Abstract
This work deals with the validation and assessment of neutronics and burnup analysis capacity of the deterministic lattice code Dragon5 for VVER-1000 hexagonal pin and assembly model configuration. Various VVER-1000 hexagonal pin-cell benchmark cases including the fresh uranium fuel and mixed oxide fuel of ORNL are simulated and compared with the HELIOS and OpenMC code. The data library differences of certain nuclides will lead to large deviations of the results. Accurate results can be presented by the Dragon5 lattice code when compared with OpenMC code. The OECD LEU and MOX assembly benchmarks are computed to further validate the prediction ability for VVER-1000 assembly, reasonable agreement between Dragon5 solutions and published values of other codes is observed for burnup parameters including infinite multiplication factors, concentrations of important actinides and fission product nuclides. Moreover, the post-irradiation of UO2 sample experiment of the Russian Kalinin-1 VVER-1000 reactor is simulated and compared with laboratory measured values to provide the experiment validation of the Dragon5 lattice code. The predicted concentrations of actinides up to Cm244 are compared with HELIOS and Serpent Monte Carlo code. The results show that the Dragon5 lattice code presents better prediction accuracy for Calculated-to-Experimental ratios (C/E's) of most actinide concentrations than the HELIOS and Serpent code. Therefore, the École Polytechnique de Montréal Dragon5 lattice physics code can be applied to the neutronics and burnup analysis of VVER-1000 hexagonal pin-cell and assembly model.
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