New validation of Si cross-section using silica sand

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F26722445%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000130" target="_blank" >RIV/26722445:_____/21:N0000130 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/01/epjconf_physor2020_10001.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/01/epjconf_physor2020_10001.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124710001" target="_blank" >10.1051/epjconf/202124710001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New validation of Si cross-section using silica sand

Original language description

Silicon cross-sections, being important for a criticality safety of final spent fuel disposals, were recently reevaluated within the IAEA INDEN project. Similarly, the thermal Scattering Law matrix for silicon dioxide, which is also important for criticality safety, was also reevaluated in the ENDF/B-VIII.0 library. Due to these reasons, a series of validation experiments with silica sand were performed at the LR-0 reactor. This paper describes these validation experiments, which used two different amounts of silica sand placed in the core. The first part of validation was carried out as critical experiments in order to benefit from the suitability of integral experiments for validation. The second part -fast neutron spectrum measurement in the sand -was performed in order to obtain knowledge of its characteristics and its agreement with a calculation. The results showed significant improvement of the Thermal Scattering Law matrix for silicon dioxide available in the ENDF/B-VIII.0 library. They also showed that the new INDEN evaluation of silicon cross-sections, together with its description in the ENDF/B-VIII.0 gives disagreement rate closest to the experiments carried out without silica sand insertions. The spectrum measurement showed that the calculations of fast neutron spectra in the sand show only slight differences between different evaluations of silicon cross-sections. However, the fast neutron spectrum is not dependent on the Thermal Scattering Law. The calculated spectra show relatively good agreement with the measurement.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2018120" target="_blank" >LM2018120: Reactors LVR-15 and LR-0</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EPJ Web of Conferences 247, 10001 (2021) : PHYSOR2020 – International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future

ISBN

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ISSN

2100-014X

e-ISSN

2100-014X

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

Publisher name

EDP Sciences

Place of publication

Les Ulis, France

Event location

Cambridge, UK

Event date

Mar 29, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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