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Conference Article: The Copernic/Cyclop Computer Tool: Pre-Conceptual Design of Generation 4 Nuclear Systems, David Haubensack

David Haubensack, Caroline Thévenot, Patrick Dumaz, CEN Cadarache, Saint Paul lez Durance, FRANCE

Abstract

The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has launched a significant R&D program in support to the Generation 4 initiative. Among the six selected concepts, CEA has focused its program on the gas cooled reactor concepts : the VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) and the GFR (Gas cooled Fast Reactor). In a first step, the viability of these concepts must be established and pre-conceptual designs proposed. This latter objective requires to consider numerous constraints, specifications and to involve quite different technical areas : core physics, thermal-hydraulics, materials, mechanical design, energy conversion, … In order to better take into account this context and to manage it fruitfully, a dedicated computer tool has been developed by CEA : COPERNIC/CYCLOP.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Proceedings of the Conference on High Temperature Reactors, Beijing, China, September, 22-24, 2004
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
HTR-2004, pp:1-11