Neutronic analysis of the European sodium fast reactor: Part I—fresh core results

E Fridman, F Álvarez Velarde… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In the framework of the Horizon 2020 project ESFR-SMART (2017-2021), the European
Sodium Fast Reactor (ESFR) core was updated through a safety-related modification and …

Evaluation of the ESFR End of Equilibrium Cycle State: Spatial Distributions of Reactivity Coefficients

U Baker, M Margulis… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract The Horizon 2020 European Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Safety Measures
Assessment and Research Tools (ESFR-SMART) project investigates the behavior of the …

[HTML][HTML] Use of similarity indexes to identify spatial correlations of sodium void reactivity coefficients

A Jiménez-Carrascosa, N García-Herranz - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The safety level of Sodium Fast Reactors is directly related with the sodium void reactivity. A
low-void effect design has been proposed within the Horizon2020 ESFR-SMART project …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial interdependence of safety related effects in ESFR-SMART core

J Krepel, A Ponomarev… - … Conference on Fast …, 2022 - conferences.iaea.org
ESFR-SMART belongs to the family of Gen-IV sodium cooled reactors. For the
demonstration of its safety performance the detailed knowledge of selected safety related …

Methodologies for enhancing the neutronic assessment of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors: from nuclear data to transient analysis

A Jiménez Carrascosa - 2023 - oa.upm.es
Resumen Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) have been identifed as the most promising
technology among the Generation-IV nuclear systems. The European Sustainable Nuclear …

Mapping of sodium void effect and Doppler constant in ESFR-SMART core with Monte Carlo code serpent and deterministic code Eranos

J Krepel, V Raffuzzi - EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 - epj-conferences.org
The Sodium Fast Reactor is one of the most technologically developed Gen-IV reactors,
which can close the nuclear fuel cycle. Its criticality safety directly depends on the sodium …

Low-void-effect sodium-cooled core: Uncertainty of local sodium void reactivity as a result of nuclear data uncertainties

S Pelloni, AL Panadero, K Mikityuk, A Pautz - 2017 - inis.iaea.org
For one of the French design Na-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) low void effect cores, regional
reactivity effects due to coolant density reductions have been analyzed primarily in terms of …

[PDF][PDF] Cross-Sections for Transient Analyses: Development of a Genetic Algorithm for the Energy Meshing

MVE Massone - 2018 - researchgate.net
The generation of multigroup cross-section libraries is a key point of multigroup transport
calculations: a larger number of energy groups promotes the accuracy of the results, but …