Publications by Michaël Plaschy

Validation of Monte Carlo predictions of LWR-PROTEUS safety parameters using an improved whole-reactor model

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff

The recent experimental programme conducted in the PROTEUS research reactor at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has concerned detailed investigations of advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels. More than fifteen different configurations of the multi-zone ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2009

Experimental validation of reaction rate distributions for a SVEA-96+ BWR assembly with hafnium control blades

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Flavio Dante Giust

The accurate estimation of reactor physics parameters related to the presence of cruciform absorber blades in boiling water reactors (BWRs) is important for safety assessment and for achieving flexible operation during the cycle. Characteristics that are a ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2009

Comparison of 3D reaction rate distributions measured in an optima2 BWR assembly with MCNPX predictions

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff

As part of a joint research programme between the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and swissnuclear, with the co-operation of the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland and fuel suppliers Westinghouse Sweden, measurements and calculations have been made ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Characterisation of radial reaction rate distributions across the 92-pin section of a SVEA-96 Optima2 assembly

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff

Characterisation of the SVEA-96 Optima2 boiling water reactor assembly, in terms of the radial distributions of normalised total fission and 238U capture rates, is reported at its central elevation, i.e. at the 92-pin section, where the one-third part-leng ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Radial and azimuthal 235U fission and 238U capture distributions in BWR UO2 pins: CASMO-4 and MCNP4C versus activation foil measurements

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff

In the context of the LWR-PROTEUS program, radial and azimuthal 235U fission (F5) and 238U capture (C8) rate distributions have been calculated for zero-burnup pins of a Westinghouse SVEA-96 Optima2 boiling water reactor fuel assembly using the stochastic ...

ANS2007

Comparisons of deterministic neutronic calculations with Monte Carlo results for an advanced BWR fuel assembly with hafnium control blades

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Filippo Tani, Flavio Dante Giust

From the neutronic viewpoint, the optimization of BWR core designs is strongly related to the accurate determination of flux variations inside and around fuel assemblies. These fluctuations, which are mainly due to the high heterogeneity of the fuel and mo ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2006

Determination of adjusted neutron spectra in different MUSE configurations by unfolding techniques

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla

Investigations of spectrum adjustment by unfolding techniques for different locations of critical and driven subcritical MUSE4 configurations are presented. The current analysis is based on the recent accomplishment of specific foil activation measurements ...

American Society for Testing and Materials2006

Importance of the MUSE experiments for emerging ADS concepts from the nuclear data viewpoint

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Gérald Rimpault

The current investigation, conducted in the general framework of the MUSE program ("MUltiplication avec une Source Externe"), considers the representativity of a specific configuration of its fourth phase (M4SC2), which is driven by an external D(d,n)He3 o ...

Elsevier2005

Investigation of ADS-Type heterogeneities in the MUSE4 critical configuration

Michaël Plaschy, Rakesh Chawla, Gérald Rimpault

The MUSE4 programme of ADS-related integral experiments has recently been completed at the MASURCA facility at Cadarache (France). Investigations have been carried out in a reference critical fast-spectrum configuration and related sub-critical core config ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2005