Intepretation of experimental measurements on the SC-1 configuration of the VENUS-F core

Sandra Dulla; Marta Nervo; Piero Ravetto; Giorgia Mila; Stefano Argirò; Stefania Beole; Massimo Masera; Giancarlo Bianchini; Mario Carta; Valentina Fabrizio; Vincenzo Giuseppe Peluso; Fabrizio Gabrielli; Andrei Rineiski; Anatoly Kochetkov; Peter Baeten; Wim Uyttenhove; Guido Vittiglio; Jan Wagemans

Intepretation of experimental measurements on the SC-1 configuration of the VENUS-F core

Sandra Dulla, Marta Nervo, Piero Ravetto, Giorgia Mila, Stefano Argirò, Stefania Beole, Massimo Masera, Giancarlo Bianchini, Mario Carta, Valentina Fabrizio, Vincenzo Giuseppe Peluso, Fabrizio Gabrielli, Andrei Rineiski, Anatoly Kochetkov, Peter Baeten, Wim Uyttenhove, Guido Vittiglio, Jan Wagemans

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Abstract

Within the FREYA Project, methods to interpret flux measurements in the VENUS-F core are being studied in order to reconstruct the subcriticality level of the facility. In this work, after the presentation of results obtained with standard techniques such as the Area Method, we introduce an alternative approach to the experimental determination of the reactivity. This method, whose validity has been tested by computational exercises, makes use of general mathematical properties of the point kinetics system of equations and has been recently extended for subcritical system analysis. The evaluation of spatial correction factors is also carried out using deterministic transport evaluations (ERANOS code). The statistical and systematic uncertainty of the results in terms of reactivity is discussed and numerical results are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014
Publisher	JAEA - Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Edition	JAEA-Conf 2014-003
State	Published - Sep 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/

Conference

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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Dulla, S., Nervo, M., Ravetto, P., Mila, G., Argirò, S., Beole, S., Masera, M., Bianchini, G., Carta, M., Fabrizio, V., Peluso, V. G., Gabrielli, F., Rineiski, A., Kochetkov, A., Baeten, P., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., & Wagemans, J. (2014). Intepretation of experimental measurements on the SC-1 configuration of the VENUS-F core. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014 (JAEA-Conf 2014-003 ed.). Article 167626 JAEA - Japan Atomic Energy Agency. https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/search/servlet/search?5049377&language=1

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