The tremendous advancement in computer technology makes it feasible to perform high-
fidelity and multi-physics numerical simulations of reactors, allowing for a more accurate and …

Each core configuration of a research reactor can be optimized to provide particular or
general multi-purpose irradiating conditions; specially, it includes refueling cycle length and …

In order to join efforts to develop high-fidelity multi-physics tools for research reactor
analysis, the KIT is conducting studies to modify the coupled multi-physics codes developed …

The industry-standard approach for designing and operating research reactors cores relies
on well-established methodologies that consider uncoupled neutronic calculations and a …

In the framework of the IAEA Coordination Research Project on “Innovative methods in
research reactor analysis: Benchmark against experimental data on neutronics and thermal …

Two-phase flow instabilities have been highly researched in the past decades. Many
researches gave different stability criterions based on experiments or calculations. However …

Verification of nuclear data and codes is highly recommended for reactor safety analyses. In
this research, MTR-PC package and MCNP 4C are used as deterministic and Monte Carlo …

Research reactors, together with the computational codes, represent a valuable tool
combination to investigate over phenomena which can take place in nuclear power plants …

Evaluation of source term has been carried out for the upgraded LEU PARR-I system taken
as a typical material test reactor (MTR). The modeling and simulation of release of …

This work presents the thermal hydraulic simulation of the Brazilian multipurpose reactor
(RMB) using a RELAP5/MOD3. 3 model. Beyond steady state calculations, three transient …