NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)25
In this benchmark exercise the goal is to test the current state-of-the-art two-dimensional methods of calculating neutron flux to reactor components against the measured data of the VENUS-1 critical...
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1 January 1996
Since the beginning of benchmark activities, two benchmark workshops took place. The first was held in Madrid, Spain (June 1998), and the second in Garching near Munich, Germany (March 1999). It was ...
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1 January 1999
The OECD/NEA Task Force on Computing Radiation Dose and Modelling of Radiation-Induced Degradation of Reactor Components (TFRDD) launched two international blind intercomparison exercises to examine ...
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1 January 2000
NEA/NSC/DOC(2000)4
Several NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) activities are concerned with the validation of computation methods and codes as applied to nuclear technology. One of the challenges has been and continue...
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17 March 2000
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10 December 2000
The benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a PWR main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the main steam isolation valves....
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22 December 2000
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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20 July 2001
NEA/NSC/DOC(2001)20
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 15-16 October 2001
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1 October 2001
NEA/NSC/DOC(2002)11
Rossendorf (Dresden), Germany, 28-30 May 2002
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29 July 2002
NEA/NSC/DOC(2002)15
6 October 2002, Seoul, Korea
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1 November 2002
This benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a pressurised water reactor (PWR) main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the...
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22 November 2002
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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31 December 2003
NEA/NSC/DOC(2003)1
21-22 January 2003, Barcelona, Spain
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1 May 2003
This benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a pressurised water reactor (PWR) main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the...
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19 November 2003
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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7 July 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2005)2
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting of June 2002, a proposal for a benchmark on thermal fatigue in fluid mixing areas based on the test performed by the Commissaria...
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1 August 2005
The United States and the Russian Federation have each agreed to dispose of 34 tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium that are beyond their defence needs. One effective way to dispose of this plutonium is...
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20 January 2006
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29 April 2006
Pisa, Italy
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18 December 2020
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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30 June 2006
Refined models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data can improve the understanding of phenomena and the quantification of margins for operating nuclear power reactors...
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7 July 2006
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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21 December 2006
NEA/NSC/DOC(2007)1/1
Particle transport calculations in three-dimensional configurations are becoming prevalent in nuclear applications. This places a premium on determining the accuracy of numerical solutions to practic...
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23 February 2007
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11 May 2007
Paris, France
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18 December 2020
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4 April 2008
Garching, Germany
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18 December 2020
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28 April 2009
Pennsylvania State University (PSU), United States
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9 November 2020
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1 May 2009
University Park/State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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18 December 2020
NEA/NSC/DOC(2009)8
Saratoga Springs, New York, 6 May 2009 - Meeting summary
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11 May 2009
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)3
This Phase II exercise was the first benchmarking of severe accident codes promoted by NEA in almost 20 years. The objective of the exercise was to perform a code benchmark on a well-defined plant (s...
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3 August 2009
This report provides the specification for the uncertainty exercises of the international OECD/NEA, NRC and NUPEC BFBT benchmark problem including the elemental task. The specification was prepared j...
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1 January 2010
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13 April 2010
University of Pisa, Italy
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9 November 2020
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15 April 2010
Pisa, Italy
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18 December 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)6
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicability to high b...
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15 November 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)13
The idea of a benchmark study on risk-informed in-service inspection (RI-ISI) was initially developed within a subgroup of the ENIQ Task Group on Risk. The preliminary JRC project proposal was endors...
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26 January 2011
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12 April 2011
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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9 November 2020
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15 April 2011
Stockholm, Sweden
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18 December 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)5
The OECD/NEA-Vattenfall T-Junction Benchmark was initiated to test the ability of state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes to predict the important parameters affecting high-cycle th...
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12 May 2011
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)1
Based on the success of the OECD/NRC BFBT Benchmark, Japan released data based on the NUPEC PWR Sub-channel and Bundle Tests (PSBT) Benchmark and asked Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the Unit...
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4 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)8
In December 2008, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round...
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19 January 2012
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11 May 2012
Karlsruhe, Germany
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18 December 2020
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)11
The objective of the OECD LWR UAM activity is to establish an internationally accepted benchmark framework to compare, assess and further develop different uncertainty analysis methods associated wit...
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24 May 2012
NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)17
LACANES – Phase I: Isothermal forced convection case
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12 June 2012
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12 June 2012
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)10
This report defines the “OECD/NEA/NSC PBMR Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-hydraulics Transient Benchmark of the PBMR-400 Core Design”. This chapter gives more information on the day-to-day management of ...
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19 June 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)5
The OECD/NEA-KAERI MATiS-H benchmark was initiated to test the ability of state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes to predict important turbulence parameters downstream of a generic ...
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15 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)7
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing the understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicability to hi...
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18 November 2013
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16 May 2014
Garching, Germany
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21 December 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5/ADD1
A round robin exercise (RRE) on Improving the Robustness Assessments Methodologies for Structures Impacted by Missiles (IRIS-2012) was instituted jointly by IRSN, France and CNSC, Canada based on exp...
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30 June 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved in December 2008 a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round ...
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27 August 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)14
The objective of the Post-BEMUSE Reflood Model Input Uncertainty Methods (PREMIUM) Benchmark is to progress on the issue of the quantification of the uncertainty of the physical models in system ther...
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23 February 2015
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)18
In 2012, following a proposal from Japan, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) decided to initiate a joint project to conduct a study of the accident progression for the Fukush...
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1 March 2015