Inter-codes and nuclear data comparison under collaboration works between IRSN and JAEA

Gunji, Satoshi; Araki, Shohei; Watanabe, Tomoaki; Fernex, F.*; Leclaire, N.*; Bardelay, A.*; Suyama, Kenya

Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC2023) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2023/10

Institut de radioprotection et de sret nuclaire (IRSN) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) have a long-standing partnership in the field of criticality safety. In this collaboration, IRSN and JAEA are planning a joint experiment using the new STACY critical assembly, modified by JAEA. In order to compare the codes (MVP3, MORET6, etc.) and nuclear data (JENDL and JEFF) used by both institutes in the planning of the STACY experiment, benchmark calculations of the Apparatus B and TCA, which are critical assemblies once owned by both institutes, benchmarks from the ICSBEP handbook and the computational model of the new STACY were performed. Including the new STACY calculation model, the calculations include several different neutron moderation conditions and critical water heights. There were slight systematic differences in the calculation results, which may have originated from the processing and/or format of the nuclear data libraries. However, it was found that the calculated results, including the new codes and the new nuclear data, are in good agreement with the experimental values. Therefore, there are no issues to use them for the design of experiments for the new STACY. Furthermore, the impact of the new TSL data included in JENDL-5 on the effective multiplication factor was investigated. Experimental validation for them will be completed by critical experiments of the new STACY by both institutes.

Atomic Energy Society of Japan 2017 Annual Meeting, joint session of "sigma advisory committee", "subcommittee on nuclear data" and "subcommittee on reactor physics"; Current status and future perspective of the Verification and Validation (V&V) of JENDL and neutronics calculation codes by use of the benchmark problems and integral experiments, 4, Development of an automatic nuclear data validation system VACANCE

Tada, Kenichi

Kaku Deta Nyusu (Internet), (117), p.23 - 29, 2017/06

http://www.aesj.or.jp/~ndd/ndnews/pdf117/No117-04.pdf

Validation of the nuclear data library using the criticality experiments and nuclear reactor experiments, i.e., integral experiments, is one of the most important process. The analyses of the integral experiments become the more important along with the accuracy improvement of the library. This validation procedure is mainly carried out by the specialists of the reactor physics because it is complicated for the nuclear data evaluators. Furthermore, it takes a long time and much effort even if the specialists carry it out. To realize the efficient nuclear data validation cycle for the next version of JENDL, the automatic nuclear data validation system VACANCE (Validation Environment for Comprehensive and Automatic Neutronics Calculation Execution) is developed. In this presentation, the outline and functions of VACANCE are demonstrated in detail and examples of the new nuclear data evaluation and subsequent integral experiment analyses will be shown.

Integral benchmark test of JENDL-4.0 for U-233 systems with ICSBEP Handbook

Kuwagaki, Kazuki*; Nagaya, Yasunobu

JAEA-Data/Code 2017-007, 27 Pages, 2017/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2017-007.pdf:4.77MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2017-007-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:0.37MB

The integral benchmark test of JENDL-4.0 for U-233 systems using the continuous-energy Monte Carlo code MVP was conducted. The previous benchmark test was performed only for U-233 thermal solution and fast metallic systems in the ICSBEP handbook. In this study, MVP input files were prepared for uninvestigated benchmark problems in the handbook including compound thermal systems (mainly lattice systems) and integral benchmark test was performed. The prediction accuracy of JENDL-4.0 was evaluated for effective multiplication factors ('s) of the U-233 systems. As a result, a trend of underestimation was observed for all the categories of U-233 systems. In the benchmark test of ENDF/B-VII.1 for U-233 systems with the ICSBEP handbook, it is reported that a decreasing trend of calculated values in association with a parameter ATFF (Above-Thermal Fission Fraction) is observed. The ATFF values were also calculated in this benchmark test of JENDL-4.0 and the same trend as ENDF/B-VII.1 was observed.

Analysis of the TRIGA MARK-II benchmark IEU-COMP-THERM-003 with Monte Carlo code MVP

Mahmood, M. S.; Nagaya, Yasunobu; Mori, Takamasa

JAERI-Tech 2004-027, 30 Pages, 2004/03

JAERI-Tech-2004-027.pdf:2.26MB

The benchmark experiments of the TRIGA Mark-II reactor in the ICSBEP handbook have been analyzed with the Monte Carlo code MVP using the cross section libraries based on JENDL-3.3, JENDL-3.2 and ENDF/B-VI.8. MCNP calculations have been also performed with the ENDF/B-VI.6 library for comparison between the MVP and MCNP results. For both cores labeled 132 and 133, which have different core configurations, the ratio of the calculated to the experimental results (C/E) for keff obtained by the MVP code is 0.999 for JENDL-3.3, 1.003 for JENDL-3.2, and 0.998 for ENDF/B-VI.8. For the MCNP code, the C/E values are 0.998 for both the Core 132 and 133. All the calculated results agree with the reference values within the experimental uncertainties. The results obtained by MVP with ENDF/B-VI.8 and MCNP with ENDF/B-VI.6 differ only by 0.02% for Core 132, and by 0.01% for Core 133.

Base data for looking-up tables of calculation errors in JACS code system

Murazaki, Minoru*;

JAERI-Data/Code 99-019, 103 Pages, 1999/03

JAERI-Data-Code-99-019.pdf:3.69MB

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Development of nuclear data processing system FRENDY, 4; Implementation of the ACE file generator

Tada, Kenichi; Nagaya, Yasunobu; Kunieda, Satoshi

no journal, , 

JAEA has been developing the nuclear data processing system FRENDY (FRom Evaluated Nuclear Data librarY to any application). The first goal of the development of FRENDY is generation function of the nuclear data library for the continuous energy Monte Carlo calculation code. To generate the nuclear data library, four procedures, i.e., (1) Generation of point wise cross section, (2) generation of the probability table, (3) processing the thermal scattering law data, and (4) generation of the nuclear data library, are required. In this presentation, generation of the ACE file which is the nuclear data library for the continuous energy Monte Carlo code is described. To verify FRENDY, the K values which is using the ACE file which is processed by FRENDY are compared with that by NJOY99. The difference of the K values are less than 0.05%. This result indicates that FRENDY appropriately generate the ACE file.

Reactor benchmark tests for JENDL-5

Tada, Kenichi

no journal, , 

The latest version of Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, JENDL-5, was released in December of 2021. To investigate the prediction accuracy of JENDL-5 for criticality of reactor cores, we performed benchmark tests by using the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) handbook. Judging from the overall results, we confirmed that JENDL-5 gave the better results than JENDL-4.0. The burn-up calculations using JENDL-5 for LWR pin cell and assembly geometries were also carried out and the calculation results were compared to the other nuclear data libraries. The calculation results indicate that the differences of Pu-239, Gd-155, and Gd-157 affect the burn-up calculations.