Ex-Core Detector Response Evaluation of the SMART Reactor by Using the DORT Code

Abstract

The development of a 660 MWt integral reactor SMART (System integrated Modular Advanced ReacTor), called SMART-660, has been initiated in Korea. A preliminary evaluation of the detector response functions was performed for the ex-core detector of the SMART-660. First, a candidate position to install the ex-core detector was selected by considering the reactor configuration, the detector performance, and the thermal neutron flux distribution in the reactor assembly. Second, the detector response functions such as the shape annealing function (SAF) and assembly weighting factor (AWF) for the candidate ex-core detector were calculated by using an adjoint transport calculation with the DORT code and the BUGLE-96 cross-section library. The GEOSHIELD program was used to generate the DORT input file and to process the DORT output file with a graphic visualization. This study has shown that the response functions of the ex-core detector are only sensitive to some parts of the reactor and additional efforts are required to reduce the locality of the ex-core detector response.