The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3

AJM Plompen, O Cabellos, C De Saint Jean… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library 3.3 is described. New evaluations
for neutron-induced interactions with the major actinides^ 235 U 235 U,^ 238 U 238 U and …

Nuclear data uncertainty propagation and modeling uncertainty impact evaluation in neutronics core simulation

D Huang, HS Abdel-Khalik - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Uncertainty analysis is a critical requirement in reactor simulation as it is used to quantify the
reliability of best-estimate calculation. A comprehensive uncertainty analysis should …

Criticality safety validation of SCALE 6.2. 2

EM Saylor, WJ Marshall, JB Clarity, Z Clifton… - 2018 - osti.gov
The computational bias of criticality safety computer codes must be established through the
validation of the codes to critical experiments. A large collection of suitable experiments has …

Summary of comparative analysis and conclusions from OECD/NEA LWR-UAM benchmark Phase I

GK Delipei, J Hou, M Avramova, P Rouxelin… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, large efforts have been devoted to Light Water Reactor (LWR) Uncertainty
Quantification (UQ). In 2006, the LWR Uncertainty Analysis in Modeling (UAM) benchmark …

Best‐Estimate Plus Uncertainty Framework for Multiscale, Multiphysics Light Water Reactor Core Analysis

J Hou, M Avramova, K Ivanov - Science and Technology of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tremendous work has been done in the Light Water Reactor (LWR) Modelling and
Simulation (M&S) uncertainty quantification (UQ) within the framework of the Organization …

Note on the potential to increase the accuracy of source term calculations for spent nuclear fuel

M Seidl, P Schillebeeckx, D Rochman - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The accuracy of source term predictions is an important factor which determines the
efficiency of interim and final storage of spent nuclear fuel. To minimize the required number …

Estimating code biases for criticality safety applications with few relevant benchmarks

CM Perfetti, BT Rearden - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Criticality safety analyses rely on the availability of relevant benchmark experiments to
determine justifiable margins of subcriticality. When a target application lacks neutronically …

On the options for incorporating nuclear data uncertainties in criticality safety assessments for LWR fuel

A Vasiliev, D Rochman, M Pecchia, H Ferroukhi - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In view of massive operations with LWR spent nuclear fuel for the forthcoming final
geological disposal, as expected, eg, in Switzerland, needs are growing for exhaustive and …

WPEC Subgroup 44 computational Inter-comparison exercise on correlations in nuclear data libraries

V Sobes, C de Saint Jean, D Rochman… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a long-standing controversy on nuclear data uncertainty assessment for general
purpose nuclear data libraries. On the one hand, nuclear data users would like the libraries …

Understanding the impact of nuclear-data covariances on various integral responses using adjustment

D Neudecker, MJ Grosskopf, J Alwin… - EPJ Web of …, 2023 - epj-conferences.org
The EUCLID (Experiments Underpinned by Computational Learning for Improvements in
Nuclear Data) project created a library of sensitivities for nine different integral responses …