Review Article

Method for the Calculation of DPA in the Reactor Pressure Vessel of Atucha II

Table 1

Flux and DPA rate spectrum for 𝑅 = 3 6 9 . 5  cm (RPV inner surface) and 𝑅 = 3 7 7 . 0  cm ( 1 / 4 𝑇 ).

Flux spectrumDPA rate spectrum
Energy groupRPV inner surf. 1 / 4 𝑇 RPV inner surf. 1 / 4 𝑇
MeVn/cm2/s%fn/cm2/s%fs 1 %fs 1 %f

0to 4 𝑒 7 2 . 1 2 ( 1 ) 𝐸 + 1 0 26% 3 . 8 2 ( 1 ) 𝐸 + 0 8 2% 1 . 5 0 ( 1 ) 𝐸 1 3 4% 5 . 5 6 ( 1 ) 𝐸 1 5 0%
4 𝑒 7 to0.1 5 . 3 7 ( 2 ) 𝐸 + 1 0 67% 1 . 4 4 ( 2 ) 𝐸 + 1 0 78% 5 . 1 5 ( 2 ) 𝐸 1 3 14% 2 . 3 0 ( 2 ) 𝐸 1 3 14%
0.1to1 4 . 1 8 ( 2 ) 𝐸 + 0 9 5% 3 . 0 2 ( 3 ) 𝐸 + 0 9 16% 1 . 1 4 ( 2 ) 𝐸 1 2 30% 8 . 3 8 ( 2 ) 𝐸 1 3 48%
1to20 1 . 5 9 ( 5 ) 𝐸 + 0 9 2% 6 . 1 6 ( 5 ) 𝐸 + 0 8 3% 1 . 9 6 ( 5 ) 𝐸 1 2 52% 6 . 6 5 ( 4 ) 𝐸 1 3 38%

Total 8 . 0 7 ( 2 ) 𝐸 + 1 0 100% 1 . 8 5 ( 2 ) 𝐸 + 1 0 100% 3 . 7 6 ( 3 ) 𝐸 1 2 100% 1 . 7 4 ( 3 ) 𝐸 1 2 100%