LAPSE:2023.29515
Published Article
LAPSE:2023.29515
A Comparison of Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Simulations between Serpent/CTF and Polaris/DYN3D: Steady State Operational Characteristics and Burnup Evolution
Seddon Atkinson, Anna Detkina, Dzianis Litskevich, Bruno Merk
April 13, 2023
High fidelity modelling for nuclear power plant analysis is becoming more common due to advances in modelling software and the availability of high-performance computers. However, to design, develop and regulate new light water nuclear reactors there are, up until now, limited requirements for high fidelity methods due to the already well-established computational methods already being widely accepted. This article explores the additional detail which can be obtained when using high fidelity methods through Monte Carlo/Sub-channel analysis compared to industrial methods of cross-section/nodal analysis using the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor as a case study. This case study was chosen due to the challenges in modelling two phase flow and the high levels of heterogeneity within the fuel assembly design. The article investigates how to implement such an approach, from a bottom-up procedure, by analysing each stage of the modelling process.
Keywords
modelling &, Nuclear, nuclear reactors, Simulation, strategic development
Suggested Citation
Atkinson S, Detkina A, Litskevich D, Merk B. A Comparison of Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Simulations between Serpent/CTF and Polaris/DYN3D: Steady State Operational Characteristics and Burnup Evolution. (2023). LAPSE:2023.29515
Author Affiliations
Atkinson S: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK [ORCID]
Detkina A: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK [ORCID]
Litskevich D: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Merk B: School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Journal Name
Energies
Volume
14
Issue
4
First Page
838
Year
2021
Publication Date
2021-02-05
Published Version
ISSN
1996-1073
Version Comments
Original Submission
Other Meta
PII: en14040838, Publication Type: Journal Article
Record Map
Published Article

LAPSE:2023.29515
This Record
External Link

doi:10.3390/en14040838
Publisher Version
Download
Files
Apr 13, 2023
Main Article
License
CC BY 4.0
Meta
Record Statistics
Record Views
113
Version History
[v1] (Original Submission)
Apr 13, 2023
 
Verified by curator on
Apr 13, 2023
This Version Number
v1
Citations
Most Recent
This Version
URL Here
https://psecommunity.org/LAPSE:2023.29515
 
Original Submitter
Auto Uploader for LAPSE
Links to Related Works
Directly Related to This Work
Publisher Version