SERPENT2-SUBCHANFLOW-TRANSURANUS pin-by-pin depletion calculations for a PWR fuel assembly
Year of publication
2020
Authors
García, Manuel; Tuominen, Riku; Gommlich, Andre; Ferraro, Diego; Valtavirta, Ville; Imke, Uwe; van Uffelen, Paul; Mercatali, Luigi; Sanchez-Espinoza, Victor; Leppänen, Jaakko; Kliem, Sören
Abstract
<p>This work presents the results for a coupled neutronic-thermalhydraulic-thermomechanic pin-level depletion calculation of a PWR fuel assembly using Serpent2-SUBCHANFLOWTRANSURANUS. This tool is based on a semi-implicit depletion scheme with pin-by-pin feedback, mesh-based field exchange and an object-oriented software design. The impact of including fuel-performance capabilities is analyzed, with focus on high-burnup effects. The treatment of the Doppler feedback to the neutronics is examined as well, in particular the use of radial fuel-temperature profiles or radially averaged values.</p>
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Article
Parent publication type
Conference
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Other article
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ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A4 Article in conference proceedingsPublication channel information
Journal/Series
Volume
247
Pages
1033-1040
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Publication forum
Publication forum level
1
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Fully open publication channel
License of the publisher’s version
CC BY
Self-archived
No
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Fields of science
Materials engineering
Keywords
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Language
English
International co-publication
Yes
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/202124706016
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Yes