Abstract:
Based on a 1 GWth thorium molten salt breeder reactor (TMSBR), uncertainty of
keff to nuclear data was analyzed using the TRITON and TSUNAMI-3D modules of SCALE. The results show that uncertainty of
keff to nuclear data increases from 0.49% to 0.55% with burnup time. At the beginning of life (BOL),
232Th(n,γ) cross section is the largest contributor to the
keff uncertainty, which is about 0.35%, followed by the contributions from
233U(n,f) and
7Li(n,γ) cross sections. With the increase of burnup, the effects of
135Xe(n,γ) and
143Nd(n,γ) cross sections on the
keff uncertainty become more increasingly significant. The analysis for sensitivity coefficient shows that the cross sections for
232Th(n,γ),
233U(n,f) and
7Li(n,γ) have more significant impacts on the
keff uncertainty, especially at the neutron energy range of 0.02-0.5 eV, which should therefore be improved.