نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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1 گروه فیزیک، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه اراک، صندوق پستی: 3848177584، اراک- ایران
2 پژوهشکده رآکتور و ایمنی هستهای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هستهای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 1339-14155، تهران- ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Radiation damage calculation is very important for estimating the lifetime of nuclear power plant instruments. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the sensitivity of the damage values to the neutron group energy, where the neutron flux rate is maximum. In the present study, we propose three neutron group energy (WIMS, CINDER, and OPENMC) to evaluate the sensitivity of radiation damage calculations. The obtained result from SPECTER code shows that the differences between these results and the standard values (ASTM E-693) for three group energy WIMS, CINDER and OPENMC are respectively 0.25E-04, 0.75E-04, and 1.74E-04 in the ¼ diameter of reactor pressure vessel (RPV). Therefore, the WIMS energy group is the most accurate spectrum compared to other spectrums in this region. Also, these differences are respectively 0.43E-04, 0.52E-04, and 1.86E-04 in the ¾ diameter of RPV. Moreover, the WIMS group energy is the most accurate spectrum in this region. This result shows that increasing the number of neutron energy group cause to reduce the difference between calculation of damage and its standard values. According to the results of calculated damage that induced by WIMS group energy in ¼ diameter of RPV, the values of yield strength at 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years are calculated by SPECOMP and SPECTER codes.
کلیدواژهها English
16. ASTM E693-12, Standard Practice for Charactersing Neutron Exposures in Iron and Low Alloy Steels in Terms of Displacements Per Atom (DPA), E 706 (ID).