FIDES-II/P2M Simulation Exercise on AN3 and AN10 bump tests: main results

J. Sercombe; Anaelle Vernier; V. D’Ambrosi; I. Guénot-Delahaie; Syriac Béjaoui; Davide Rozzia; Giovanni Bonny; Brian Boer; Rik-Wouter Bosch; Antoine Ambard; A. Chaieb; A. Mohamad; Y. Udagawa; J. Corson; A. Scheuermann; K.A. Gamble; R. Armstrong; Luis Enrique Herranz Puebla; C. Aguado; Francisco Feria; A. Toptan; Y. Long

doi:10.13182/TOPFUEL25-48346

FIDES-II/P2M Simulation Exercise on AN3 and AN10 bump tests: main results

J. Sercombe
, Anaelle Vernier
, V. D’Ambrosi
, I. Guénot-Delahaie
, Syriac Béjaoui
, Davide Rozzia
, Giovanni Bonny
, Brian Boer
, Rik-Wouter Bosch
, Antoine Ambard
, A. Chaieb
, A. Mohamad
, Y. Udagawa
, J. Corson
, A. Scheuermann
, K.A. Gamble
, R. Armstrong
, Luis Enrique Herranz Puebla
, C. Aguado
, Francisco Feria

A. Toptan, Y. Long

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Abstract

This paper presents simulations of bump tests conducted as part of the P2M (Power to Melt and Maneuverability) project within the OECD/NEA FIDES-II framework (Framework for Irradiation Experiments). To prepare fuel performance codes for analyzing the P2M experiments, an international Simulation Exercise (SE) was initiated under the P2M project. The objective of this
exercise was to model the AN3 and AN10 bump tests carried out in the 1980s at the DR3 reactor (3rd RISØ Fission Gas Project), during which instrumented fuel rodlets (equipped with thermocouples and pressure sensors) were subjected to prolonged power transients and power dips. The ongoing simulation exercise involves seven organizations from industry, research, and regulatory bodies, each using different fuel performance codes. This paper provides detailed
descriptions of the test cases and simulation results from six fuel performance codes (ALCYONE, BISON, FAST, FEMAXI, FRAPCON, and TRANSURANUS), with a particular focus on fission gas release kinetics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TopFuel 2025: Nuclear Reactor Fuel Performance Conference
Place of Publication	Nashville, Tennessee
Publisher	American Nuclear Society
Pages	1559-1568
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13182/TOPFUEL25-48346
State	Published - 2025

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Sercombe, J., Vernier, A., D’Ambrosi, V., Guénot-Delahaie, I., Béjaoui, S., Rozzia, D., Bonny, G., Boer, B., Bosch, R.-W., Ambard, A., Chaieb, A., Mohamad, A., Udagawa, Y., Corson, J., Scheuermann, A., Gamble, K. A., Armstrong, R., Herranz Puebla, L. E., Aguado, C., ... Long, Y. (2025). FIDES-II/P2M Simulation Exercise on AN3 and AN10 bump tests: main results. In TopFuel 2025: Nuclear Reactor Fuel Performance Conference (pp. 1559-1568). Article 48346 American Nuclear Society. https://doi.org/10.13182/TOPFUEL25-48346

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