A Comparison of Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Simulations between Serpent/CTF and Polaris/DYN3D: Steady State Operational Characteristics and Burnup Evolution

Seddon Atkinson, Anna Detkina, Dzianis Litskevich and Bruno Merk
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Seddon Atkinson: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Anna Detkina: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Dzianis Litskevich: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Bruno Merk: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-37

Abstract: High fidelity modelling for nuclear power plant analysis is becoming more common due to advances in modelling software and the availability of high-performance computers. However, to design, develop and regulate new light water nuclear reactors there are, up until now, limited requirements for high fidelity methods due to the already well-established computational methods already being widely accepted. This article explores the additional detail which can be obtained when using high fidelity methods through Monte Carlo/Sub-channel analysis compared to industrial methods of cross-section/nodal analysis using the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor as a case study. This case study was chosen due to the challenges in modelling two phase flow and the high levels of heterogeneity within the fuel assembly design. The article investigates how to implement such an approach, from a bottom-up procedure, by analysing each stage of the modelling process.

Keywords: nuclear; nuclear reactors; modelling & simulation; strategic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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