Validation and verification

ICSBEP Benchmarks

Following is a list of cases from the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments (ICSBEP)

Leppänen, J., Aufiero, M., Fridman, E., Rachamin, R., and van der Marck, S. "Calculation of effective point kinetics parameters in the Serpent 2 Monte Carlo code." Ann. Nucl. Energy, [(2014) 272-279.]

ICSBEP ID	Name	Description	Results	Documentation	Files	Added by
HEU-MET-FAST-086	Godiva	Bare sphere of highly enriched uranium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
PU-MET-FAST-001	Jezebel	Bare sphere of plutonium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
U233-MET-FAST-001	Skidoo	Bare sphere of U-233	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
HEU-MET-FAST-002	Topsy	Highly enriched uranium sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
PU-MET-FAST-006	Popsy	Plutonium sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
U233-MET-FAST-006	Flattop23	U-233 sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
IEU-MET-FAST-007	BigTen L	arge all-uranium-metal cylindrical core surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
HEU-MET-INTER-001	ZPR-HEU	Highly enriched uranium/iron cylinder reflected by stainless steel	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
IEU-MET-FAST-010	ZPR-U9	Cylindrical assembly of uranium metal with a thick depleted uranium reflector	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
MIX-MET-FAST-011	ZPR-MOX	Cylindrical assembly of mixed fissile plutonium and uranium metal reflected by graphite	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
PU-MET-INTER-002	ZPR-Pu	Cylindrical plutonium/carbon/stainless steel assembly with stainless steel and iron reflectors	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
LEU-SOL-THERM-004	Stacy-029, -033, -046	Water-reflected cylindrical tank with uranyl nitrate solution	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
LEU-SOL-THERM-007	Stacy-030	Unreflected cylindrical tank with uranyl nitrate solution	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
LEU-SOL-THERM-016	Stacy-125	Water-reflected slabs of enriched uranyl nitrate solution	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
LEU-SOL-THERM-021	Stacy-215	Unreflected cylindrical tank of uranyl nitrate solution	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)

Other criticality experiments

Name	Description	Results	Documentation	Files	Added by
SNEAK-7A	Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
SNEAK-7B	Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
SNEAK-9C1	Unmoderated core UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
SNEAK-9C2	Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with Na and reflected by depleted uranium	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
Masurca-R2	Unmoderated core with enriched uranium fuel surrounded by a UO2–Na mixture blanket and by steel shielding	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
Masurca-Z2	Unmoderated core with plutonium and depleted uranium fuel surrounded by a UO2–Na mixture blanket and by steel shielding	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
FCA-XIX-1	Highly enriched uranium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
FCA-XIX-2	Plutonium/uranium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
FCA-XIX-3	Plutonium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
TCA	Light water moderated low-enriched UO2 core in the tank-type critical assembly	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
IPEN	Low enriched UO2 fuel rods inside a light water filled tank	$k_{eff}, \beta_{eff}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
Winco	Slab tank assembly consisted of two thin coaxial slab tanks uranyl nitrate solution	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
Sheba-II	Enriched uranyl fluoride Solution High-Energy Burst Assembly (SHEBA)	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)
SHE-8	A hexagonal core with graphite matrix tubes and low enriched uranium fuel dispersed in graphite rods	$k_{eff}, \alpha_{R}$	Ann. Nucl. Energy	N/A	Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (Nov. 18, 2015)