Validation of codes for modeling and simulation of nuclear power plants: A review

K Moshkbar-Bakhshayesh, S Mohtashami - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The validation process is done to ensure the performance of nuclear codes compared to
experimental results and to determine the degree of reliability of codes output. The …

Safety analysis of LBLOCA in BDBA scenarios for the Bushehr's VVER-1000 nuclear power plant

A Pirouzmand, A Ghasemi, F Faghihi - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of thermal-hydraulic calculations of a large break loss of
coolant accident (LBLOCA) analysis for a VVER-1000/V446 unit at Bushehr nuclear power …

Multi-physics modeling of VVERs with high fidelity high-resolution codes

M Papadionysiou - 2022 - infoscience.epfl.ch
The calculations performed for the design and operation of a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) are
a key factor for its safety analyses. The standard for the computational analysis of NPPs is …

Validation of a VVER 1000 Trace Model

P Groudev, P Vryashkova, A Stefanova… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - proceedings.bas.bg
The presented article discusses develo** and validation of a VVER 1000 TRACE V5. 0p5
model. Develo** such model for a TRACE computer code is important as it increases the …

Comparative thermohydraulic analyses of VVER 1000 active core for two different construction types of assemblies

Y Perin, S Nikonov, R Henry, I Pasichnyk, K Velkov - Kerntechnik, 2019 - degruyter.com
Abstract The OECD/NEA Benchmark on NPP Kalinin Unit 3 “Switching-off of one of the four
operating main circulation pumps at nominal power” based on measurements is at its end …

[PDF][PDF] Codes And Methods Improvements for VVER comprehensive safety assessment

H Artur, O Sevbo - Euratom, Energorisk, 2019 - camivver-h2020.eu
Codes And Methods Improvements for VVER comprehensive safety assessment D3.1 - A
comprehensive review of the available VVER data Page 1 This project has received funding …

FloEFD Calculation Assessment to Experimental Data in Nuclear Safety Case

S Philipov, D Popov, K Batakliev - International …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the results of comparison between CFD code FloEFD and an
experiment in Kozloduy NPP concerning coolant mixing. This comparison is done with …

[PDF][PDF] VVER-1000 main steam line break analysis using the coupled code system DYN3D/ATHLET

S Kliem, Y Kozmenkov, T Höhne, U Rohde… - Proceedings of …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Calculations using the coupled code system DYN3D/ATHLET were performed in the frame
of the OECD/NEA MSLB benchmark for a VVER-1000 reactor. The coolant mixing inside the …

The evaluation of TRACE/PARCS model for BWR-4 nuclear power plant by startup test transient analyses

JJ Huang, SW Chen, JR Wang, C Shih, HT Lin… - Kerntechnik, 2021 - degruyter.com
Generally, the thermal hydraulic (TH) codes need the results of Neutron Kinetics (NK) codes
providing the reactivity properties to calculate neutron flux. Then the TH codes perform the …

[PDF][PDF] D3. 3–Definition report of SB LOCA+ SG tubing break benchmark

P Groudev, A Stefanova, R Gencheva, P Vryashkova… - camivver-h2020.eu
Summary This Deliverable 3.3 on “Definition report of SB LOCA+ SG tubing break
benchmark” is a part of CAMIVVER, WP3, Task 3.3:“SB LOCA specification+ SG line break …