#VERA Depletion Benchmark
It contains 10 cases for fuel pin and 16 cases for fuel assemblies, which are all commonly used in PWRs analysis.
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#Problem # Description # Temperature(K) # Moderator Density # U-235 w/o # Power density (W/gU)#
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1A # Pin 3.1w/o TF=565K # 565 # 565 # 565 # 0.743 # 3.1 # 40.0 1B # Pin 3.1w/o TF=600K # 600 # 600 # 600 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 1C # Pin 3.1w/o TF=900K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 1D # Pin 3.1w/o TF=1200K # 600 # 600 #1200 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 1E # Pin IFBA 3.1w/o TF=600K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 1F # Pin 2.1w/o TF=900K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 2.1 # 40.0 1G # Pin 3.6w/o TF=900K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.6 # 40.0 1H # Pin 4.6w/o TF=900K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 4.6 # 40.0 1I # Pin Gadolinia rod (5% Gd2O3)# 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 1.8 # 40.0 1J # Pin 3.1w/o TF=600/900/1200K)# 600 # 600 # 600/900/1200# 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2A # FA No Poisons TF=565K # 565 # 565 # 565 # 0.743 # 3.1 # 40.0 2B # FA No Poisons TF=600K # 600 # 600 # 600 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2C # FA No Poisons TF=900K # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2D # FA No Poisons TF=1200K # 600 # 600 # 1200 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2E # FA 12 Pyrex # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2F # FA 24 Pyrex # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2G # FA 24 AIC # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2H # FA 24 B4C # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2I # FA Instrument Thimble # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2J # FA Instrument + 24 Pyrex # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2K # FA Zoned + 24 Pyrex # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1/3.6 # 40.0 2L # FA 80 IFBA # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2M # FA 128 IFBA # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2N # FA 104 IFBA + 20 WABA # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1 # 40.0 2O # FA 12 Gadolinia # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1/1.8 # 40.0 2P # FA 24 Gadolinia # 600 # 600 # 900 # 0.700 # 3.1/1.8 # 40.0 ################################################################################################################################
Note: Most inner material in Pyrex is changed from water to helium. This change affects VERA 2E, 2F, 2J, and 2K.