Calculation of the Neutron Noise Induced by Periodic Deformations of a Large Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Core
Journal article, 2014

The subject of this paper is the calculation of the neutron noise induced by small-amplitude stationary radial variations of the core size (core expansion/compaction, also called core flowering) of a large sodium-cooled fast reactor. The calculations were performed on a realistic model of the European Sodium Fast Reactor (ESFR) core with a thermal output of 3600 MW(thermal), using a multigroup neutron noise simulator. The multigroup cross sections and their fluctuations that represent the core geometry changes for the neutron noise calculations were generated by the code ERANOS. The space and energy dependences of the noise source represented by the core expansion/compaction and the induced neutron noise are calculated and discussed.

Author

Florian Zylbersztejn

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

Hoai Nam Tran

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

Imre Pazsit

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

P. Filliatre

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

C. Jammes

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Nuclear Science and Engineering

0029-5639 (ISSN) 1943748x (eISSN)

Vol. 177 2 203-218

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.13182/NSE13-41

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