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Technical Material

Nuclear data-induced uncertainty quantification of neutronics parameters of accelerator-driven system

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Pages 1653-1661 | Received 15 Sep 2015, Accepted 30 Nov 2015, Published online: 08 Feb 2016

Figures & data

Figure 1. Burnup chain for heavy nuclides.

Figure 1. Burnup chain for heavy nuclides.

Figure 2. Reactor core specification in two-dimensional cylindrical geometry.

Figure 2. Reactor core specification in two-dimensional cylindrical geometry.

Figure 3. keff and ksub during operation.

Figure 3. keff and ksub during operation.

Figure 4. Delayed neutron fractions during operation.

Figure 4. Delayed neutron fractions during operation.

Figure 5. Power peaking during operation.

Figure 5. Power peaking during operation.

Figure 6. Coolant void reactivity during operation.

Figure 6. Coolant void reactivity during operation.

Figure 7. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of keff and ksub.

Figure 7. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of keff and ksub.

Figure 8. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of delayed neutron fractions.

Figure 8. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of delayed neutron fractions.

Figure 9. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of power peaking and coolant void reactivity.

Figure 9. Cycle-dependent uncertainties of power peaking and coolant void reactivity.

Figure 10. Inter-parameter correlation matrices of neutronics parameter uncertainties at BOC. “Power” and “Void” stand for power peaking and coolant void reactivity, respectively.

Figure 10. Inter-parameter correlation matrices of neutronics parameter uncertainties at BOC. “Power” and “Void” stand for power peaking and coolant void reactivity, respectively.

Figure 11. Inter-cycle correlation matrices of neutronics parameter uncertainties. “1B” and “1E” stand for the beginning and end of cycle 1, respectively.

Figure 11. Inter-cycle correlation matrices of neutronics parameter uncertainties. “1B” and “1E” stand for the beginning and end of cycle 1, respectively.

Figure 12. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of keff.

Figure 12. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of keff.

Figure 13. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of ksub.

Figure 13. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of ksub.

Figure 14. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of βsource.

Figure 14. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of βsource.

Figure 15. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of βeff.

Figure 15. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of βeff.

Figure 16. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of power peaking.

Figure 16. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of power peaking.

Figure 17. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of coolant void reactivity.

Figure 17. Nuclide-wise uncertainties of coolant void reactivity.

Figure 18. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of keff.

Figure 18. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of keff.

Figure 19. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of βeff.

Figure 19. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of βeff.

Figure 20. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of coolant void reactivity.

Figure 20. Nuclear data-wise uncertainties of coolant void reactivity.

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