TWO-DIMENSIONAL (r,z) MULTIGROUP CALCULATION FOR AN INTERMEDIATE SPECTRUM CRITICAL ASSEMBLY (open access)

TWO-DIMENSIONAL (r,z) MULTIGROUP CALCULATION FOR AN INTERMEDIATE SPECTRUM CRITICAL ASSEMBLY

The results of two-dimensional (r,z) multigroup calculations of an experimental low-power reactor (PPA19) are described. Comparison is made between calculated results and experimental measurements of reactivity, power distribution, and sodium activation. Generally good agreement is observed between calculation and experiment. This calculation was performed in 1954 and represents the first application of Roe's twodimensional multigroup formulation to the analysis of an operating critical assembly. The over-all objective of such calculations is to ascertain the accuracy of two-dimensional multigroup methods in order to facilitate their application to future problems in reactor design. (auth)
Date: April 14, 1957
Creator: Hofmann, P.L. & Storm, M.L.
System: The UNT Digital Library