Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

Research Article

Evaluation of ASSERT-PV V3R1 against the PSBT Benchmark

Table 2

Bundle parameters [1].
Parameter B5, B8, A2 B6, A4, A11 B7, A8, A12 A0 A3 A1
Configuration
Heated rods 25 25 24 25 36 25
Thimble rods 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rod diameter (mm) 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5
Thimble diam (mm) — — 12.24 ———
Rod pitch (mm) 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6
Heated length (mm) 3658 3658 3658 3658 3658 3658
Radial power profile A A B A D C
Axial power shape Uniform Cosine Cosine Uniform Uniform Uniform
Number of MVs 7 7 7 5 7 7
Number of NMVs 2 2 2 2 2 2
Number of SSs 8 8 8 6 8 8