基于快堆嬗变的伪裂变产物截面制作

从ENDF/B-VII库提取数据,通过NJOY程序对快堆中生成的裂变产物核素进行模块加工,利用Matlab进行编程对NJOY程序计算得到的数据进行再次加工处理,得到235U核素快堆嬗变的多群伪裂变产物截面数据,然后用MCNP程序对设计的快堆进行计算得到中子能谱图,并用中子能谱对MCNP程序生成的多群截面进行并群。把生成的数据与NJOY程序生成的数据进行对比验证表明,经过处理的截面数据可以用于快堆的燃耗计算。     

燃耗截面基本库对输运燃耗耦合计算的影响分析

基于蒙特卡罗中子输运程序和ORIGEN2点燃耗程序的蒙特卡罗输运燃耗耦合计算方法应用广泛。但现有评价库中子连续截面的核素个数远小于燃耗计算涉及到的核素数量,即通过输运计算得到的燃耗截面不足以完全替代燃耗计算的基本库。采用经过栅元验证的蒙特卡罗燃耗程序MCBMPI,对最新的VERA燃耗计算基准题进行验证计算,对比分析不同的燃耗截面基本库对输运燃耗计算的影响。分析结果表明:1)在实际应用中尽量不要采用典型热中子截面库,会带来较大偏差;2)在燃耗计算核素替换较多的情况下,对该基准题而言,选取典型压水堆基本库还是典型快堆基本库,对结果影响不大,二者keff偏差在8‰以内,燃耗末期235U偏差在4‰以内,135Xe偏差在5‰左右;3)建议选取与研究对象能谱相近的基本库。     

基于WIMS-D库燃耗数据的更新与基准验证

随着AP1000等新一代压水堆的发展,燃耗深度在不断提高,平均卸料燃耗深度提高到60 GW d·t-1。然而,传统使用的WIMS69群和XMAS172群WIMS-D格式多群常数库,其能群结构存在共振峰重叠,核素种类较少,裂变产物产额的偏差较大,并且伪裂变产物中包含的核素种类较多而导致152Gd、160Gd、159Tb、160Tb等重要核素无法得到精确处理等问题。因此,本文主要针对AP1000等新一代反应堆的设计以及运行特点,基于ENDF/B-VII.1库,并且在现有基础上针对WIMS-D库中的伪裂变产物、裂变产物燃耗链以及裂变产物产额等燃耗数据进行更新,再通过NJOY程序开发了SHEM281群WIMS-D格式多群常数库。通过DRAGON程序挂载该WIMSD281库,对其进行临界和燃耗两方面基准验证。计算结果表明,该数据库的计算结果与基准值符合较好,精度较高,结果可靠,可初步用于压水堆的相关计算。     

基于CRAM的压水堆燃耗程序开发及验证

本文基于Cinder90燃耗数据库开发了燃耗求解程序MCRAM,并耦合MCNP程序对重要的锕系核素和裂变产物核素的反应截面进行了修正。以OECD/NEA乏燃料成分基准数据库中的Takahama-3压水堆燃料组件为基准题,对MCRAM程序的计算结果进行了验证,并与其他程序的计算结果进行了比较。结果表明,MCRAM程序对重要裂变产物和主要锕系核素的计算结果相对偏差小于5%,计算精度与ORIGEN2程序的相当。与此同时,同一例题的计算效率MCRAM较之MCNTRANS程序提高了近200倍。     

压水堆燃耗数据库的制作与验证

基于评价数据库ENDF/B-Ⅷ.0和EAF-2010研制了一套适用于CINDER90程序的压水堆用燃耗数据库,该数据库包含中子反应截面、衰变数据和裂变产额数据3部分。中子反应截面的加工分为两步,首先采用Inverted Stack算法和CRECTJ6程序将EAF 2010库的截面分支比融入ENDF/B Ⅷ0库全套中子评价数据,然后用NJOY2016程序处理成63群截面。衰变数据和裂变产额数据分别由MF8/MT457和MF8/MT454数据加工得到,裂变产额数据共包含36个裂变核的60组产额数据。以SFCOMPO 20中Takahama 3压水堆燃料组件为基准题,对研制的燃耗数据库进行了验证。结果表明,本文制作的燃耗数据库的方法是正确的,对于某些核素,如242Amm,制作的数据库比自带库的计算结果更接近实验值。     

由~(137)Cs,~(144)Ce和~(148)Nd为监测体测定燃耗中的辐照史校正方法

在通过测定~(137)Cs,~(144)Ce,~(148)Nd等裂变产物监测体浓度推算辐照燃料燃耗的方法中,需要裂变产物的平均裂变产额、(n,γ)俘获反应的修正量、放射性裂变产物的堆内衰变修正量,可裂变核素的平均裂变能量等参数。这些参数是同燃料的辐照历史密切相关的。本文介绍一种计算这些参数的方法、计算机程序概况和计算结果。本方法有下述特点:1.采用燃耗物理计算获得的可裂变核素核密度及裂变截面作为本程序的输入数据。2.采用燃耗值的初始实验结果反推燃料辐照期间的中子通量。3.精确计算了~(137)Cs和~(148)Nd两种监测体(n—1)衰变链和n衰变链中子俘获反应的修正量。从而提高了各种参数的精确度。对于浅燃耗天然铀辐照燃料的应用例,计算结果表明,~(137)Cs,~(144)Ce,~(148)Wd获得燃耗结果的修正量分别为 0.29%, 16.40%,-2.75%。本方法对燃耗结果可能引入的误差分别为±0.1%,±0.3%,±0.6%。     

基于精细燃耗历史及精细燃耗链的球床高温气冷堆燃耗不确定性分析

球床高温气冷堆的燃料管理具有燃料球多次通过堆芯的特点,使得燃料元件经历的燃耗历史十分复杂。球床高温气冷堆堆芯物理设计程序VSOP可以提供燃料元件的精细燃耗历史,但仅包含少量燃耗链和核素种类。而清华大学自主开发的燃耗计算程序NUIT可实现精细燃耗计算,且包含完整燃耗链和核素信息,但不具备精细燃耗历史跟踪功能。本文基于NUIT,结合VSOP提供的球床高温气冷堆精细燃耗历史,开发了球床高温气冷堆堆芯的精细燃耗计算功能,搭建了带有精细燃耗历史模拟和精细燃耗链核素的燃耗分析流程,并实现燃耗不确定性分析功能。在此基础上研究了裂变产额不确定性对球床高温气冷堆燃耗计算不确定性的贡献,并与VSOP的计算结果进行对比。计算分析结果显示,基于NUIT的精细燃耗计算结果和VSOP的燃耗计算结果得到了相互验证,且可以得到更多的核素浓度信息,该计算结果是开展球床高温气冷堆衰变热不确定性研究的基础。     

燃耗数据库基准检验方法研究

燃耗数据库基准检验方法对于研制高准确度的燃耗数据库至关重要。本文以TAKAHAMA 3压水堆辐照后检验实验中SF95样品的建模为例，研究了建模要素对燃耗计算的影响，确定了燃耗实验建模的方法，开展了燃耗信用制研究感兴趣的锕系和裂变产物核素积存量计算值与实验值的比对。比对结果显示，主锕系核素计算偏差小于2%，大部分次锕系核素偏差小于10%，大部分重要裂变产物核素偏差小于5%。本文还对125Sb积存量随燃耗深度变化规律进行了理论分析，确认了破坏性放化实验测量结果存在缺陷，并进一步获得了125Sb积存量的修正值，使计算偏差从接近170%下降到20%以内。本次研究表明，燃耗数据库基准检验研究不仅需发展适当的燃耗实验建模方法，还需对实验数据进行适当的评价。     

基于CRAM的压水堆燃耗程序开发及验证

正基于CRAM方法开发了燃耗求解程序MCRAM,利用Cinder90燃耗数据库生成了3 400阶燃耗矩阵(图1),并耦合MCNP程序对重要的锕系核素和裂变产物核素的反应截面进行了修正。以OECD/NEA乏燃料成分基准数据库中的Takahama-3压水堆燃料组件为基准题,对MCRAM程序的计算结果进行验证,并与其他程序的计算结果进行比较。结果表明,MCRAM程序对重要裂变产物和主要锕系核素的计算结果相对误差小于5%,计算精度与ORIGIN2程序的相当(图2)。     

蒙特卡罗燃耗计算程序MCNTRANS的开发与验证

本文介绍了开发的蒙特卡罗燃耗计算程序MCNTRANS。MCNTRANS的中子学计算参数直接采用MCNP5程序的反应率计算值,燃耗计算方法采用图论算法跟踪燃耗链,同时,对实际燃耗过程进行详细分析以提高计算精度与程序适用性,并使用预估 校正方法以获取较大的燃耗计算步长。程序计算结果通过OECD/NEA与JAERI燃耗基准题实验结果进行验证,并与其他程序的计算结果进行比较。结果表明,MCNTRANS程序在不同燃耗深度下的计算结果和实验值与其他程序的计算值符合较好,部分锕系核素与裂变产物的计算精度更高。     

压水堆离散纵标屏蔽设计多群参数库的开发与初步验证

利用最新发布的评价数据库ENDF/B-VIII.0制作了压水堆输运计算所需的多群参数库。多群参数库的制作通过NJOY、PUFF-IV和SCALE6.1程序实现,首先由NJOY核数据处理系统将ENDF格式的中光子截面文件加工成精细群参数库,再由PUFF-IV程序中的SMILER模块转换成AMPX格式供SCALE6.1程序中BONAMI模块进行共振自屏修正计算,最后通过并群计算以及格式转换模块生成适合离散纵标（SN）程序使用的ANISN格式的47群中子-20群光子的多群截面库。通过与OECD/NEA发布基准题的验证比较,证明了此参数库加工方法以及所制作参数库是正确的,满足屏蔽计算工程需求。      

基于OpenMC的多群截面库制作及有效性验证

OpenMC是麻省理工大学计算反应堆物理组开发的开源蒙特卡罗程序,能够方便地制作适用于特定堆芯中子能谱分布的多群反应截面及高阶勒让德散射截面以用于离散坐标输运程序ANISN的计算。本文基于ENDF/B-Ⅶ.1和CENDL-3.1评价数据库,利用OpenMC计算制作了ANSIN格式的多群截面并通过基准题的计算验证计算结果的准确性。通过截面转换程序的编写,将OpenMC给出的堆芯各阶勒让德散射分量,堆芯中子能谱分布,散射、吸收反应率以及裂变中子产生速率等信息转换为ANISN程序可读取的截面库格式。采用制作的截面库利用ANINS计算有效中子增殖因子及堆芯中子通量分布。结果表明,ANISN确定论的计算结果与OpenMC给出的蒙特卡罗计算结果相吻合,验证了这种方法可有效地为ANISN提供截面数据,将来可推广应用于二维、三维确定论中子输运计算。     

Burnup Calculation Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis Method of Fission Yield and Decay Half-life

The calculation model of sensitivity coefficient for decay half-life and fission product yield in burnup calculation was derived based on generalized perturbation theory, which considered the interaction between nuclear concentration and neutron flux. A code was developed to calculate sensitivity and uncertainty of effective neutron multiplication factors and nuclide concentration caused by nuclear data. Covariance matrix of fission yield for a simplified burnup library was generated based on standard deviation data of independent fission yield in evaluated nuclear data library to improve the accuracy of uncertainty quantification. Uncertainties induced by decay half-life and fission yield on infinite neutron multiplication factors and nuclide concentration for TMI-1 pin-cell in the UAM burnup benchmark were quantified based on ENDF/B-Ⅶ.1. The numerical results show that the uncertainty of infinite neutron multiplication factors induced by decay half-lives and fission yields is low, while the uncertainty of concentration of some fission product nuclide is high.     

针对裂变产额和半衰期的燃耗计算灵敏度和不确定度分析方法

基于广义微扰理论推导了裂变产额和半衰期的燃耗灵敏度系数理论模型,该模型考虑了原子核密度和中子通量的相互影响,并开发了燃耗计算中有效增殖因数和原子核密度等响应参数对核数据的灵敏度和不确定度分析程序。基于评价核数据中裂变产物独立产额的标准差数据,产生了针对压缩燃耗数据库的裂变产额协方差矩阵,以提高不确定度的计算精度。基于ENDF/B-Ⅶ.1数据库量化了UAM基准题TMI-1栅元无限增殖因数及重要裂变产物和重核的原子核密度由裂变产额和半衰期引入的不确定度。数值结果表明,对于栅元无限增殖因数,裂变产额和半衰期引入的不确定度很小;对于部分裂变产物的原子核密度,裂变产额和半衰期会引入较大的不确定度。     

Two practical methods for unionized energy grid construction in continuous-energy Monte Carlo neutron transport calculation

A considerable speed-up in continuous-energy Monte Carlo neutron transport calculation can be achieved by using the same unionized energy grid for all point-wise reaction cross sections. This speed-up results from the fact that time-consuming grid iteration is reduced to minimum, and if the unionized grid is constructed by combining the grids of all nuclides, there is no loss of data or accuracy in the calculation. The drawback of this approach is that computer memory is wasted for storing a large number of redundant data points. Memory usage may become a problem, especially in burnup calculation, in which the irradiated materials consist of several hundred actinide and fission product nuclides. The grid size easily increases to over 1 million points, requiring tens of gigabytes of memory for storing the cross section data. This paper presents two practical methods for reducing the memory demand, while trying preserve the accuracy of the original data. The calculation routines are included in the PSG2/Serpent Monte Carlo reactor physics burnup calculation code and the methods are tested in a BWR assembly burnup calculation.     

Lumped pseudo fission products during burnup step in MCNP5-ORIGEN coupling system

Depletion calculation and accurate inventory of fission products in a nuclear system are required for criticality, safety and spent fuel management. Actual trend is to use Monte Carlo methods. It is well known that the fission process produces a large number of nuclides, some of which have a significant impact on the nuclear properties of the core and its behavior. In this study, we propose to determine the influence of fission products on the behavior of the IAEA 10 MW benchmark reactor. Even if nowadays we have powerful computing capability and we can solve the full system of fission products, such calculations are cumbersome and not needed because most of fission products have low absorption rates and therefore their precise concentrations calculation are not required. The practice is to identify and use only the nuclides which can have a significant absorption cross section.From the entire fission products of the available fissionable actinides, 214 nuclides have been considered. Their selection was essentially based on their absorption rates. To carry out the calculation, 81 were treated explicitly and 133 were lumped into pseudo fission products.A computational method has been developed for burnup and criticality calculations using MCNP5-ORIGEN coupling scheme. The MIXE_ACE program was developed and incorporated within this coupling scheme in order to mix and rewrite in ACE format the selected cross sections of the pseudo fission products for each burnup step. The mass weight of the constituent nuclides was used. The initial one group cross sections library for ORIGEN was generated using average flux spectrum in the core.Using the above methodology, an estimation of k_eff and cross sections during depletion calculations has been carried out for the IAEA 10 MW reactor based on UZrH1.6 fuel. The results are compared to those of ANL (Argonne National Laboratory), MCNP6 and other calculations by using selected fission products from WIMS library. Generally, the results are satisfactory but some discrepancies exist. The differences can be explained mainly by the nature of the fission products considered in the calculation and especially their cross sections.     

快堆用蒙特卡罗多群数据库制作方法研究

基于离散角方法，开发了蒙特卡罗多群数据库生成程序MGXSMC，该程序可以实现从输入文件读取截面数据或者从指定格式的截面库中读取截面，产生可供蒙特卡罗程序MCNP或RMC计算的数据库，并且可自动生成相应的索引文件列表。采用二维两群不带反射层的国际原子能机构（IAEA）压水堆（PWR）基准题和铅基快堆（RBEC-M）基准题对MGXSMC程序加工产生的核数据进行验证，计算结果表明，采用P5阶近似多群截面与连续点截面计算的有效增殖系数（keff）结果相差24 pcm（1pcm=10-5），而采用P0阶近似多群截面与连续点截面计算的keff结果相差较大。由此说明蒙特卡罗多群数据库的制作方法和所开发的程序是正确的，同时，中子各向异性散射对铅基快堆计算结果影响较大，故制作蒙特卡罗多群数据库时应加入中子散射角数据。      

快堆用蒙特卡罗多群数据库制作方法研究

Based on the discrete angle method, a Monte Carlo multi-group cross section generation program MGXSMC was developed. This program can read the cross section data from an input file or read the cross section from a library in a specified format to generate the multi-group cross section for MCNP or RMC. The corresponding index file list can be automatically generated. The two-dimensional two-group IAEA pressurized water reactor (PWR) benchmark and lead-based fast reactor (RBEC-M) benchmark were used to verify the cross section library generated by the MGXSMC program. The calculation results show that the difference between the calculated result of the P5 order approximate multigroup section and the continuous point cross section is 24 pcm (1pcm = 10-5), and the difference of the keff result calculated by the P0 order approximate multigroup section and the continuous point section is large. This shows that the method and the program developed for the Monte Carlo Group Section Library are correct. At the same time, the neutron anisotropic scattering has a large impact on the calculation results of the lead-based fast reactor. Therefore, when the Monte Carlo Group Section library is produced, the neutron scattering angle data should be added.     

堆用蒙卡程序燃耗计算功能开发

堆用蒙卡程序(RMC)是由清华大学工程物理系REAL实验室自主开发的用于反应堆物理分析的中子输运蒙卡程序,本文主要介绍其燃耗计算功能的开发与验证。RMC的燃耗计算功能具有的特点:内部耦合ORIGEN,相比于外耦合方式,更加灵活和高效;使用基于能谱的单群截面统计方法,可在保证精度的前提下,显著提高计算效率;采取预估修正和中点近似等多种燃耗步策略,减小大燃耗步长时的计算误差。通过计算压水堆栅元、沸水堆组件、快堆等一系列基准题和算例,验证了RMC燃耗计算的正确性和速度优势。