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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
E. Saji, H. Shirayanagi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 121 | Number 1 | September 1995 | Pages 52-56
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE95-A24128
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Critical experiments that used high-concentration mixed-oxide (MOX) fuels in boiling water reactor lattice configurations and that were performed in the VENUS International Program are analyzed with CASMO-4 (C-4) /SIMULATE-3 (S-3). Both heterogeneous full-core transport calculations by C-4 and nodal diffusion calculations by S-3 with single-bundle CASMO-4 constants are performed, and the obtained results, such as eigenvalues and pin power distributions, are compared against the measured results. The agreement between the calculations and the measurements is quite satisfactory, and a good predictive capability of C-4 and S-3 for MOX fuels is verified.