Thermal neutron activation experiments on Ag, In, Cs, Eu, V, Mo, Zn, Sn and Zr in the MINERVE facility

P. Leconte (1) , B. Geslot (1) , A. Gruel (1) , A. Pepino (1)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)

The MAESTRO experimental program has been designed to improve nuclear data uncertainty on a large range of materials used for detection, absorption, moderation and structures in LWRs. It consists of pile-oscillation and neutron activation experiments, carried out in the MINERVE low power facility. For this program, the core configuration has been designed to be representative of HZP (Hot Zero Power) conditions of a typical PWR. Samples of high purity elements have been manufactured with severe technological constraints to reach a target accuracy of $\pm$2% (1$\sigma$) on the measurement. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of activation experiments, based on TRIPOLI4 Monte-Carlo calculations and various nuclear data libraries.

Keywords: MINERVE

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

P. Leconte, B. Geslot, A. Gruel, A. Pepino. Thermal neutron activation experiments on Ag, In, Cs, Eu, V, Mo, Zn, Sn and Zr in the MINERVE facility. WONDER2015 - Fourth International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications, Oct 2015, Aix-En-Provence, France. ⟨cea-02438708⟩