Validation of coupled neutronics/thermal hydraulics codes for VVER reactors

Project Information

VALCO

Grant agreement ID: FIKS-CT-2001-00166

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2002

End date 30 June 2004

Funded under

• Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Total cost € 1 043 331,00

EU contribution € 672 902,00

Coordinated by

RESEARCH CENTER ROSSENDORF
Germany

Objective

The proposal is aimed at the improvement of the validation of coupled neutronics / thermal hydraulic codes. Modern safety standards require a modelling of complex accident processes with significant interaction between thermal hydraulic system behaviour and space-dependent reactor kinetics. To perform the analysis of such events, thermal hydraulic system codes have to be coupled to three-dimensional core models. These coupled codes need to be validated against well-specified transient scenarios. The proposed work includes an extended validation of couple d codes against measurement data from NPPs, the development and application of an uncertainty analysis methodology for coupled codes and the validation of neutron kinetics models and nuclear cross section data libraries against kinetics.

Programme(s)

• FP5-EAECTP C - Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Topic(s)

• 2.1.2.-1.3.1 - Evolutionary safety concepts

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

RESEARCH CENTER ROSSENDORF

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 01314 WEISSIG - DRESDEN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (8)

GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANLAGEN- UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) MBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Forschungsgelaende ; 85739 GARCHING
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Blvd. Tzarigradsko Shosse 72 ; 1784 SOFIA
• Total cost: No data

KFKI RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Konkoly Thege 29-33 ; 1525 BUDAPEST
• Total cost: No data

NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE REZ A.S.

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 250 68 REZ - PRAHA
• Total cost: No data

RUSSIAN RESEARCH CENTRE 'KURCHATOV INSTITUTE '

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kurchatov Square 1 ; 123182 MOSCOW
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SLOVENSKE ELEKTRARNE, A.S.

Slovakia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 919 31 JASLOVSKE BOHUNICE
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STATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CENTRE ON NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY

Ukraine

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Radgospna st. 35-37 ; 03142 KIEV
• Total cost: No data

VUJE TRNAVA INC - ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Slovakia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Okruzna 5 ; 918 64 TRNAVA
• Total cost: No data