September 2008

Conference Paper

Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Fuel Performance Benchmarks

By:
Ott, Larry J; Tverberg, Terje; Sartori, Enrico
Journal Name:
Annals of Nuclear Energy
Page Number:
375-379
Volume:
36
Issue Number:
3
Publication Date:
September 30, 2008
Conference Name:
Internat'l Conf. Physics of Reactors PHYSOR '08
Conference Location:
Interlaken, Switzerland
Conference Sponsor:
Swiss Nuclear ; Ecole Polytechnique Federalede Lausanne; AREVA
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2008.12.019

Abstract

Within the framework of the OECD/NEA Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium disposition (TFRPD), a fuel modeling code benchmarks for MOX fuel was initiated. This paper summarizes the calculation results provided by the contributors for the first two fuel performance benchmark problems. A limited sensitivity study of the effect of the rod power uncertainty on code predictions of fuel centerline temperature and fuel pin pressure also was performed and is included in the paper.