Speaker
Ms
Rotondwa Mudau
(Necsa)
Description
The IAEA is currently administering an international Coordinated Research Project (CRP), the main purpose of which is to develop a set of research reactor benchmarks for the verification and validation of computational codes. The focus of the CRP in particular is the modelling of multi-cycle depletion. Necsa has recently developed a new calculational framework for performing nuclear reactor core calculations, which integrates both the stochastic and deterministic modeling methods in a consistent manner. In this work, the system is applied to the OPAL benchmark problem.
The OPAL reactor is a modern research reactor with challenging aspects in neutronic design. In particular, the use of burnable poisons and a heavy water reflector poses modeling challenges. Analysis conducted on this benchmark includes control rod calibration experiments as well as the simulation of seven actual operating cycles.
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
N/A
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
Yes
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
No
Primary author
Ms
Rotondwa Mudau
(Necsa)
Co-authors
Ms
Danniell Botes
(Necsa)
Mr
Francois Van Heerden
(Necsa)
