Generation IV benchmarking of TRISO fuel performance models under accident conditions: Modeling input data

Collin, Blaise P.¹ 

[1] Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

关键词: COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS;    COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS;    CALCULATION METHODS;    COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION;    HYPOTHETICAL ACCIDENTS;    TRANSIENTS;    COATED FUEL PARTICLES;    FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE;    IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY;    IAEA;    BENCHMARKS;    PERFORMANCE;    THEORETICAL DATA;    RECOMMENDATIONS;    REACTOR SAFETY;    TESTING;    HEATING;    IRRADIATION GEN-IV;    TRISO;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1167537
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--14-33117
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1167537
Others  :  TRN: US1500005

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This document presents the benchmark plan for the calculation of particle fuel performance on safety testing experiments that are representative of operational accidental transients. The benchmark is dedicated to the modeling of fission product release under accident conditions by fuel performance codes from around the world, and the subsequent comparison to post-irradiation experiment (PIE) data from the modeled heating tests. The accident condition benchmark is divided into three parts: the modeling of a simplified benchmark problem to assess potential numerical calculation issues at low fission product release; the modeling of the AGR-1 and HFR-EU1bis safety testing experiments; and, the comparison of the AGR-1 and HFR-EU1bis modeling results with PIE data. The simplified benchmark case, thereafter named NCC (Numerical Calculation Case), is derived from ''Case 5'' of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Program (CRP) on coated particle fuel technology [IAEA 2012]. It is included so participants can evaluate their codes at low fission product release. ''Case 5'' of the IAEA CRP-6 showed large code-to-code discrepancies in the release of fission products, which were attributed to ''effects of the numerical calculation method rather than the physical model''[IAEA 2012]. The NCC is therefore intended to check if these numerical effects subsist. The first two steps imply the involvement of the benchmark participants with a modeling effort following the guidelines and recommendations provided by this document. The third step involves the collection of the modeling results by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the comparison of these results with the available PIE data. The objective of this document is to provide all necessary input data to model the benchmark cases, and to give some methodology guidelines and recommendations in order to make all results suitable for comparison with each other. The participants should read this document thoroughly to make sure all the data needed for their calculations is provided in the document. Missing data will be added to a revision of the document if necessary.