UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY

Procedure of criticality calculations and uncertainty evaluations currently has several insufficiencies which could lead to potential non–conservativeness. Paper discuss and describes possibilities of elimination of these insufficiencies and thereby ensuring safely sub–critical results of calculatio...

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Main Authors: Matěj Šikl, František Havlůj
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Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2018-12-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5230
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description Procedure of criticality calculations and uncertainty evaluations currently has several insufficiencies which could lead to potential non–conservativeness. Paper discuss and describes possibilities of elimination of these insufficiencies and thereby ensuring safely sub–critical results of calculations. Selection of experiments for validation based on similarity coefficients between systems acquired from TSUNAMI-IP is used for this purpose. TSUNAMI-IP operates with sensitivity of multiplication factor to cross sections of individual isotopes and reactions between compared systems. Moreover, TSUNAMI-IP determines uncertainty of calculations brought in using insufficiently similar experiments. Within research, effects of variable parameters used in calculations inputs are investigated. In conclusion optimized suggested approach for validations and uncertainty evaluation using TSUNAMI module from SCALE based on knowledge acquired within research is described.
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spelling doaj-art-31761795ce4741e59ec247d45d40e7bd2025-08-20T02:37:36ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822018-12-01190303510.14311/APP.2018.19.00304298UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGYMatěj ŠiklFrantišek HavlůjProcedure of criticality calculations and uncertainty evaluations currently has several insufficiencies which could lead to potential non–conservativeness. Paper discuss and describes possibilities of elimination of these insufficiencies and thereby ensuring safely sub–critical results of calculations. Selection of experiments for validation based on similarity coefficients between systems acquired from TSUNAMI-IP is used for this purpose. TSUNAMI-IP operates with sensitivity of multiplication factor to cross sections of individual isotopes and reactions between compared systems. Moreover, TSUNAMI-IP determines uncertainty of calculations brought in using insufficiently similar experiments. Within research, effects of variable parameters used in calculations inputs are investigated. In conclusion optimized suggested approach for validations and uncertainty evaluation using TSUNAMI module from SCALE based on knowledge acquired within research is described.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5230validation, subcriticality, TSUNAMI, similarity between systems, penalty, pool storage
spellingShingle Matěj Šikl
František Havlůj
UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
validation, subcriticality, TSUNAMI, similarity between systems, penalty, pool storage
title UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
title_full UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
title_fullStr UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
title_full_unstemmed UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
title_short UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS USING THE TSUNAMI METHODOLOGY
title_sort uncertainty evaluation in criticality calculations using the tsunami methodology
topic validation, subcriticality, TSUNAMI, similarity between systems, penalty, pool storage
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5230
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