Www.inl.gov Re-analysis of the RRR/SEG Experiments Andrew Hummel Idaho National Laboratory SG39 Meeting NEA Paris, December 4, 2015.

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Re-analysis of the RRR/SEG Experiments Andrew Hummel Idaho National Laboratory SG39 Meeting NEA Paris, December 4, 2015

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility Rossendorfer Ringzonen-Reaktor (RRR) – Zero power Argonaut type reactor consisting of an annular core – Criticality reached December 16, 1962 – Thermal driver fuel zone: 60 %U 3 O 8 / 40% Al (20% U-235) – Contained both outer and inner graphite reflectors Schnelles Einsatz-Gitter (SEG) – Fast insertion lattice deployed in 1972 – Al or Fe matrix filled with varying pellets (unit cells) – 7 primary configurations – Initial focus on SEG 4 – 7: Measurements/data on structural materials and fission products

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility Heironymus [1]

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility Lehmann et al [2] SEG 6 insertion lattice and small sample disks Integral experimental setup used to perform small sample reactivity measurements Small sample disks

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility Annular driver zone consists of 24 rectangular cassettes with a max of 12 fuel sections of 6 pins in each cassette – 24 triangular graphite wedges fill in between; water moderated This zone is treated homogenously since the exact number of fuel sections varies (and is unknown); vary the radius to achieve criticality Dietze [3] Fuel Cassette with Pins Triangular Graphite Wedge

Pile Oscillator Method for Measurement Pneumatically driven with a second period, 80cm stroke Depends on reactor power, number of measured periods, and reproducibility Measured background and reactivity effect simultaneously – PUWO oscillator Dietze et al [4]

Description of Measurements The pile oscillator method was used to measure reactivity effects – +/- 0.3 millicents (~ pcm) – accuracy of method – +/- 0.1 millicents (~ pcm) – inherent accuracy due to reactor drift behavior Oscillating Al tube filled with graphite and samples placed in graphite containers – Oscillated against dummy graphite containers - “clean experiments” Boron ionization chamber detected the flux response “Reactivity and the total neutron population undergo oscillations with the same frequency as the oscillations of the sample” (Foell – 1972) “The sample reactivity is identical with the reactivity difference in the two oscillator positions” (Dietze – 1993)

Spectral Characteristics Adjoint exhibits a depression around 10 keV with rapid increases to higher and lower energies Different pellet arrangements in the SEG lattice lead to both hard and soft neutron spectrums and different adjoint function shapes – Obtain separate capture and scattering information Measured through pseudo-reactivity worths of different radioactive neutron sources in central channel Salvatores [6]

SEG Pellet Unit Cells SEG 4/5: energy-independent adjoint spectrum (reduce U-238 content) – Slowing down effect disappears: i.e. the reactivity change is due only to capture SEG 4 SEG 5 SEG 6 EK-10/EK-45: monotonously rising adjoint function – Hard neutron spectrum with a dominant, negative scattering effect: suitable for inelastic scattering data SEG 6 no unit cell (radial arrangement of nat U and 36% U) SEG 7A/7B: similar to SEG 4/5 but have softer neutron spectrums (PE) – Capture and scattering effects are negative SEG 7A SEG 7B BG=borated graphite PE=polyethylene

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility SEG 4, 5, & 7 lattice – 72 holes in a six-angular arrangement – Central channel filled with graphite and sample material – Pellets grouped in unit cells fill holes – Graphite converter surrounded by annular driver fuel

RRR/SEG Fast-Thermal Coupled Facility SEG 6 lattice – Radial arrangement of 4 rings each having 12 channels – Inner ring: 36% enriched U – Outer 3 rings: natural U – Inner absorption zone: B 4 C – Experimental channel is either 5.0 or 1.2 cm in diameter – Natural U converter surrounded by annular driver fuel

RRR/SEG Schematic

RRR/SEG Critical Configurations

Experimental Flux and Adjoint Spectrums

MCNP6.1 Calculated Flux and Adjoint Spectrums

Experimental Flux and Adjoint Spectrums

MCNP6.1 Calculated Flux and Adjoint Spectrums

Sample Materials/Measurements of Interest SEG 4SEG 5SEG 7ASEG 7B MaterialCentral Reactivity Worth (pcm) B 4 C (81% B-10) ± ± ± ± B 4 C (natural) ± U 3 O 8 (90% U-235) ± ± ± ± U (89.5% enr.) ± U (36% enr.) U (nat) ± ± ± Mo ± ± ± ± Mo ± ± ± ± Mo ± ± ± ± Mo ± ± ± ± Rh ± ± ± Pd ± ± Cs ± ± Ag ± ± ± ± Sm ± ± ± ± Eu ± ± Ta ± ± Nb ± ± Co ± Cd ± ± Fe ± ± Ni ± Mo ± ± Mn ± Au ± Cu Zr ± W ± C ± ± SEG 6 sample masses only found for B 4 C, U 3 O 8, C, and PE samples SEG 6 (EK-10)SEG 6 (EK-45) MaterialCentral Reactivity Worth (pcm/gram) B 4 C (81% B-10) ± B 4 C (90% B-10)-- B 4 C (natural) ± ± B U 3 O 8 (90% U-235) U U Mo Fe Cr Ni Al Zr Ti Cd Pb Bi Mg Be W Cu Rh Mn Ta V Si Nb Co H Polyethelene ± Polyethelene (D) ± ± H2OH2O ± ± D2OD2O ± ± C ± ±

Central Reactivity Worths of Larger Samples in SEG5 Experimental (infinitely dilute) CRWs – Mo mc/g – Mo mc/g – Mo mc/g – Rh mc/g – Ag mc/g – Nd mc/g Linear Extrapolated CRWs – Mo mc/g – Mo mc/g – Mo mc/g – Rh mc/g – Ag mc/g – Nd mc/g

Central Reactivity Worths of Larger Samples in SEG5/6 Experimental (infinitely dilute) CRWs – U3O8 (90%) 31.2 mc/g – U (36%) – U (nat) -7.2 mc/g – U3O8 (90%) 4.8 mc/g [SEG6] Linear Extrapolated CRWs – U3O8 (90%) 22.2 mc/g – U (36%) 7.2 mc/g – U (nat) -3.1 mc/g – U3O8 (90%) 5.9 mc/g [SEG6]

Current Status and Future Work Sample reactivity effects were not observable using MCNP6.1 – Larger samples were examined – Linearly extrapolated values (zero mass) are comparable for some, but not all materials Continue analysis using TRIPOLI - capable of exact perturbation calculations – Develop accurate geometric models – Verify adjoint shapes – Calculate and compare central reactivity worths – Make analysis with deterministic code (ERANOS) Compile experimental results for absorption and scattering measurements Sensitivity/uncertainty analysis

Acknowledgments Giuseppe (Pino) Palmiotti Massimo (Max) Salvatores John D. Bess