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Conference Article: EA-MC neutronic calculations of the EAP80

Y. Kadi (Emerging Energy Technologies, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)

Abstract

A detailed neutronic analysis has been performed of the 80 MW(th) Energy Amplifier Demonstration Facility, fuelled with uranium and plutonium mixed oxides and cooled by lead-bismuth eutectic. The neutronic calculations presented in this paper are a result of a state-of-the-art computer code package developed by the EET group at CERN. Both high-energy particle interactions and low-energy neutron transport are treated with a sophisticated method based on a full Monte Carlo simulation, together with modern nuclear data libraries. The code is designed to run both on parallel and scalar computers. A series of experiments carried out at the CERN-PS (i) confirmed that the spallation process is correctly predicted and (ii) validated the reliability of the predictions of the integral neutronic parameters of the Energy Amplifier Demonstration Facility.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Proceedings of an Advisory Group meeting held inTaejon, Republic of Korea, 1–4 November 1999
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1365, pp:131-150