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Conference Article: A review of reactor physics uncertainties and validation requirements for the modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor.

Baxter, A.M.; Lane, R.K.; Hettergott, E.; Lefler, W. (General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA)).

Abstract

The important, safety-related, physics parameters for the low-enriched Modular High-Temperature gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR) such as control rod worth, shutdown margins, temperature coefficients, and reactivity worths, are considered, and estimates are presented of the uncertainties in the calculated values of these parameters. The basis for the uncertainty estimate in several of the important calculated parameters is reviewed, including the available experimental data used in obtaining these estimates. Based on this review, the additional experimental data needed to complete the validation of the methods used to calculate these parameters is presented. The role of benchmark calculations in validating MHTGR reactor physics data is also considered.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Uncertainties in physics calculations for gas cooled reactor cores. Proceedings of a specialist's meeting held in Villigen, Switzerland, 9-11 May 1990
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). International Working Group on Gas-Cooled Reactors
IWGGCR--24, pp:104-111