High fidelity and reduced order solutions to an SMR-level progression problem with the Kraken computational framework

Ville Valtavirta; Unna Lauranto; Ville Hovi; Jussi Peltonen; Antti Rintala; Riku Tuominen; Jaakko Leppänen

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202124706014

High fidelity and reduced order solutions to an SMR-level progression problem with the Kraken computational framework

Ville Valtavirta^*, Unna Lauranto, Ville Hovi, Jussi Peltonen, Antti Rintala, Riku Tuominen, Jaakko Leppänen

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Kraken is a new computational reactor analysis framework under development at VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd. The framework builds heavily on the new generation of Finnish simulation codes such as the Serpent Monte Carlo code, the Ants nodal neutronics solver and the FINIX fuel behavior module. This paper describes the application of Kraken to its first realistic full core problem, a small modular reactor (SMR) core in its fresh state in order to evaluate control rod worths, shutdown margins and reactivity coefficients for the core.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1017-1024
Number of pages	8
Journal	EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume	247
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124706014
Publication status	Published - 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2020: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Mar 2020 → 2 Apr 2020

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This work has received funding from the LONKERO project under the Finnish National Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety, SAFIR2022.

Keywords

Kraken
Reactivity coefficient
Reactivity worth
Shutdown margin
SMR

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High fidelity and reduced order solutions to an SMR-level progression problem with the Kraken computational framework

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