Validation and verification

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This page collects together all documents related to Serpent validation. The different categories are listed below. Each entry should include one or several references to publicly accessible documents where the results are reported. Serpent input and output files can be also be provided. When the input consists of multiple files, link zip or gzip archives.

ICSBEP Criticality Benchmarks

Following is a list of cases from the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments (ICSBEP) [1]

ICSBEP ID Experiment Description Results Refs. Files Added by
HEU-MET-FAST-086 Godiva Bare sphere of highly enriched uranium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
PU-MET-FAST-001 Jezebel Bare sphere of plutonium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
U233-MET-FAST-001 Skidoo Bare sphere of U-233 k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
HEU-MET-FAST-002 Topsy Highly enriched uranium sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
PU-MET-FAST-006 Popsy Plutonium sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
U233-MET-FAST-006 Flattop23 U-233 sphere surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
IEU-MET-FAST-007 BigTen L arge all-uranium-metal cylindrical core surrounded by a thick reflector of natural uranium k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
HEU-MET-INTER-001 ZPR-HEU Highly enriched uranium/iron cylinder reflected by stainless steel k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
IEU-MET-FAST-010 ZPR-U9 Cylindrical assembly of uranium metal with a thick depleted uranium reflector k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
MIX-MET-FAST-011 ZPR-MOX Cylindrical assembly of mixed fissile plutonium and uranium metal reflected by graphite k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
PU-MET-INTER-002 ZPR-Pu Cylindrical plutonium/carbon/stainless steel assembly with stainless steel and iron reflectors k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
LEU-SOL-THERM-004 Stacy-029, -033, -046 Water-reflected cylindrical tank with uranyl nitrate solution k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
LEU-SOL-THERM-007 Stacy-030 Unreflected cylindrical tank with uranyl nitrate solution k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
LEU-SOL-THERM-016 Stacy-125 Water-reflected slabs of enriched uranyl nitrate solution k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
LEU-SOL-THERM-021 Stacy-215 Unreflected cylindrical tank of uranyl nitrate solution k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)

Other criticality experiments

Experiment Description Results Refs. Files Added by
SNEAK-7A Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
SNEAK-7B Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
SNEAK-9C1 Unmoderated core UO2 core with a depleted uranium reflector k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
SNEAK-9C2 Unmoderated PuO2/UO2 core with Na and reflected by depleted uranium k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
Masurca-R2 Unmoderated core with enriched uranium fuel surrounded by a UO2–Na mixture blanket and by steel shielding k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
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 [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
FCA-XIX-1 Highly enriched uranium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
FCA-XIX-2 Plutonium/uranium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
FCA-XIX-3 Plutonium core surrounded by UO2/Na and uranium metal blanket regions k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
TCA Light water moderated low-enriched UO2 core in the tank-type critical assembly k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
IPEN Low enriched UO2 fuel rods inside a light water filled tank k-eff, beta-eff [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
Winco Slab tank assembly consisted of two thin coaxial slab tanks uranyl nitrate solution k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
Sheba-II Enriched uranyl fluoride Solution High-Energy Burst Assembly (SHEBA) k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)
SHE-8 A hexagonal core with graphite matrix tubes and low enriched uranium fuel dispersed in graphite rods k-eff, Rossi-alpha [2] N/A Jaakko Leppänen, VTT (2015/11/18)

References

  1. ^ https://www.oecd-nea.org/science/wpncs/icsbep/handbook.html
  2. ^ 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, 65 (2014) 272-279.
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