Sensitivity analysis of parameters important to nuclear criticality safety of Castor X/28F spent nuclear fuel cask
| Autor: | E. Taviv, M. J. Leotlela, I. Malgas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiation Fissile material Nuclear engineering Nuclear criticality safety Nuclear system Spent nuclear fuel Nuclear physics Nuclear Energy and Engineering Criticality Environmental science General Materials Science Neutron multiplication CASK Safety Risk Reliability and Quality |
| Zdroj: | Kerntechnik. 80:485-493 |
| ISSN: | 2195-8580 0932-3902 |
| Popis: | In nuclear criticality safety analysis it is essential to ascertain how various components of the nuclear system will perform under certain conditions they may be subjected to, particularly if the components of the system are likely to be affected by environmental factors such as temperature, radiation or material composition. It is therefore prudent that a sensitivity analysis is performed to determine and quantify the response of the output to variation in any of the input parameters. In a fissile system, the output parameter of importance is the keff. Therefore, in attempting to prevent reactivity-induced accidents, it is important for the criticality safety analyst to have a quantified degree of response for the neutron multiplication factor to perturbation in a given input parameter. This article will present the results of the perturbation of the parameters that are important to nuclear criticality safety analysis and their respective correlation equations for deriving the sensitivity coefficients. |
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