https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02320-z
Regular Article
Monte Carlo simulations of the SPERT III E-core transient experiments
1
Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d’Etudes des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2
EDF Lab, Palaiseau, France
Received:
23
September
2021
Accepted:
23
December
2021
Published online:
17
January
2022
We perform simulations of two reactivity-insertion experiments in the SPERT III E-core nuclear research reactor. The simulations use the TRIPOLI-4® Monte Carlo neutron transport code as a neutron-transport solver, and the SUBCHANFLOW sub-channel code as a thermal-hydraulics solver. The results are in fair agreement with the measured total reactor power deposition. Sensitivity studies indicate that the simulation results appear to be relatively insensitive to the details of the model, but are sensitive to the assumed initial power of the system.
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