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Validation of Monte Carlo predictions of LWR-PROTEUS safety parameters using an improved whole-reactor model

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Michaël Plaschy

The recent experimental programme conducted in the PROTEUS research reactor at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has concerned detailed investigations of advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels. More than fifteen different configurations of the multi-zone ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2009

Impact of new gadolinium cross sections on reaction rate distributions in 10x10 BWR assemblies

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff

Radial distributions of the total fission rate and the238U- capture-to-total-fission (C 8/F tot) ratio were measured in SVEA-96+ and SVEA-96 Optimal assemblies during the LWR-PROTEUS program. Fission rates predicted using MCNPX with JEFF-3.1 cross sections ...

American Nuclear Society2009

Determination of within-rod caesium and europium isotopic distributions in high burnup fuel rods through computerised gamma-ray emission tomography

Rakesh Chawla, Stefano Caruso, Fabian Jatuff

Computerised gamma-ray emission tomography has been applied to single PWR UO2 fuel rods, with pellet averaged burnups of 52, 71, 91 and 126 GWd/t respectively, for the determination of 134Cs, 137Cs and 154Eu internal radial distributions. State-of-the-art ...

Elsevier Science B.V.2009

Experimental validation of reaction rate distributions for a SVEA-96+ BWR assembly with hafnium control blades

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Michaël Plaschy, Flavio Dante Giust

The accurate estimation of reactor physics parameters related to the presence of cruciform absorber blades in boiling water reactors (BWRs) is important for safety assessment and for achieving flexible operation during the cycle. Characteristics that are a ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2009

Void reactivity coefficient benchmark results for a 10x10 BWR assembly in the full 0-100% void fraction range

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Flavio Dante Giust

A boiling water reactor SVEA-96+ fresh fuel lattice has been used as the basis for a benchmark study of the void reactivity coefficient at assembly level in the full voidage range. Results have been obtained using the deterministic codes CASMO-4, HELIOS, P ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2009

Comparison of optimised germanium gamma spectrometry and multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the determination of 134Cs, 137Cs and 154Eu single ratios in highly burnt UO2

Rakesh Chawla, Stefano Caruso, Fabian Jatuff

Non-destructive and destructive methods have been compared to validate their corresponding assessed accuracies in the measurement of 134Cs/137Cs and 154Eu/137Cs isotopic concentration ratios in four spent UO2 fuel samples with very high (52 and 71 GWd/t) a ...

Elsevier Science B.V.2008

Nondestructive determination of fresh and spent nuclear fuel rod density distributions through computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography

Rakesh Chawla, Stefano Caruso, Fabian Jatuff

The morphology of single PWR UO2 fuel rods has been investigated by employing computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography. Four highly burnt fuel rods of different burnups (from 52 GWd/t to 126GWd/t) and a fresh rod have been investigated. This paper de ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2008

Comparison of 3D reaction rate distributions measured in an optima2 BWR assembly with MCNPX predictions

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Michaël Plaschy

As part of a joint research programme between the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and swissnuclear, with the co-operation of the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland and fuel suppliers Westinghouse Sweden, measurements and calculations have been made ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Diagnostic analysis of pin-removal reactivity worth experiments in a SVEA-96+ test lattice

Rakesh Chawla, Filippo Tani, Fabian Jatuff

The present paper concerns a novel type of integral database generated in the course of the LWR-PROTEUS Phase I experiments, viz. the relative reactivity effects of removing individual fuel pins from a highly heterogeneous BWR assembly. The measurements re ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Characterisation of radial reaction rate distributions across the 92-pin section of a SVEA-96 Optima2 assembly

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Michaël Plaschy

Characterisation of the SVEA-96 Optima2 boiling water reactor assembly, in terms of the radial distributions of normalised total fission and 238U capture rates, is reported at its central elevation, i.e. at the 92-pin section, where the one-third part-leng ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008