Design of an experimental breeder reactor run 138B reactor physics benchmark evaluation management application

Figures & data

Figure 1. MICKA GUI interface

Figure 2. MICKA flow chart

Figure 3. Burnup map for Run 138B

Figure 4. Assembly bowing transformation

Figure 5. Fuel mass of a single pin per assembly

Table 1. EBR-II multiplication factors

Model Type	keff
Detailed	1.01169 ± 0.00005
Simplified	1.01396 ± 0.00005
Benchmark	1.00927 ± 0.00618

Table 2. Overview of evaluated uncertainty for the EBR-II benchmark [12]

Perturbation	Uncertainty (±Δkeff)
^235U Composition	0.00535
Driver Mass	0.00523
Assembly Pitch	0.00098
SS316 Nickel Content	0.00074
Density 304L	0.00068
Temperature ± 7 K	0.00021
Total Benchmark Uncertainty	0.00618

Lum E, Pope C. Experimental breeder reactor II reactor physics benchmark evaluation. Trans Am Nucl Soc. 2018;119:1292–1295.

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