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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology  

The burnup calculations for estimating the nuclide composition of the spent fuel are highly dependent on nuclear data. Many nuclides in the latest version of the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library JENDL-5 were modified from JENDL-4.0 and the modification affects the burnup calculations. This study confirmed the validity of JENDL-5 in the burnup calculations. The PIE data of Takahama-3 was used for the validation. The effect of modifications of the parameters, e.g. cross sections and fission yields, from JENDL-4.0 to JENDL-5 on the nuclide compositions was quantitatively investigated. The calculation results showed that JENDL-5 has a similar performance to JENDL-4.0. The calculation results also revealed that the modifications of the cross sections of actinide nuclides, fission yields, and thermal scattering low data of hydrogen in H2O affected the nuclide compositions of PWR spent fuels.

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A new estimation method of an unknown covariance in the cross-section adjustment method for the development of an application library is proposed. The unknown covariance is defined by the difference between the true covariance (the population covariance) and a prior covariance assumed by an analyst. The unknown covariance is estimated using an empirical covariance consistent with the observed data. To estimate the unknown covariance, an unbiased and consistent estimator in regression analysis has been incorporated into the conventional cross-section adjustment. This estimator does not require assumptions for the probability distribution of the observation data. The statistical properties of this estimator were numerically verified. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed by another numerical test using actual integral experimental data. In the second numerical test, the modeling uncertainty (covariance) due to the deterministic analysis method was assumed to be unknown. The results show that the proposed method can practically estimate the unknown covariance and adjusted cross-sections using only prior information on covariances.

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The Pál-Bell equation is a backward-type master equation that describes the probability generating function (PGF) of neutron counts in a neutron multiplication system. Thanks to the Pál-Bell equation with the two-forked and the fundamental mode approximations, an analytical solution of PGF of neutron counts in a source-driven subcritical system can be theoretically derived. This theoretical derivation clarifies that the unique combination number of double factorial (2n−3)!! does exist in the ratio of the higher-order neutron correlation factors measured in a critical state even for any kind of fissile and moderator materials. Additionally, the unique combination numbers are experimentally validated for the order 3 ≤ n ≤ 6 through reactor noise measurements in actual subcritical systems. This knowledge can be used to judge whether a target system is in a deep subcritical state or to roughly estimate the magnitude of subcriticality, based on the factorial moments of the measured reactor noise in a zero-power state.

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We propose a new neutronics analysis sequence using multi-group neutron transport calculations named ACE-FRENDY-CBZ. This sequence is free from uses of any application libraries; with the ACE files as the starting point, multi-group cross sections of media comprising a target system are calculated with the FRENDY code, and multi-group neutron transport calculations are performed with modules of the CBZ code system. The ACE-FRENDY-CBZ sequence was tested against the eight fast neutron systems, and good agreement in the neutron multiplication factors with the reference Monte Carlo results was obtained within 20 pcm differences in the bare systems and within 60 pcm differences in the reflected systems. It was also found that the adoption of the consistent P approximation increases the errors. In order to investigate this issue, we adopted the sub-group method to calculate spatially-dependent current-weighted total cross sections in the reflector regions, and it was suggested that the uses of the spatially-dependent cross sections with the consistent P approximation has a possibility to further improve the numerical accuracy.

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The sensitivity analysis and the uncertainty quantification play an important role in improving the evaluated nuclear data library. The current computational performance enables us to perform sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification using continuous energy Monte Carlo calculation codes. The ACE file perturbation tool was developed for these calculations using modules of FRENDY. This tool perturbs the microscopic cross section, the number of neutrons per fission, and the fission spectrum. The uncertainty quantification using the random sampling method is also available if the user prepares the covariance matrices. The uncertainty of keff using the ACE file perturbation tool was compared to the current sensitivity analysis codes SCALE/TSUNAMI and MCNP/KSEN. The comparison results indicated that the random sampling method using this tool accurately estimates the uncertainty of keff. The ACE file perturbation tool is included in the current version of FRENDY.

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A nuclear data adjustment method using a deterministic sampling method based on an unscented transform was developed, and its validity was confirmed through a twin experiment using a critical benchmark problem. Conventional nuclear data adjustment methods require sensitivity analysis using generalized perturbation theory or many forward calculations using stochastically sampled nuclear data. To address this issue, this study focused on unscented transform-based sampling (UTS), which is used in uncertainty quantification. Based on the UTS, perturbed nuclear data can be deterministically sampled to reproduce the population covariance matrix with minimum sample size. Therefore, UTS can significantly reduce the computational cost compared to conventional nuclear data adjustment using random sampling (RS). Furthermore, the UTS was improved to prevent the sampling of negative nuclear data while accurately reproducing the population covariance matrix. The proposed method was applied to the numerical experiment of Godiva, and the adjusted nuclear data were compared with those obtained using conventional methods. Consequently, it was demonstrated that UTS can adjust nuclear data at a lower computational cost than RS.

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An efficient reduced order model (ROM) for time-dependent transport calculations using the method of characteristics (MOC) is proposed. In the present ROM, the flux distributions and the net neutron currents between the adjacent unstructured mesh regions are taken from the MOC solution. Then, the coefficient matrices for the MOC-equivalent diffusion equation are reconstructed from them. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is applied for the MOC-equivalent diffusion equation to reduce the degree of freedoms (DOFs) using the orthogonal bases obtained by the singular value decomposition (SVD) for the sampled MOC solution. The accuracy and computation time of the present ROM are verified in the C5G7-TD 2D benchmark problem. The calculation results show that the present ROM enables us approximately 5000–6000 times faster computation than the full order model (FOM) for kinetic calculations itself in the present calculation condition. The present method can be substituted as real-time simulations without the spatial homogenization when typical flux distributions and the net neutron currents of a target problem can be precalculated.

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Nuclear data processing is important to connect evaluated nuclear data libraries and radiation transport codes. The nuclear data processing code FRENDY version 1 was released in 2019 to generate ACE-formatted cross section files with simple input data. After we released FRENDY version 1, many functions were developed, e.g. neutron multi-group cross section generation, explicit consideration of the resonance interference effect among different nuclides in a material, adaptive setting of the background cross sections, consideration of the resonance upscattering, ACE file perturbation, statistical uncertainty quantification of probability table, and modification of ENDF-6-formatted file. FRENDY version 2 was released including these new functions. It generates GENDF- and MATXS-formatted neutron multi-group cross section files from an ACE-formatted cross section file or an evaluated nuclear data file. This paper explains the features of the new functions implemented in FRENDY version 2 and the verification of the neutron multigroup cross section generation function of this code.

DOI： 10.1080/00223131.2023.2278600

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The correlated sampling method is applied to the continuous Markov-chain Monte-Carlo (CMMC) method to efficiently perform sensitivity analysis of input parameters such as the failure rate of safety components. In the correlated sampling method, the original and the perturbed samples are assumed to trace an identical accident sequence, but the weight of the perturbed sample is adjusted to incorporate the variation of input data. The present method is applied to the sensitivity analysis of the safety evaluation of spent fuel pools. The result indicates that the sensitivity analysis for the CMMC coupling method can be efficiently carried out using the correlated sampling method.

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In this study, we have demonstrated that data assimilation (DA) using lead and bismuth sample reactivities measured in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly A-core can successfully reduce the uncertainty of the coolant void reactivity in accelerator-driven systems (ADSs) derived from inelastic scattering cross sections of lead and bismuth. We reevaluated and highlighted the experimental uncertainties and correlations of the sample reactivities for the DA formula. We used the MCNP6.2 code to evaluate the sample reactivities and their uncertainties and performed DA using the reactor analysis code system MARBLE. The high-sensitivity coefficients of the sample reactivities to lead and bismuth allowed us to reduce the cross-section–induced uncertainty of the void reactivity of the ADS from 6.3% to 4.8%, achieving a provisional target accuracy of 5% in this study. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the uncertainties arising from other dominant factors, such as minor actinides and steel, can be effectively reduced by using integral experimental data sets for the unified cross-section dataset ADJ2017.

DOI： 10.1080/00295639.2023.2246779

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Improvements in computational efficiency for the Resonance calculation using energy Spectrum Expansion (RSE) method are proposed in order to increase the applicability of the method for core nuclear analyses. First, efficient treatment of the neutron source for the RSE method has been newly developed. This is a balanced approach from the viewpoints of computation time and memory size, in comparison with the other approaches mentioned in a previous study [R. KONDO et al., “A New Resonance Calculation Method Using Energy Expansion Based on a Reduced Order Model,” Nucl. Sci. Eng., 195, 694 (2021)]. Second, low-rank approximation has been applied to the RSE method considering the deficit ratio of the singular value for the orthogonal basis. Computation time was reduced by ~68% while maintaining sufficient accuracy of effective cross sections. Third, the impacts of the discretization parameters in the method of characteristics on the RSE method have been investigated, and coarser conditions of the parameters were found to be appropriate from the viewpoints of computation time and accuracy of effective cross sections. Finally, RSE calculations with these improvements have been performed for the fuel assembly geometry of a light water reactor. The computation time was reduced by ~70%, and the data size of the scattering cross-section moments was approximately 3900 times smaller in comparison with the RSE calculation without the improvements.

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The convergence performance of nonlinear acceleration methods for the method of characteristics (MOC) with flat source (FS) approximation (FS MOC) or linear source (LS) approximation (LS MOC) is numerically investigated by focusing on the spatial and angular approximations in the acceleration calculations. The convergence of nonlinear acceleration depends on the consistency of the calculation models between the higher-order and lower-order (acceleration) methods. The convergence of four acceleration methods is evaluated to clarify the relationship between model consistency and convergence performance. These methods consist of FS or LS for the spatial source distribution and P1 or discrete angle for the angular distribution, i.e., (1) FS analytic coarse mesh finite difference (ACMFD) acceleration (FS ACMFD), (2) LS ACMFD, (3) FS angular-dependent discontinuity factor MOC (ADMOC) acceleration (FS ADMOC), and (4) LS ADMOC. The ACMFD and ADMOC accelerations are based on P1 and discrete angle approximations, respectively. The FS MOC and LS MOC are considered higher-order methods. The FS MOC and LS MOC with five acceleration methods, i.e., the aforementioned four acceleration methods and the conventional coarse mesh finite difference acceleration method, are used to perform fixed-source calculations in one-group one-dimensional homogeneous slab geometry, and the spectral radii are numerically evaluated. The numerical results indicate that (1) the nonlinear acceleration methods that are unconditionally stable for FS MOC also show similar convergence properties for LS MOC in one-dimensional slab geometry; (2) better convergence is observed when the consistency of higher- and lower-order models is high; and (3) when a coarse mesh is optically thick, the spatial homogenization degrades the convergence performance, even if spatial and angular approximations are consistent between the higher- and lower-order models.

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To robustly estimate the fundamental mode component of prompt neutron decay constant α in a subcritical system, dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) is applied to time-series data obtained by the pulsed-neutron source (PNS) and Rossi-α methods. For the statistical uncertainty quantification of α by DMD, randomly sampled virtual data are used for the DMD procedure. The applicability of DMD is demonstrated by analyzing the experimental results by the PNS and Rossi-α methods, which are performed at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA). When applying the DMD to the PNS and Rossi-α experimental data, a constant signal was added to the experimental data to remove the background constant component. The application results indicate that DMD enables one to robustly estimate the fundamental mode component of α in the PNS and Rossi-α methods.

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Prompt neutron decay constant (Formula presented.) in a critical state is useful information to validate the numerically predicted ratio of the point kinetics parameters (Formula presented.), where (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) are the effective delayed neutron fraction and prompt neutron lifetime, respectively. To directly measure (Formula presented.) in a target critical system, this study proposes the application of the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to the reactor noise analysis based on the Rossi- (Formula presented.) method. The DMD-based Rossi- (Formula presented.) method enables us to robustly estimate the fundamental mode component of (Formula presented.) from the Rossi- (Formula presented.) histograms measured using multiple neutron detectors. Furthermore, the file-by-file moving block bootstrap method is newly proposed for the statistical uncertainty quantification of (Formula presented.) to prevent huge memory usage when the neutron count rate is high and/or the total measurement time is long. A critical experiment has been conducted at Kyoto University Critical Assembly to demonstrate the proposed method. As a result, the proposed method can uniquely determine the (Formula presented.) value of which the statistical uncertainty is smallest. By utilizing this experimental result of (Formula presented.), numerical results of (Formula presented.) ratio using the continuous energy Monte Carlo code MCNP6.2 with recent nuclear data libraries, which are processed by the nuclear data processing code FRENDY, are validated.

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The resonance upscattering effect (the thermal agitation effect) is implemented in the generation capability of multigroup neutron cross sections of the FRENDY nuclear data processing system. The resonance upscattering effect is considered by (1) the variation of self-shielding factors (effective cross sections) due to the change in the ultra-fine group spectrum and (2) the variation of group-to-group elastic scattering cross sections. Since the upscattering effect is considered in the ultra-fine group spectrum calculation, an iteration calculation is necessary to consider the upscattering. The impacts of the iteration strategy (Jacobi or Gauss-Seidel), as well as the number of iterations, are discussed. In the verification calculations, impacts on the ultra-fine group spectrum, effective cross sections, and neutronics characteristics (the Doppler effect) are confirmed. The effect of energy group structure and the impact of resonance upscattering treatments on the Doppler effect through the variation of effective cross sections and the elastic scattering matrix are investigated. The results indicate that FRENDY can provide appropriate multigroup cross sections considering the resonance upscattering effect.

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We propose the use of reduced-order modeling to improve the sensitivity coefficient evaluation method based on Lasso-type penalized linear regression. In this method, cross sections of interest are uniformly randomly sampled, and corresponding perturbed core analyses are performed. The sensitivity coefficients of the higher-dimensional model are expanded by the active subspace (AS) attained by the lower-dimensional model, and the expansion coefficients are estimated by the Lasso regression. In addition, AS bases can be flexibly chosen according to neutronics parameters of interest. We conducted a verification calculation for an accelerator-driven system and clarified that the proposed method successfully reduces the calculation cost by a couple of orders of magnitude compared with the direct method. The proposed method can be used to practically evaluate the sensitivity coefficients of various parameters.

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022  

We propose a novel method for evaluating sensitivity coefficients of neutronics parameters to cross sections, so-called the ROM-Lasso. In this method, cross sections of interest are randomly sampled, and corresponding perturbed core analyses are performed. Then, the sensitivity coefficient vector of the higher-level model is expanded via the active subspace bases obtained with the lower-level model whose dimensional complexity is smaller than that of the higher-level model, and the expansion coefficients are estimated by the lasso regression. A unique feature of the ROM-Lasso method allows the use of different bases optimized for each neutronics parameter. We conducted a verification calculation for an accelerator-driven system and demonstrated that the ROM-Lasso method can reproduce the sensitivity coefficients with a much smaller number of forward calculations than the direct method. The proposed method can be used to practically evaluate the sensitivity coefficients.

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This study newly proposes a heterogeneous core calculation method based on local/global iteration using proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). By using the singular value decomposition (SVD) and the low-rank approximation, appropriate POD bases for expanding the neutron flux can be obtained from snapshot data of the neutron flux obtained by fine mesh calculations. By projection using the POD bases, the dimension of the target equation (e.g., discretized neutron diffusion equation) can be dramatically reduced. In the proposed method, POD is effectively applied to each single assembly calculation (local calculation). Furthermore, using the local/global iteration, the effective neutron multiplication factor and the neutron flux distribution in the whole core geometry can be obtained by combining the numerical results of the local calculation for each fuel assembly and the global calculation for the whole core. As a feasibility study, the proposed method is applied to a one-dimensional heterogeneous core analysis, and the accuracy is investigated by changing the total number of POD bases.

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A nuclear data library is used as a starting input for all subsequent neutronics calculations. NJOY has been used worldwide as a nuclear data processing code to create cross section libraries for a long time. For verification of NJOY method and providing an alternative nuclear data processing tool, JAEA has been developed the new nuclear library processing code FRENDY. In this paper, nuclear calculations were performed using the ACE files and the multigroup libraries created by both FRENDY and NJOY, and the impacts on the neutronics characteristics due to nuclear data processing were investigated using those libraries. MCNP was used to compare the ACE files by calculating many benchmark problems including ICSBEP and it was confirmed that the k-eff values generally agree with each other within the range of statistical errors. The multigroup cross sections are verified by the BWR design codes LANCR/AETNA through calculation of a commercial BWR5 equilibrium core loaded with 9x9 fuels. It was confirmed that fuel assembly and core characteristics are consistent with each other. From the above investigations, it was confirmed that FRENDY can provide comparable continuous/multi-group neutron cross sections with NJOY.

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Nuclear data processing is an important interface between an evaluated nuclear data library and neutronics calculation codes. JAEA has been developed the new nuclear data processing code FRENDY from 2013. FRENDY version 1 generates the ACE files used for the continuous-energy Monte Carlo codes including PHITS, Solomon, Serpent, and MCNP and it was released as the open-source software under the 2-clause BSD license in 2019. After we released FRENDY version 1, many functions, e.g., the multi-group neutron cross-section library generation, the statistical uncertainty quantification of the probability tables for unresolved resonance cross-section, the perturbation of the ACE file, and the modification of the ENDF-6 formatted nuclear data file, are developed. We released FRENDY version 2 including these functions. The present paper explains the overview of FRENDY and features of new functions implemented in FRENDY version 2.

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To reduce the higher mode effects on the subcriticality estimation using the pulsed neutron source without the aid of a high-fidelity neutron transport calculation, we propose a new area ratio method based on a data-driven approach using the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) with the neutron count data measured by multiple neutron detectors. Thanks to eigenvalues and eigenvectors based on DMD, the fundamental mode of the prompt neutrons and the background component due to delayed neutrons are extracted from the measured neutron count data matrix. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated via experimental analysis for a pulsed neutron source measurement performed at Kyoto University Critical Assembly.

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A new resonance calculation method for the doubly-heterogeneous (DH) fuels such as high-temperature gas-cooled reactor fuel is proposed based on the Resonance calculation based on Spectral Expansion (RSE) method. The concept of pointwise disadvantage factor for fuel grain is taken into account to treat the DH fuels. The verification calculation is carried out for simplified single fuel cell and fuel compact consisting of five fuel cells and graphite moderator. The calculation results indicate that the present method can appropriately handle the space-dependent self-shielding effect for DH fuels.

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This study proposes a new method of visualizing the ambient dose rate distribution using artificial neural networks (ANNs) from airborne radiation monitoring results. The method was applied to the results of the airborne radiation monitoring which was conducted around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant by an unmanned aerial vehicle. Much of the survey data obtained in the past were used as the training data for building a network. The number of training cases was related to the error between the ground and converted values by the ANN. The quantitative evaluation index (the root-mean-square error) between the ANN-converted value and the ground-based survey result converged at 200 training cases. This number of training case was considered a rough criterion of the required number of training cases. The reliability of the ANN method was evaluated by comparison with the ground-based survey data. The dose rate map created by the ANNs method reproduced ground-based survey results better than traditional methods.

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An evolutionary simulated annealing (ESA) method has been developed for the problem of fuel loading optimization of VVER-1000 reactor. The ESA method improves original simulated annealing by using crossover and mutation operators to generate new trial loading patterns (LPs). A core physics calculation code for fuel LP optimization of VVER reactors (LPO-V) has been developed and verified based on a VVER-1000 MOX benchmark core in comparison with MCNP4c calculations. Calculations for optimizing fuel LP of the VVER-1000 MOX core have been conducted using the ESA method in comparison with simulated annealing (SA) and adaptive simulated annealing (ASA). Statistical differences between these methods were also evaluated based on the Mann–Whitney U test. The results show that the ESA method is advantageous over the SA and ASA.

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A Resonance calculation using energy Spectrum Expansion (RSE) method is newly proposed in this paper. In this method, ultra-fine-group (UFG) spectra appearing in a resonance calculation are expanded by orthogonal bases on energy, which are extracted from the UFG spectra obtained in homogeneous geometry with various background cross sections using singular value decomposition and low-rank approximation. Namely, this method is based on the concept of a reduced order model. A neutron transport equation for flux moments (expansion coefficients) similar to the conventional one is derived and is numerically solved. This method applies to two benchmark problems in which a resonance interference effect and spatial self-shielding effect can appear. The results indicate that this method accurately predicts the reference effective cross sections and reaction rates obtained from direct UFG calculation in heterogeneous geometry.

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The multi-group cross-section generation capability for neutrons is implemented in the FRENDY nuclear data processing code. ACE-formatted files are used as the source of nuclear data instead of ENDF-formatted files since FRENDY already has the capability to generate pointwise cross sections in the ACE format. The several distinguished features are implemented for the multi-group generation capability, e.g. explicit consideration of resonance interference effect among nuclides, enhanced resonance treatment for various nuclear reactions, and accurate numerical integration of thermal cross sections. Verification calculations of the newly implemented capability are carried out through the comparison with the NJOY nuclear data processing code. Cross-section generations for all nuclides in JENDL-4.0, -4.0u, - (Formula presented.), ENDF/B-VII.1, -VIII.0, JEFF-3.3, and TENDL-2019 are carried out without unexpected processing issues, except for Pu-238 of TENDL-2019 that includes inconsistent data. The verification results indicate that the multi-group cross sections generated by FRENDY are consistent with those generated by NJOY. Now FRENDY can generate not only the pointwise cross sections for continuous energy Monte-Carlo codes but also the multi-group cross sections for deterministic neutronics analysis codes.

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The accident in Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants reconfirms the necessity of the safety assessment considering multiple nuclear reactor units. However, consideration of the interdependency among safety systems or events in multiple units as well as the time dependency of accident progressions is difficult in the conventional event tree method, which is widely used in probabilistic risk assessments. Recently, the continuous Markov-chain Monte-Carlo (CMMC) method coupled with a plant safety analysis or a severe accident analysis code has been paid attention to address these issues. In the present study, the CMMC coupling method is applied to the risk assessment of multiple units to clarify the benefits and issues to be resolved of this method. Since the CMMC coupling method requires many executions of an accident analysis code, a meta-model that simplifies systems and physical phenomena in accidents is used in this study to reduce computational cost. Furthermore, the inverse transform sampling method is newly adapted. Numerical analyses of BWR accident under station blackout with loss of cooling capability are carried out considering the correlation among the availabilities of mitigation systems. The results suggested that the CMMC coupling method can quantitatively treat the interdependency and time dependency among events in multiple units.

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An adaptive setting method of background cross sections is implemented to FRENDY/MG, which is a multi-group neutron cross section generation module, for accurate interpolation of self-shielding factors with a minimum number of background cross sections. Since the dependence of self-shielding factors on background cross section is significantly different among energy group, reaction type, and nuclide, appropriate setting of background cross sections usually requires considerable works. In the present adaptive setting method, the range of background cross section is initially divided into 10 equal intervals and unnecessary background cross section points are eliminated. Then interpolation accuracy at each interval is tested. If the interpolation accuracy in an interval is not sufficient, the interval is successively halved until sufficient interpolation accuracy is obtained. For accurate interpolation of self-shielding factor or reaction rates, the monotone cubic interpolation is used. Verification calculations are carried out for all isotopes in JENDL-4.0. Calculation results indicate that the present method provides an appropriate set of background cross sections while satisfying input error tolerance for self-shielding factors or reaction rates. Typical numbers of background cross sections are from 10 to 25 when the monotone cubic interpolation and error tolerance of 0.01 for self-shielding factors are used.

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To judge whether an application system is a subcritical state or not based on numerical results of the effective neutron multiplication factor (Formula presented.), an evaluation method of the estimated criticality lower-limit multiplication factor (ECLLMF) using the bootstrap method is newly proposed. By utilizing numerical results of (Formula presented.) for critical benchmark-problems that are selected depending on neutronic similarity to the application system, the ECLLMF should be carefully and conservatively estimated based on uncertainties of (Formula presented.) due to a criticality safety analysis code, experimental uncertainty, and covariance matrix of the nuclear data library. Furthermore, the frequency distribution of (Formula presented.) for these problems does not necessarily obey an ideal normal distribution. Using a resampling technique called ‘bootstrap method,’ the proposed method can reasonably estimate the ECLLMF considering the uncertainties and nuclear data-induced correlation between each critical benchmark-problem without the assumption of normality. To investigate the applicability of the proposed method, the approach-to-criticality experiment was carried out at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA). Comparison of numerical results of (Formula presented.) and the ECLLMF using the bootstrap method indicated that the proposed method was able to judge an actual subcritical core as subcritical state.

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Transactions of the American Nuclear Society  

DOI： 10.13182/T125-36788

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021  

The Pál-Bell equation is a master equation to describe the probability generating function (PGF) of neutron counts in the neutron multiplication system. Thanks to the Pál-Bell equation with the two-forked and the fundamental mode approximations, an analytical solution of PGF of neutron counts in a source-driven subcritical system can be theoretically derived. Thereby, the unique combination numbers for the higher-order neutron-correlation factors for a near-critical state can be theoretically clarified. This knowledge is useful to judge whether a target system is a near-critical state or not using only a histogram (or factorial moments) of neutron counts.

DOI： 10.13182/M&C21-33627

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021  

To estimate the prompt neutron decay constant α corresponding to the fundamental mode in a subcritical system, we try applying the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) to time-series data of neutron counts obtained by the pulsed-neutron source (PNS) method. In this study, we newly develop an estimation method of α with the statistical uncertainty by the DMD and the random sampling method. The applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated by analyzing a PNS experiment carried out at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA).

DOI： 10.13182/M&C21-33631

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021  

A generation capability of neutron multi-group cross sections is being implemented to the FRENDY nuclear data processing code, as FRENDY/MG. FRENDY/MG generates neutron multi-group cross sections for deterministic core analysis codes considering an arbitrary energy group structure. Distinguished features of FRENDY/MG are 1) use of ACE pointwise cross sections as the source of nuclear data (no evaluated nuclear data file is directly used), 2) treatment of a compound material consisting of multiple nuclides to explicitly consider the resonance interference effect. Various verifications are being carried out through the comparison with the multi-group cross sections generated by NJOY.

DOI： 10.13182/M&C21-33679

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021  

Efficient numerical algorithms for a Resonance calculation using energy Spectrum Expansion (RSE) method were proposed for a large and complicated geometry such as a fuel assembly. The RSE method can treat complicated heterogeneous geometry considering resonance interference effect among different regions. Calculation procedure of the RSE method is composed of (1)generation of ultra-fine group spectra from ultra-fine group calculations in homogeneous geometry, (2)expansion of the spectra by orthogonal basis on energy based on singular value decomposition, (3)transport calculation for expansion coefficients and (4)reconstruction of ultra-fine group spectra in target heterogeneous regions by the expansion coefficients and the orthogonal basis. In this study, the efficient numerical algorithms for the RSE method were developed and applied. The algorithms are composed of (i)scattering source calculation by the combination of conventional slowing down and moment-to-moment transfer calculations, and (ii)matrix exponential generation in transport calculation of the RSE method with method of characteristics by diagonalization using eigenvalue decomposition. Through numerical verification, it was confirmed that effective multi-group cross sections by the RSE method with the new algorithms are well agreed with those by direct ultra-fine group calculation in the fuel assembly geometry. The RSE method with the new algorithms is applicable to the fuel assembly analysis.

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021  

A resonance calculation using the energy spectrum expansion (RSE) method has been developed in order to efficiently treat complicated heterogeneous geometry and resonance interference effect among both nuclides and regions. The three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous transport calculation code GALAXY-Z developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. uses the RSE method as resonance calculation method. In this study, resonane calculations of the GALAXY-Z code using the RSE method were performed and showed good agreements of nuclear characteristics with the ultra-fine-group method in wide range of moderator density for actual PWR fuel specifications. The GALAXY-Z code using the RSE method is applicable with high accuracy to generation of nuclear constants in normal operations and accident conditions including low moderator density conditions and can siginificantly reduce computational memory in comparison with the ultra-fine-group method.

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A coarse mesh finite-difference (CMFD) acceleration consistent with the S2 discrete ordinate method using the step-characteristics is proposed. The analytically derived finite-difference formulation for diffusion theory (ACMFD), which is theoretically consistent with the discrete ordinate method in one-dimensional slab geometry with the S2 Gauss-Legendre quadrature, is used for the acceleration of a transport calculation. Our numerical calculations in simple geometry revealed that the consistent treatment of scattering source distribution in the ACMFD acceleration has a significant impact on the convergence property. Further, the linearized Fourier analysis of ACMFD acceleration shows the same convergence property as numerical calculations. These numerical and theoretical analyses show that the S2- consistent ACMFD acceleration is unconditionally stable without any correction to the diffusion coefficient.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Transactions of the American Nuclear Society  

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers  

<p>Outline of the nuclear reactor core analysis and computational methods used in this analysis are described. Various techniques and approximations are used to perform core analysis with practical computational resources. Recent progress on computer hardware and numerical algorithms enabled us to use more precise and accurate analysis methods.</p>

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020  

A Resonance calculation using energy Spectral Expansion (RSE) method has been recently proposed in order to efficiently treat complicated heterogeneous geometry and resonance interference effect. In the RSE method, ultra-fine group spectra are generated from ultra-fine group calculations in homogeneous geometry, and the spectra are expanded by the orthogonal basis on energy based on the singular value decomposition. Then the transport calculation for expansion coefficients is numerically performed, and the ultra-fine group spectra in the target heterogeneous regions are reconstructed by the expansion coefficients and the orthogonal basis. In this study, the RSE method is applied to multi-cell geometries including UO2, MOX and water cells, in which the resonance interference effect between UO2 and MOX fuel cells appears. The validity of the RSE method is confirmed through comparison with the reference effective multi-group cross sections obtained from the direct ultra-fine group calculation in the target heterogeneous geometry.

DOI： 10.1051/epjconf/202124702006

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020  

From zero-power reactor noise measurement, the second- and third-order neutron correlation factors Y and y3 can be evaluated by analyzing mean, variance, the third-order central moment of neutron count data. Theoretically, it is expected that the neutron-correlation ratio Y3/Y2 converges to the unique combination number “3” at a near-critical state in an arbitrary system without depending on the fissile material and the neutron-energy spectrum of core, as the neutron counting gate width T increases sufficiently. Thus, the information about the difference between y3/Y2 and “3” has the potential to judge whether a target unknown system is critical or not and to roughly guess the absolute value of subcriticality. In this study, the detector dead-time effect on y3/Y2 is theoretically investigated based on the heuristic method using the single-, pair-, and trio-detection probabilities with the fundamental mode approximation. As a result, it is clarified that the saturation value of y3/Y2 converges to “3” independent of the dead time, when a target system is a critical state. For validation, actual experimental results are presented for a non-multiplication system driven by 252Cf spontaneous source, and shallow and deep subcritical systems at Japanese experimental facilities (UTR-KINKI and KUCA) under the shutdown state. Consequently, it is demonstrated that y3/Y2 shows a significant difference from “3” in the non-multiplication system. In the case of subcritical systems driven by inherent neutron sources, it is confirmed that the ratios y3/Y2 are close to the unique combination number “3,” and the slight difference from “3” is measurable by the long-time reactor noise measurement for the deep subcritical system.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020  

The present paper aims to evaluate the estimated criticality lower-limit multiplication factor of fuel debris in a form of uranium dioxide-concrete mixture for a study of criticality control on the fuel debris generated through the molten core concrete interaction in a severe accident of a light water reactor. The estimated criticality lower-limit multiplication factor is evaluated using the bootstrap method where the assumption of the normal distribution is not necessary. In addition, it is calculated taking into account correlation coefficients that represent the degrees of neutronic similarity between the target system and benchmark critical experiment systems, experimental uncertainties of benchmark data, and statistical uncertainties of calculated effective multiplication factor by a continuous energy Monte Carlo code. This paper shows that the estimated criticality lower-limit multiplication factor using the bootstrap method can be comparable with a baseline upper-subcritical-limit which is evaluated by Whisper-1.1 without margins of subcriticality for uncertainties from nuclear covariance data and undetected errors in software.

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Calculation capability of the pin-power distribution considering the variation of the assembly gap size due to assembly bowing was implemented in the pin-by-pin core calculation code SCOPE2. The previous studies show that the perturbation of geometry can be treated by the perturbation of macroscopic cross-section or atomic number density of the region instead of explicit consideration of geometry deformation. This methodology was applied to the assembly gap region: the variation of the gap size was treated by the correction on the macroscopic cross-section of the gap water. The correction model for the cross-section of gap water was implemented in SCOPE2 since it treats pin-by-pin cross-sections in a transport calculation. The correction was made according to the variation in the gap size. This implemented model has an advantage that the modification of the cross-section tables used in the core calculation is not necessary to consider the variation of gap size. For single assembly and multi-assemblies geometries, the assembly bowing model implemented in SCOPE2 was verified by comparing with the reference results using the assembly calculation code AEGIS, where the gap size perturbation was explicitly considered by varying the geometry of the gap region. It was confirmed that the variation of pin-power distribution due to the assembly bowing can be appropriately treated by SCOPE2 with the assembly bowing model.

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers  

Calculation capability of the pin-power distribution considering the variation of the assembly gap size due to assembly bowing was implemented in the pin-by-pin core calculation code SCOPE2. The previous studies show that the perturbation of geometry can be treated by the perturbation of macroscopic cross-section or atomic number density of the region instead of explicit consideration of geometry deformation. This methodology was applied to the assembly gap region: the variation of the gap size was treated by the correction on the macroscopic cross-section of the gap water. The correction model for the cross-section of gap water was implemented in SCOPE2 since it treats pin-by-pin cross-sections in a transport calculation. The correction was made according to the variation in the gap size. This implemented model has an advantage that the modification of the cross-section tables used in the core calculation is not necessary to consider the variation of gap size. For single assembly and multi-assemblies geometries, the assembly bowing model implemented in SCOPE2 was verified by comparing with the reference results using the assembly calculation code AEGIS, where the gap size perturbation was explicitly considered by varying the geometry of the gap region. It was confirmed that the variation of pin-power distribution due to the assembly bowing can be appropriately treated by SCOPE2 with the assembly bowing model.

DOI： 10.1299/jsmeicone.2019.27.1022

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Atomic Energy Society of Japan  

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019  

A Resonance calculation using energy Spectral Expansion bases (the RSE method) is newly proposed. In the present method, an ultra-fine group spectrum appeared in a resonance calculation is expanded by expansion bases on energy. The transport equation for the expansion coefficients is derived, which is the simultaneous first order differential equation for the expansion coefficients. The present method is applied to a one-dimensional slab geometry composed of 238U. Comparisons of the results obtained by the present and the ultra-fine group (reference) methods show the fundamental validity of this method.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019  

To reduce the error due to the difference between the fine and the coarse calculation conditions in a transport calculation using method of characteristics (MOC), the superhomogenization (SPH) method has been widely used. However, the conventional SPH method has a problem with numerical stability in the iterative calculations for the estimation of SPH factors, especially when local strong absorbers exist in a calculation geometry. To address this problem, improvements of the SPH methods were tested to reduce the angular and spatial discretization error of the MOC. The performances of the various SPH methods were confirmed in pressurized water reactor (PWR) 2 × 2 fuel assembly geometries and in a PWR core geometry. The results of verification indicate that in a core geometry the improved SPH methods provide better accuracy than that of the conventional SPH.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019  

The present paper describes a calculation method of the estimated criticality lower-limit multiplication factor (ECLLMF) using the bootstrap method, which is an uncertainty evaluation method. In the conventional method, the normal distribution is assumed for a probability distribution with respect to calculation biases of effective multiplication factors (keff) to evaluate ECLLMF. To propose a methodology without the assumption of the normal distribution, an estimation method of ECLLMF is newly developed using the bootstrap method, where the assumption of the normal distribution is not necessary. From the verification results, it is confirmed that the estimation result using the non-parametric bootstrap method is more reasonable than that using the conventional method, when a probability distribution of keff does not obey the normal distribution.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2019  

The prompt neutron decay constant α can be directly measured by the reactor noise analysis method (e.g., the Feynman-α method) in a steady-state subcritical system. In this study, the applicability of the data assimilation techniques (i.e., the bias factor and cross section adjustment methods) using a subcritical measurement of α conducted at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA) was investigated to reduce the nuclear data-induced uncertainty of keff.The sensitivity coefficients of keff and α with respect to the nuclear data were efficiently estimated using a deterministic SN transport code with the first-order perturbation theory. As a result, a priori relative uncertainty of keff due to the 56 group SCALE covariance data can be reduced. The experimental value of α contributes to improving nuclear data of fission spectrum X and total fission neutron number v via strong correlations between X and prompt Xp and between v and prompt vp.

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For uncertainty quantification and reduction using the random sampling technique through a continuous energy Monte Carlo method, the perturbation capability of nuclear data libraries for MCNP is developed using a nuclear data processing system FRENDY, which is being developed by JAEA. The implemented capability is applied to uncertainty quantification using the random sampling method and to uncertainty reduction of kinetic parameter based on the bias factor method. Validity of the implemented capability is confirmed through comparison with the results obtained by the conventional sandwich formula using SCALE and MCNP.

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A flux region assignment algorithm to increase cache efficiency for the method of characteristics is proposed. In order to minimize the stride of memory access, flux region IDs are assigned based on the ray trace sequence during the method of characteristics calculation. The present method is implemented in the three-dimensional transport code GENESIS and its performance is confirmed through verification calculations ranging from single PWR fuel assembly to PWR full core benchmark problems. The present method can reduce computational time by improving cache efficiency while suppressing memory requirement.

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For probabilistic safety margin analysis, we developed a reduced order model (ROM) that reconstruct calculation results of typical severe accident progressions obtained by the severe accident analysis code, MAAP. The ROM is applied for fast reconstruction of time series plant parameters (e.g., pressure and temperature) obtained by the MAAP code. The ROM is applied to two severe accident scenarios, i.e., the station black out (SBO) with loss of all feed water capabilities and the large break loss of coolant accident (large break LOCA) without the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) capability. Verification results indicate that the ROM reasonably reproduces temporal variation of plant parameters with a few bases obtained by the ROM, which enables very fast reconstruction of complicated accident progression of a severe accident.

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Uncertainty quantification of activation in structure materials around a nuclear reactor is important for efficient planning of decommissioning. In order to quantify the uncertainty of activation in reactor structures, neutron shielding calculations are necessary. Since the neutron shielding calculation is performed for spatially large regions around a reactor, it requires a lot of computation time especially in the case of multi-dimensional geometry. In this study, the reduced-order modeling (ROM) is applied to the sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of activation in reactor structures to reduce computation time. The ROM can reduce calculation cost for evaluation of sensitivity coefficients by identifying important or sensitive subspace (active subspace, AS) in input data. In this study, an AS is constructed by the several sensitivity coefficients in reactor structures which are evaluated by the perturbation theory (PT). Sensitivity coefficients of activation throughout reactor structures are estimated using the AS and the uncertainty of activation is evaluated by the "sandwich formula." The calculation results indicate that the uncertainty of the activation in reactor structures can be reproduced with low calculation cost (approximately 30 neutron transport calculations) using the ROM in one-dimensional geometry of a 500 MWe class BWR.

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To reduce angular and spatial discretization error of MOC with a coarse calculation condition, region-wise even-parity discontinuity factor (EPDF) for transport calculations is evaluated through an iterative procedure using only region-wise scalar flux, i.e., without odd parity angular flux, partial-, or net-current at region boundary. Region-wise EPDF is evaluated in a single assembly geometry with reflective boundary condition. The evaluated EPDFs are applied to a 2x2 colorset assembly configuration and its performance is compared to the conventional superhomogenization (SPH) method. The calculation results indicate that 1) no convergence issue is observed during the iteration process to estimate EPDF, 2) performance of the region-wise EPDF is better than that of the conventional SPH method.

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A subcriticality measurement method using the integral method is developed for any stepwise transient. The integral method usually applied to a negative reactivity insertion using the rod-drop and the source-jerk methods. In this study, it is clarified that the integral method can be applied to measure positive reactivity insertion. During refueling of a reactor, not only reactivity but also neutron source intensity and neutron generation time simultaneously change. In order to accurately monitor the subcriticality under these conditions, variations of these parameters must be taken into consideration. Therefore, a subcriticality measurement method is developed, which is applicable to not only variation of reactivity but also simultaneous variations of neutron source intensity and neutron generation time. Furthermore, the present method utilizes only measurement value of neutron count rate, thus the proposed method is practical. Verification calculations are carried out for a step-wise change of reactivity, neutron source intensity, and neutron generation time. The results indicate that reactivity is accurately predicted for the change of the neutron source intensity, which is difficult to achieve by the neutron source multiplication method. On the other hand, although the change of the neutron generation time has considerable impacts on the estimated result of subcriticality, the predicted error is less than 10% for very large variation of neutron generation time.

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings  

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2018: Reactor Physics Paving the Way Towards More Efficient Systems  

To identify distribution of fuel debris remaining in the reactor vessel and/or the containment vessel of Fukushima Daiichi NPS, we focused on the inverse estimation of radioactive source distribution using measured values of radiation counts. The Maximum Likelihood-Expectation Maximization (ML-EM) method and the Moore-Penrose Matrix Inverse (MPMI) method are examined. The ML-EM method has been used for image reconstruction of computed tomography, and the MPMI method is one of the solution methods for simultaneous linear equations. A simple calculation model simulating the containment vessel were constructed including detectors and radiation sources. In actual situation, sufficient number of radiation measurement positions would not be available owing to the complexity of structures inside the containment vessel. Thus, the number of radiation measurement points (number of constraints) are smaller than positions of radiation source. It means that an underdetermined inverse problem should be solved. The detection probability of radiation (neutron or photon) is calculated by the adjoint transport calculation since the detection probability is used as the coupling coefficient between a radiation count at a detector and a radioactive source. Result of estimation using the ML-EM or the MPMI method indicates that the accuracy of estimation depends on the distance between a radiation source and a detector, and radiation count measurement positions. The ML-EM and the MPMI methods show different prediction accuracy depending on the calculation condition. It is found that the detectors should be placed at vicinity of radiation sources of interest and that the applicability of the inverse estimation does not strongly depend on the radioactivity distribution.

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Experimental results of prompt neutron decay constant α is useful information to validate numerical results of ω -eigenvalue for spatial and energetic fundamental mode. In order to accomplish the data assimilation technique using α, it is desirable to establish an efficient numerical calculation method for sensitivity coefficient analysis of ω -eigenvalue. For this purpose, the numerical calculation method using the standard first-order perturbation theory is investigated. A specific theoretical formula is derived to evaluate the sensitivity coefficient of ω to nuclear data. The derived formula utilizes forward and adjoint eigenfunctions which consist of neutron flux and delayed neutron precursor densities. Through a feasibility study based on the multi-group diffusion calculation, the derived formula is verified by comparing with the reference results using the direct method. In addition, it is confirmed that the prompt approximation is applicable to the evaluation of sensitivity coefficient of α for a subcritical state where α is sufficiently larger than decay constants of delayed neutron precursors.

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Quantification of activation in structure materials around a nuclear reactor using results of neutron shielding calculations is necessary for efficient planning of decommissioning. In this study, the random sampling method is applied to the neutron shielding calculation in order to estimate uncertainties of neutron flux and activation of 59Co in structure materials due to cross section covariance. The calculation results indicate that the magnitude of uncertainty of activation of 59Co due to cross section data is approximately 15∼30% inside structure materials.

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The CMMC (Continuous Markov Monte Carlo) coupling method is proposed for quantifying accident scenarios that have time-dependence in accident progression and inter-dependence of individual events. In order to analyze large number of samples within realistic computing time, we developed a simplified accident progression analysis model and coupled the simplified model to the CMMC method. Large number of samples for station black out in PWR were analyzed using the random sampling method based on the CMMC method considering uncertainty of decay heat from a core. As a result, uncertainties of event initiation time and FPs release ratio to the atmosphere are estimated.

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Effective use of a reactor simulator to lecture nuclear safety for undergraduate/master's course students majoring nuclear engineering is discussed. Various scenarios from normal operating to severe accident conditions are used for an exercise of a few days' course. Through discussions on plant behaviors of various scenarios within a small group and among class members, participants can understand physics behind responses of a nuclear power plant.

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The n/γ discrimination performance of the prototype neutron detector using Eu doped TRUST-LiCaAlF6 is quantitatively investigated, in order to confirm its applicability to the subcriticality monitoring in the decommissioning works at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant units 1-3, especially focusing on removal of fuel debris. In this paper, the experimental results of pulse-height distribution measurement using 252Cf at the Nagoya University Cobalt 60 irradiation facility are shown. Additionally, in order to investigate the applicability to the reactor noise analysis, preliminary experimental results of the Feynman-α method are also shown.

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