An alternative source jerk method implementation for the subcriticality estimation of the venus-f subcritical core in the freya project

Anatoly Kochetkov; Peter Baeten; Wim Uyttenhove; Guido Vittiglio; Jan Wagemans; Annick Billebaud; Sébastien Chabod; Jean-Luc Lecouey; Gilles M. Ban; François-René Lecolley; Nathalie Marie; Grégory Lehaut; Xavier Doligez; Frédéric Mellier

An alternative source jerk method implementation for the subcriticality estimation of the venus-f subcritical core in the freya project

Anatoly Kochetkov, Peter Baeten, Wim Uyttenhove, Guido Vittiglio, Jan Wagemans, Annick Billebaud, Sébastien Chabod, Jean-Luc Lecouey, Gilles M. Ban, François-René Lecolley, Nathalie Marie, Grégory Lehaut, Xavier Doligez, Frédéric Mellier

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Abstract

As a prolongation of the FP-6 GUINEVERE (Generation of Uninterrupted Intense NEutron pulses at the lead VEnus REactor) project at the VENUS-F facility at SCK CEN, the FP-7 FREYA (Fast Reactor Experiments for hYbrid Applications) project was launched in 2011. The FREYA project aims at validating the methodology for sub-criticality monitoring of a subcritical core as proposed in the MUSE experiments conclusions. This is needed for the reactivity monitoring of a powerful ADS (Accelerator Driven System) like MYRRHA. Experiments are also needed for sub-critical and critical ADS and LFR (Lead Fast Reactor) core characterisation for benchmarking and licensing purposes. Several levels of sub-criticality of the first sub-critical core were measured applying the integral Source Jerk method and compared to the reference results obtained with the MSM (Modified Source Multiplication) method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PHYSOR2014: International conference on physics of reactors; Kyoto (Japan)
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 - PHYSOR : The Role of Reactor Physics toward a Sustainable Future - The Westin Miyako, Kyoto Duration: 28 Sep 2014 → 3 Oct 2014 https://www.cns-snc.ca/events/physor-2014/

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Conference	2014 - PHYSOR
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	2014-09-28 → 2014-10-03
Internet address	https://www.cns-snc.ca/events/physor-2014/

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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Kochetkov, A., Baeten, P., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Lecouey, J.-L., Ban, G. M., Lecolley, F.-R., Marie, N., Lehaut, G., Doligez, X., & Mellier, F. (2014). An alternative source jerk method implementation for the subcriticality estimation of the venus-f subcritical core in the freya project. In PHYSOR2014: International conference on physics of reactors; Kyoto (Japan) https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:47042742

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