Neutronic Analysis of the European Sodium Fast Reactor: Part II - Burnup Results

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 optimization of the core design from the earlier FP7 CP-ESFR project (2009-2013). This study is dedicated to neutronic analyses of the improved ESFR core design. The conducted work is reported in two parts. Part I deals with the evaluation of the safety-related neutronic parameters of the fresh Beginning-of-Life (BOL) core carried out by 8 organizations using both continuous energy Monte Carlo and deterministic computer codes. In addition to the neutronics characterization of the core, a special emphasis was put on the calibration and verification of the computational tools involved in the analyses. Part II is devoted to once-through and realistic batch-wise burnup calculations aiming at the establishing of the equilibrium core state, which will later serve as a basis for detailed safety analyses.

FRIDMAN Emil;  ALVAREZ VELARDE F.;  ROMOJARO P.;  TSIGE-TAMIRAT Haileyesus;  JIMÉNEZ CARRASCOSA Antonio;  GARCIA-HERRANZ N.;  BERNARD F.;  GREGG R.;  DAVIES Una;  KREPEL J.;  LINDLEY Ben;  MASSARA S.;  POUMEROULY Sandra;  GIRARDI Enrico;  MIKITYUK K.; 

2021-10-26

ASME

JRC121474

2332-8983 (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121474,   

10.1115/1.4048765 (online),