Verification and Validation of AEGIS/SCOPE2: The State-of-the-Art In-Core Fuel Management System for PWRs

Verification and validation of AEGIS/SCOPE2, a state-of-the-art in-core fuel management system for PWRs, was conducted. Verification of implementations for processes of tabulation and reconstruction of cross sections data in the system was confirmed through benchmark problems to confirm consistency between AEGIS and SCOPE2 in terms of reactivity and pin power distribution with identical computational condition in single- and multi-assembly geometry. In validation study numerical performance of the system was demonstrated in analyses of the B&W’s critical experiment and tracking calculations for commercial PWRs in combination of ENDF/B-VII.0 library. It is found the present system gives stability in prediction of critical boron concentration and radial power distribution.