Special Session on TVA Watts Bar Benchmark: I -- ANS / Conferences / International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) / Technical Sessions

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This session contains 4 papers related to current activities for analyzing OECD/NEA TVA WB1 Benchmark. The session will begin with a 20 minute introduction to the benchmark, and the first paper will be presented at 1:50pm PDT.

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VERA Solution to the Watts Bar Benchmark Problem

1:50–2:10PM PDT

Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Khaldoon Al-Dawood (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)

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NEA/OECD TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multi-Physics Multi-Cycle Depletion Benchmark with CASMO5 and SIMULATE5

2:10–2:30PM PDT

Emiliya L. Georgieva (Studsvik Scandpower), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower)

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Variability Due to Nuclear Data Applied to the Watts Bar Unit 1 Benchmark with CASMO5/SIMULATE5 Code Sequence

2:30–2:50PM PDT

S. Bonthoux (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)

Presented by Franck Bernard (IRSN)

Paper

First Steps of the ANTARES Validation with TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Cycle 1 Benchmark

2:50–3:10PM PDT

F. Bernard (IRSN), S. Bonthoux (IRSN), M. Forestier (IRSN), G. Girault (IRSN), A. Sargeni (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)

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