An Overview of the Argonne National Laboratory Fast Critical Experiments, 1963-1990

A Validation Study of Existing Neutronics Tools against ZPPR-21 and ZPPR-15 Critical Experiments

“…The ZPPR-15 experiments were conducted from April 1985 through July 1986 under the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) Benchmark Physics Test Program [2,3]. The focus of the program was to provide experimental support for core designs using metallic alloy fuel.…”

Preliminary Validation Studies of Existing Neutronics Analysis Tools for Advanced Burner Reactor Design Applications

“…The objective has been to define bias factors and associated uncertainties (to be used to define design/operation margins) for most design integral parameters. The ANL suite of fast reactor neutronics analysis codes has extensively validated against critical experiments [1][2][3][4][5] and high fidelity Monte Carlo solution [6]. The overall neutronics methodologies including depletion calculations have also been validated using a large experimental database derived from destruction measurements of EBR-II experimental test assemblies and processing irradiated EBR-II fuel assemblies in the Fuel Conditioning Facility [7,8].…”