Abstract:
Uncertainty of reactor physical design is one of the necessary parameters for the QMU (quantification of margins and uncertainties) validation of the Generation-Ⅳ nuclear reactors, and uncertainty of nuclear data is an important source. Using BUND (burnup uncertainty of nuclear data) code to couple TRITON and TSUNAMI-3D modules of SCALE code, calculations of uncertainties for the effective multiplication factor
keff in the molten salt reactor for Th-U and U-Pu fuel cycles were performed. The results were compared with the calculation results of uncertainty for
keff by the covariance data from ENDF/B-Ⅶ.1. It is found that, at the beginning of life, the uncertainties for
keff of Th-U and U-Pu fuel cycles are 0.490% and 0.582%, respectively, and they increase with burnup time. At the end of life, reaction channels
239Pu (nubar), (n,f), (n,γ),
105Rh (n,γ),
135Xe(n,γ) and
234U (n,γ),
143Nd (n,γ),
131,135Xe(n, γ) are significant for
keff uncertainties of U-Pu and Th-U fuel cycles.