• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 36, Issue 9, 096001 (2024)
Jingyu Sun and Jimin Ma*
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621999, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202436.240024 Cite this Article
    Jingyu Sun, Jimin Ma. Quantification of calculated effective multiplication factor uncertainty caused by nuclear data in research reactor[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(9): 096001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    To delve into the impact of nuclear data uncertainty on the effective multiplication factor calculation for the JRR-3M research reactor, this study established a nuclear data uncertainty quantification process based on SANDY. The specific methodology involved perturbing important reaction pathways of the target nuclides with SANDY to generate perturbation files, processing these files with NJOY, and ultimately utilizing OpenMC for Monte Carlo simulations. The influence on the effective multiplication factor due to several key nuclides (such as 235U, 238U, Hf, etc.) data uncertainty was calculated and analysed for three operational conditions of the JRR-3M research reactor. For critical, control rods fully inserted and control rods fully withdrawn conditions, total effective multiplication factor uncertainties are 660.8×10-5, 588.5×10-5 and 708.4×10-5, respectively. In all operational conditions, the impact of the fission release neutron energy distribution of 235U is the most notable. The study reveals that within hafnium control rods only the nuclear data uncertainty of 177Hf plays a major role.
    Jingyu Sun, Jimin Ma. Quantification of calculated effective multiplication factor uncertainty caused by nuclear data in research reactor[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(9): 096001
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