https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124715002
UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR STEADY-STATE AND TRANSIENT NEUTRONICS SIMULATIONS OF A CANDU REACTOR
1 Purdue University, School of Nuclear Engineering 205 Gates Rd., West Lafayette IN 47907
2 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 1 Plant Road, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0
3 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 280 Slater, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5S9
abdelkhalik@purdue.edu
alexandre.trottier@cnl.ca
dumitru.serghiuta@canada.ca
huang714@purdue.edu
Published online: 22 February 2021
This paper reports on the development and testing of a comprehensive few-group cross section input uncertainty library for the NESTLE-C nodal diffusion-based nuclear reactor core simulator. This library represents the first milestone of a first-of-a-kind framework for the integrated characterization of uncertainties in steady-state and transient CANDU reactor simulations. The objective of this framework is to propagate, prioritize and devise a mapping capability for uncertainties in support of model validation of best-estimate calculations. A complete framework would factor both input and modeling uncertainty contributions. The scope of the present work is limited to the propagation of multi-group cross-section uncertainties through lattice physics calculations down to the few-group format, representing the input to the NESTLE-C core simulator, and finally to core responses of interest.
Key words: uncertainty characterization / CANDU neutronics core simulation / reduced order modeling
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