Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the simulation of a station blackout scenario in the Jules Horowitz Reactor
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

An uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the simulation of a station blackout scenario in the Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) is presented. The JHR is a new material testing reactor under construction at CEA on the Cadarache site, France. The thermal-hydraulic system code CATHARE is applied to investigate the response of the reactor system to the scenario. The uncertainty and sensitivity study was based on a statistical methodology for code uncertainty propagation, and the 'Uncertainty and Sensitivity' platform URANIE was used. Accordingly, the input uncertainties relevant to the transient, were identified, quantified, and propagated to the code output. The results show that the safety criteria are not exceeded and sufficiently large safety margins exist. In addition, the most influential input uncertainties on the safety parameters were found by making use of a sensitivity analysis.

Station blackout

URANIE

Sensitivity analysis

Uncertainty propagation

Jules Horowitz Reactor

CATHARE

Författare

Alberto Ghione

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

Brigitte Noel

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

Paolo Vinai

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

Christophe Demaziere

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

Annals of Nuclear Energy

0306-4549 (ISSN) 1873-2100 (eISSN)

Vol. 104 28-41

Ämneskategorier

Energiteknik

Annan fysik

DOI

10.1016/j.anucene.2017.02.008

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