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),
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