Analysis of low power, high power and transient power commissioning tests in the CABRI reactor

Jp. Hudelot (1) , Y. Garnier (1) , B. Duc (1) , P. Fougeras (1) , J. Lecerf (1) , L. Pantera (1) , O. Clamens (1) , M. Maillot (1) , B. Biard (2) , S. Mirotta (3)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
2 IRSN/PSN-RES/SEREX/L2EP - Laboratoire Expérimentation En Pile
3 IRSN - Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire

This paper presents this analysis of the low power, high power and transient power commissioning tests of the CABRI reactor that were performed from 2015 to 2017. The comparison between experimental results and calculational results is given and concludes to a good consistency. Those tests allowed defining the authorized domain of operation of CABRI, better mastering the boundary conditions of the CABRI RIA tests and validating the reference neutronic calculation scheme used for safety and design studies.

Keywords: CABRI; commissioning tests; neutronic

Domains: Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

Jp. Hudelot, Y. Garnier, B. Duc, P. Fougeras, J. Lecerf, et al.. Analysis of low power, high power and transient power commissioning tests in the CABRI reactor. RRFM2019/IGORR2019, May 2019, Amman, Jordan. ⟨cea-02316748⟩