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Experimental Results from the VENUS-F Critical Reference State for the GUINEVERE Accelerator Driven System Project. / Uyttenhove, Wim; Baeten, Peter; Ban, G.; Billebaud, A.; Chabod, S.; Dessagne, P.; Kerveno, M.; Kochetkov, Anatoly; Lecolley, F.-R.; Lecouey, J.-L.; Marie, N.; Mellier, F.; Steckmeyer, J.-C.; Thyébault, H.-E.; Vittiglio, Guido; Wagemans, Jan; Van den Eynde, Gert (Peer reviewer).
In: IEEE transactions on nuclear Science, Vol. 59, No. 6, 12.2012, p. 3194-3200.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental Results from the VENUS-F Critical Reference State for the GUINEVERE Accelerator Driven System Project
AU - Uyttenhove, Wim
AU - Baeten, Peter
AU - Ban, G.
AU - Billebaud, A.
AU - Chabod, S.
AU - Dessagne, P.
AU - Kerveno, M.
AU - Kochetkov, Anatoly
AU - Lecolley, F.-R.
AU - Lecouey, J.-L.
AU - Marie, N.
AU - Mellier, F.
AU - Steckmeyer, J.-C.
AU - Thyébault, H.-E.
AU - Vittiglio, Guido
AU - Wagemans, Jan
A2 - Van den Eynde, Gert
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The GUINEVERE (Generation of Uninterrupted Intense NEutron pulses at the lead VEnus REactor) project was launched in 2006 within the framework of FP6 EUROTRANS in order to validate on-line reactivity monitoring and subcriticality level determination in Accelerator Driven Systems. Therefore the VENUS reactor at SCK•CEN in Mol (Belgium) was modified towards a fast core (VENUS-F) and coupled to the GENEPI-3C accelerator built by CNRS. The accelerator can operate in both continuous and pulsed mode. The VENUS-F core is loaded with enriched Uranium and reflected with solid lead. A well-chosen critical reference state is indispensable for the validation of the on-line subcriticality monitoring methodology. Moreover a benchmarking tool is required for nuclear data research and code validation. In this paper the design and the importance of the critical reference state for the GUINEVERE project are motivated. The results of the first experimental phase on the critical core are presented. The control rods worth is determined by the positive period method and the application of the Modified Source Multiplication (MSM) method allows the determination of the worth of the safety rods. The results are implemented in the VENUS-F core certificate for full exploitation of the critical core.
AB - The GUINEVERE (Generation of Uninterrupted Intense NEutron pulses at the lead VEnus REactor) project was launched in 2006 within the framework of FP6 EUROTRANS in order to validate on-line reactivity monitoring and subcriticality level determination in Accelerator Driven Systems. Therefore the VENUS reactor at SCK•CEN in Mol (Belgium) was modified towards a fast core (VENUS-F) and coupled to the GENEPI-3C accelerator built by CNRS. The accelerator can operate in both continuous and pulsed mode. The VENUS-F core is loaded with enriched Uranium and reflected with solid lead. A well-chosen critical reference state is indispensable for the validation of the on-line subcriticality monitoring methodology. Moreover a benchmarking tool is required for nuclear data research and code validation. In this paper the design and the importance of the critical reference state for the GUINEVERE project are motivated. The results of the first experimental phase on the critical core are presented. The control rods worth is determined by the positive period method and the application of the Modified Source Multiplication (MSM) method allows the determination of the worth of the safety rods. The results are implemented in the VENUS-F core certificate for full exploitation of the critical core.
KW - Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS)
KW - VENUS-F
KW - Critical Core
KW - Experiments
KW - Licensing
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_126530
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/9926
U2 - 10.1109/TNS.2012.2217350
DO - 10.1109/TNS.2012.2217350
M3 - Article
VL - 59
SP - 3194
EP - 3200
JO - IEEE transactions on nuclear Science
JF - IEEE transactions on nuclear Science
SN - 0018-9499
IS - 6
T2 - Int. Conf. on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation
Y2 - 6 June 2011 through 9 June 2011
ER -
ID: 228624