A Comparison of Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Simulations between Serpent/CTF and Polaris/DYN3D: Steady State Operational Characteristics and Burnup Evolution

Atkinson, Seddon ORCID: 0000-0001-7434-6686, Detkina, Anna, Litskevich, Dzianis ORCID: 0000-0002-3207-3058 and Merk, Bruno (2021) A Comparison of Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Simulations between Serpent/CTF and Polaris/DYN3D: Steady State Operational Characteristics and Burnup Evolution. Energies, 14 (4). p. 838.

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Abstract

<jats:p>High fidelity modelling for nuclear power plant analysis is becoming more common due to advances in modelling software and the availability of high-performance computers. However, to design, develop and regulate new light water nuclear reactors there are, up until now, limited requirements for high fidelity methods due to the already well-established computational methods already being widely accepted. This article explores the additional detail which can be obtained when using high fidelity methods through Monte Carlo/Sub-channel analysis compared to industrial methods of cross-section/nodal analysis using the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor as a case study. This case study was chosen due to the challenges in modelling two phase flow and the high levels of heterogeneity within the fuel assembly design. The article investigates how to implement such an approach, from a bottom-up procedure, by analysing each stage of the modelling process.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	nuclear, nuclear reactors, modelling &amp, simulation, strategic development
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2021 09:37
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 05:53
DOI:	10.3390/en14040838
Open Access URL:	http://doi.org/10.3390/en14040838
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3115802