FIPD: EBR-II Fuels Irradiation & Physics Database

Abstract

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Software Quality Assurance for EBR-II Fuels Irradiation and Physics Database (FIPD)

“…For the second bug, SE2ANL was observed to incorrectly calculate the Reynolds number in the Nusselt number calculation. The Nusselt number is written as (1) In the above equation, the four d values are provided by the user as input and are typically 0.025, 0.08, 0.08, and 7.0 for most SFR applications. From inspection, it was determined that the d4 value dominates the magnitude of the coefficient because of the selection of d1.…”

“…This experience generated data for both metallic and oxide fuels. In particular, U-Zr based metallic alloy fuel data were generated during the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) program (1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994), and are currently maintained in the DOE-NE supported Fuels and Irradiation Database (FIPD) [1].…”

Metallic Fuel Performance Code Requirements for the Versatile Test Reactor Project

“…Establishing benchmark problems is a crucial step toward gaining confidence in the predictive capabilities of the code. Operational and PIE data collected from IFR-era experiments involving different geometries, fuel and cladding materials, and irradiation conditions are available in online databases [54]. These data can be used to construct benchmarks that span large portions of the design space.…”

FIPD: EBR-II Fuels Irradiation & Physics Database – FY19 Updates

“…The pin-level operating parameters available in FIPD are summarized below in Figure 1. These parameters are calculated using a series of computational codes, described in more detail in a previous report [7]. While the available dataset has not been extended, there have been several corrections to the existing dataset based on ongoing quality assurance efforts.…”

“…The database development is an ongoing effort over the past few years [1,2,3,4,5,6,7], and continues to the present (FY 2019). The database structure, interface, and current status are described in the subsequent sections.…”