Validation of the COTENP Code: A Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Code for Nuclear Reactors with Plate Type Fuel Assemblies

Table 5

Main description parameters of IEA-R1 research reactor [22, 26].

Reactor parameter	Data	Note
Thermal power reactor [MW]	2-5	Depends on irradiation program
Number of Fuel assembly	24
(i) Standard FA	20
(ii) Control FA	4
Total coolant flow rate [m^3/h]	772
Bypass flow rate [m^3/h]	547.2
Coolant flow rate of FA [m^3/h]	22.8
Inlet Pressure [Mpa]	0.17
Inlet temperature [°C]	31.67/32.50/ 32.53	For 4.0 / 4.5 /5.0 [MW] respectively
Power Density [W/cm^3]	143 /158 /172	For 4.0 / 4.5 /5.0 [MW] respectively
Number of fuel plates:
(i) Standard FA	18
(ii) Control FA	12
Fuel meat dimensions (U3Si2-Al or U3O8-Al) [mm]	0.76 x 62.6 x 600
Thickness of coolant channel [mm]	2.89
Clad thickness[mm]	0.38

, Fuel assembly.