual effective dose in all samples show no significant radiological risk for the inhabitants in the region of study. We have chosen this subject for the current study because of the importance of water in human life and living, and the lack of previous studies in this study area.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48915176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. M. Borges, G. Sabundjian, F. D’Auria, A. Petruzzi
{"title":"Uncertainty calculation in small break LOCA in the emergency core cooling system connected to the hot leg of Angra 2 nuclear power plant","authors":"E. M. Borges, G. Sabundjian, F. D’Auria, A. Petruzzi","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.094284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.094284","url":null,"abstract":"Owing to the occurrence of nuclear accidents, worldwide nuclear regulatory organisations included the analysis of accidents considered as design basis accidents - Loss of Coolant Accident (large and small-break, LBLOCA or SBLOCA) - in the safety analysis reports of nuclear facilities. In Brazil, the tool selected by the licensing authority, Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), is RELAP5 Code. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of the performance of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) of Angra 2 nuclear reactor during SBLOCA. In this study, the RELAP5 code and the Code Internal Assessment of Uncertainty (CIAU) were used to simulate and analyse the uncertainties of the results. The postulated accident is the SBLOCA in the hot leg connected to the ECCS described in the Final Safety Analysis Report of Angra 2 (FSAR/A2). The results from this study were satisfactory when compared with the FSAR/A2.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"139-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.094284","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48090514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The enhancement of energy gain in a p6Li inertial fusion reactor by laser-driven protons","authors":"J. Bahmani, B. Eslami, F. Jafari","doi":"10.1504/ijnest.2018.10015405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijnest.2018.10015405","url":null,"abstract":"For the ignition of p6Li fuel, two important challenges emerge: the losses of energy and the need for high-temperature electrons and ions. To provide favourable conditions, these problems should be reduced as much as possible. An approach for reducing ignition energy is proposed which is the use of proton beam in fast ignition with inertial confinement fusion (ICF). The protons can fuse with ions and produce additional energy. The determination of this energy enhancement and the investigation of influential parameters can have a significant role in increasing energy gain. The stopping power is examined. The produced excess energy and the total energy are estimated. The investigations indicate that total stopping power is a function of proton energy and it decreases with rising temperature. The additional energy depends on the beam energy and the electron temperature. The extra energy gain is considerable at low proton energy and high electron temperature.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48085008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of radioactivity released from CHASNUPP-1 nuclear power plant during loss of coolant accident","authors":"K. Mehboob, M. S. Aljohani","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015404","url":null,"abstract":"The CHASNUPP - unit 1 is a 996 MWth intermediate type pressurised water reactor that began commercial operation in May 2000 in Pakistan. The CHNUPP-1 is a conventional two loop PWR operated by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). The expected amount of radiation exposure from the CHNUPP-1 R CHNUPP - unit 1 is simulated for hypothetical severe accidents. For this purpose, modelling and simulation has been carried out in MATLAB. A kinetic model has been developed and implemented in MATLAB to carry out the simulation of the release of radionuclides. The core and coolant activity of CHNUPP-1 is compared with the similar type reactor KORI-1. The developed model uses the Origen 2.2 core inventory as a subroutine. The coolant inventory has been evaluated with 0.25% fuel damage and compared with the KORI-1 reactor.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41975187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An R-package for water and steam properties for scientific and general use","authors":"B. B. Filho, E. Cabral, A. Barroso","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015408","url":null,"abstract":"The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) develops formulations for the calculation of thermophysical properties of water as a function of different combinations of temperature, density, pressure, enthalpy, and entropy. These properties are useful for scientists and nuclear, chemical, and mechanical engineers who analyse experimental data or are involved with projects and equipment development, like heat exchangers, turbines, or nuclear power reactors. The IAPWS-95 formulation solves the fundamental equation of Helmholtz free energy as a function of temperature and density. This paper gives a description of how these equations are solved and exemplifies the use of a package developed for the free platform R. The IAPWS95 package was developed to help users to get access to the IAPWS-95 formulation in a free software environment which is growing exponentially. Transport properties were programmed using other IAPWS releases. The examples consider the uncertainty analysis of thermal parameters of a nuclear power reactor and the preparation of tables and graphs of water properties.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41703677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validating COMSOL multiphysics for VVER-1000 whole-core-steady-state via AER benchmark problem","authors":"Ned Xoubi, A. Y. Soliman","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10015407","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a full core, three-dimensional, multi-group model of VVER-1000 reactor core is developed using specifications of the Schulz benchmark. This paper presents a new 3-D full core solution, and simulates the neutronic behaviour of the VVER-1000 reactor by predicting the system criticality, power distribution, and the neutron flux distribution. Multi-group constants are applied to the COMSOL model to perform neutronics calculations using finite element method with adaptive mesh refinement. The study found that the calculated effective multiplication factor (keff) compares well with the reference value. Furthermore, the fission rates 3D power distributions and axially averaged 2D power distribution are in good agreements with reported reference results. The thermal neutron spectrum is also calculated by the COMSOL model as presented in this paper. This study allows us to validate the COMSOL calculation schemes for VVER-type reactors and to compare our solutions with reference solutions at steady state.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49081284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}