Doses absorvidas e doses efetivas podem ser calculadas utilizando códigos computacionais de transporte de radiação. A qualidade desses cálculos depende dos dados nucleares, no entanto, são raras as informações sobre as diferenças nas doses causadas por diferentes bibliotecas. O objetivo desse estudo é comparar os valores de dose (absorvida e efetiva) obtidos utilizando diferentes bibliotecas de dados nucleares devido a uma fonte externa de nêutrons na faixa de 10-11 a 20 MeV. As bibliotecas de dados nucleares são: JENDL 4.0, JEFF 3.1.1 e ENDF/B-VII.0. Cálculos de doses foram realizados utilizando o código MCNPX considerando o modelo antropomórfico da ICRP-110. As diferenças nos valores das doses absorvidas utilizando as bibliotecas JEFF 3.1.1 e a ENDF/B.VII são pequenas, em torno de 1%, porém os resultados obtidos com a JENDL 4.0 apresentam diferenças de até 85 % compara aos resultados da ENDF/B-VII.0 e JEFF 3.1.1. Diferenças nas doses efetivas são em torno de 1,5% entre ENDF/B-VII.0 e JEFF 3.1.1, e 11 % entre ENDF/B-VII.0 e JENDL 4.0. / Absorbed dose and Effective dose are usually calculated using radiation transport computer codes. The quality of the calculations of absorbed dose depends on nuclear data utilized, however, there are rare information about the differences in dose caused by the use of different libraries. The objective of this study is to compare dose values obtained using different nuclear data libraries due to external source of neutrons in the energy range from 10-11 to 20 MeV. The nuclear data libraries used are: JENDL 4.0, JEFF 3.3.1 and ENDF/B.VII. Dose calculations were carried out with the MCNPX code considering the anthropomorphic ICRP 110 model. The differences in the absorbed dose values using JEFF 3.3.1 and ENDF/B.VII libraries are small, around 1%, but the results obtained with JENDL 4.0 presented differences up to 85% compared to ENDF and JEFF results. Differences in effective dose values are around 1.5% between ENDF and JEFF and 11% between ENDF/B.VII and JENDL 4.0.

Le formulaire de calcul DARWIN2.3, basé sur l’évaluation des données nucléaires JEFF-3.1.1, est dédié aux applications du cycle du combustible nucléaire. Il est validé expérimentalement pour le calcul du bilan matière par comparaison avec des mesures de rapports isotopiques réalisées sur des tronçons de combustibles irradiés en réacteur de puissance. Pour certains nucléides d’intérêt pour le cycle du combustible, la validation expérimentale montre que le calcul de la concentration en évolution pourrait être amélioré. C’est dans ce contexte que les travaux de thèse ont été menés : après s’être assuré que le biais Calcul / Expérience (C/E) est majoritairement dû aux données nucléaires, deux voies d’amélioration du calcul du bilan matière sont proposées et étudiées.La première voie d’amélioration s’attache à la ré-estimation des données nucléaires par assimilation des données intégrales. Elle consiste en l'assimilation des données provenant de la validation expérimentale du calcul du bilan matière avec DARWIN2.3 à l'aide du code d’évaluation des données nucléaires CONRAD. Des recommandations d’évolution d’évaluation, qui découlent de l’analyse de ces travaux, sont effectuées.La deuxième voie d’amélioration consiste à proposer de nouvelles expériences pour valider les données nucléaires impliquées dans la formation de nucléides pour lesquels on ne dispose pas d’expérience pour valider le calcul de la concentration avec DARWIN2.3. La faisabilité d’une expérience dédiée à la validation des sections efficaces des réactions de formation du 14C, à savoir 14N(n,p) et 17O(n,α), a été démontrée en ce sens. / The DARWIN2.3 calculation package, based on the use of the JEFF-3.1.1 nuclear data library, is devoted to nuclear fuel cycle studies. It is experimentally validated for fuel inventory calculation thanks to dedicated isotopic ratios measurements realized on in-pile irradiated fuel rod cuts. For some nuclides of interest for the fuel cycle, the experimental validation work points out that the concentration calculation could be improved. The PhD work was done in this framework: having verified that calculation-to-experiment (C/E) biases are mainly due to nuclear data, two ways of improving fuel inventory calculation are proposed and investigated. It consists on one hand in improving nuclear data using the integral data assimilation technique. Data from the experimental validation of DARWIN2.3 fuel inventory calculation are assimilated thanks to the CONRAD code devoted to nuclear data evaluation. Recommendations of nuclear data evaluations are provided on the basis of the analysis of the assimilation work. On the other hand, new experiments should be proposed to validate nuclear data involved in the buildup of nuclides for which there is no post-irradiation examination available to validate DARWIN2.3 fuel inventory calculation. To that extent, the feasibility of an experiment dedicated to the validation of the ways of formation of 14C, which are 14N(n,p) and 17O(n,α) reaction cross sections, was demonstrated.

The present knowledge of angular distributions of neutron-induced fission is limited to a maximal energy of 15 MeV, with large discrepancies around 14 MeV. Only 238U and 232Th have been investigated up to 100 MeV in a single experiment. The n_TOF Collaboration performed the fission cross section measurement of several actinides (232Th, 235U, 238U, 234U, 237Np) at the n_TOF facility using an experimental set-up made of Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters (PPAC), extending the energy domain of the incident neutron above hundreds of MeV. The method based on the detection of the 2 fragments in coincidence allowed to clearly disentangle the fission reactions among other types of reactions occurring in the spallation domain. I will show the methods we used to reconstruct the full angular resolution by the tracking of fission fragments. Below 10 MeV our results are consistent with existing data. For example in the case of 232Th, below 10 MeV the results show clearly the variation occurring at the first (1 MeV) and second (7 MeV) chance fission, corresponding to transition states of given J and K (total spin and its projection on the fission axis), and a much more accurate energy dependence at the 3rd chance threshold (14 MeV) has been obtained. In the spallation domain, above 30 MeV we confirm the high anisotropy revealed in 232Th by the single existing data set. I'll discuss the implications of this finding, related to the low anisotropy exhibited in proton-induced fission. I also explore the critical experiments which is valuable checks of nuclear data. The 237Np neutron-induced fission cross section has recently been measured in a large energy range (from eV to GeV) at the n TOF facility at CERN. When compared to previous measurements, the n TOF fission cross section appears to be higher by 5-7 % beyond the fission threshold. To check the relevance of n TOF data, we simulate a criticality experiment performed at Los Alamos with a 6 kg sphere of 237Np. This sphere was surrounded by enriched uranium 235U so as to approach criticality with fast neutrons. The simulation predicts a multiplication factor keff in better agreement with the experiment (the deviation of 750 pcm is reduced to 250 pcm) when we replace the ENDF/B- VII.0 evaluation of the 237Np fission cross section by the n TOF data. We also explore the hypothesis of deficiencies of the inelastic cross section in 235U which has been invoked by some authors to explain the deviation of 750 pcm. The large distortion that should be applied to the inelastic cross sections in order to reconcile the critical experiment with its simulation is incompatible with existing measurements. Also we show that the nubar of 237Np can hardly be incriminated because of the high accuracy of the existing data. Fission rate ratios or averaged fission cross sections measured in several fast neutron fields seem to give contradictory results on the validation of the 237Np cross section but at least one of the benchmark experiments, where the active deposits have been well calibrated for the number of atoms, favors the n TOF data set. These outcomes support the hypothesis of a higher fission cross section of 237Np.

En règle générale, les études de sûreté-criticité concernant les combustibles usés stockés, transportés ou retraités sont très conservatives et considèrent ce combustible comme neuf donc le plus réactif possible. Le « Crédit Burn-up » (CBU) est la prise en compte de l’antiréactivité du combustible irradié par rapport au combustible neuf. Une méthodologie CBU rigoureuse, développée par le CEA en collaboration avec AREVA-NC a récemment été validée et réévaluée pour les combustibles REP-UOx. Cependant, 22 réacteurs sur les 58 que compte la France utilisent également du combustible MOx. De plus en plus d’assemblages MOx irradiés doivent donc être entreposés et transportés, ce qui conduit les industriels à s’intéresser à la prise en compte du CBU pour ces applications, dans le but de pouvoir gagner des marges en terme de dimensionnement des installations. Des publications récentes et les travaux du Groupe de Travail Français sur le CBU ont souligné l’importance de la prise en compte des 15 produits de fission stables et non volatiles les plus absorbants qui sont à l’origine de la moitié de l’antiréactivité totale apportée dans les combustibles REP-MOx. C’est pourquoi, dans le but de garantir la sous-criticité de la configuration étudiée suivant les dispositions règlementaires relatives à la sûreté des installations, les biais de calcul affectant leur bilan-matière et leur effet individuel en réactivité doivent également être pris en considération dans les études de sûreté-criticité s’appuyant sur des calculs de criticité. Dans ce contexte, une revue bibliographique exhaustive a permis d’identifier les particularités des combustibles REP-MOx et une démarche rigoureuse a été suivie afin de proposer une méthodologie CBU adaptée à ces combustibles validée et physiquement représentative, permettant de prendre en compte les produits de fission et permettant d’évaluer les biais liés au bilan-matière et à l’antiréactivité des isotopes considérés. Cette démarche s’est articulée autour des études suivantes : • détermination de facteurs correctifs isotopiques permettant de garantir le conservatisme du calcul de criticité sur la base de la qualification du formulaire d’évolution DARWIN-2.3 pour les applications REP-MOx et d’une analyse des données nucléaires des produits de fission métalliques afin de déterminer l’impact des incertitudes associées sur le calcul de leur bilan matière ; • évaluation de l’antiréactivité individuelle des produits de fission sur la base des résultats d’interprétation des expériences d’oscillation des programmes CBU et MAESTRO, réalisés dans le réacteur expérimental MINERVE à Cadarache, avec le formulaire dédié PIMS développé au SPRC/LEPh avec mise à jour des schémas de calcul pour la criticité ; • élaboration de matrices de covariances réalistes associées à la capture de deux des principaux produits de fission du CBU REP-MOx : 149Sm et le 103Rh associées à l’évaluation JEFF-3.1.1 ; • détermination des biais et incertitudes « a posteriori » dus aux données nucléaires des actinides et produits de fission considérés pour deux applications industrielles (piscine d’entreposage et château de transport) par une étude de transposition réalisée avec l’outil RIB, développé au SPRC/LECy, qui a bénéficié à cette occasion de développements spécifiques et de mises à jour des données utilisées (importation des données de covariance issues de la bibliothèque COMAC V0 associée à JEFF-3.1.1 pour les isotopes 235,238U, 238,239,240,241,242Pu, 241Am et 155Gd et prise en compte des corrélations inter-réactions pour un même isotope). • évaluation de la méthodologie proposée pour deux applications industrielles (piscine d’entreposage et château de transport), démonstration de son intérêt et de sa robustesse. / Considering spent fuel management (storage, transport and reprocessing), the approach using « fresh fuel assump-tion » in criticality-safety studies results in a significant conservatism in the calculated value of the system reactivity.The concept of Burnup Credit (BUC) consists in considering the reduction of the spent fuel reactivity due to its burnup.A careful BUC methodology, developed by CEA in association with AREVA-NC was recently validated and writtenup for PWR-UOx fuels. However, 22 of 58 french reactors use MOx fuel, so more and more irradiated MOx fuelshave to be stored and transported. As a result, why industrial partners are interested in this concept is because takinginto account this BUC concept would enable for example a load increase in several fuel cycle devices. Recent publi-cations and discussions within the French BUC Working Group highlight the current interest of the BUC concept inPWR-MOx spent fuel industrial applications. In this case of PWR-MOx fuel, studies show in particular that the 15FPs selected thanks to their properties (absorbing, stable, non-gaseous) are responsible for more than a half of the totalreactivity credit and 80% of the FPs credit. That is why, in order to get a conservative and physically realistic valueof the application keff and meet the Upper Safety Limit constraint, calculation biases on these 15 FPs inventory andindividual reactivity worth should be considered in a criticality-safety approach. All of this work is supported by the use of the CEA reference calculation tools : the deterministic code APOLLO-2.8and the probabilistic code TRIPOLI-4 used by the CRISTAL V2 criticality-safety package, the DARWIN-2.3 packagefor fuel cycle applications, the JEFF-3.1.1 nuclear data library and the Integral Experiment Methodology based on thestatistical adjustment method of the nuclear data and the integral experiment representativity.The feedback on the nuclear data of the oscillation programmes BUC and MAESTRO allows to halve the prioruncertainties linked to 149Sm and 103Rh capture cross sections. The application of the developed methodology,benefiting from the CEA dedicated experimental programmes quality and better physically justified to twoapplications, representative of fuel storage and transport, shows that the introduced conservatisms represents40 % of the total Burnup Credit. On top of that, the two configurations results comparison shows that theevaluated BUC is independent from the considered application and proves the calculation route robustness.

Les études des scénarios électronucléaires modélisent le fonctionnement d’un parcnucléaire sur une période de temps donnée. Elles permettent la comparaison de différentesoptions d’évolution du parc nucléaire et de gestion des matières du cycle, depuis l’extraction duminerai jusqu’au stockage ultime des déchets, en se basant sur des critères tels que les puis-sances installées par filière, les inventaires et les flux, en cycle et aux déchets. Les incertitudessur les données nucléaires et les hypothèses de scénarios (caractéristiques des combustibles, desréacteurs et des usines) se propagent le long des chaînes isotopiques lors des calculs d’évolutionet au cours de l’historique du scénario, limitant la précision des résultats obtenus. L’objetdu présent travail est de développer, implémenter et utiliser une méthodologie stochastiquede propagation d’incertitudes dans les études de scénario. La méthode retenue repose sur ledéveloppement de métamodèles de calculs d’irradiation, permettant de diminuer le temps decalcul des études de scénarios et de prendre en compte des perturbations des paramètres ducalcul, et la fabrication de modèles d’équivalence permettant de tenir compte des perturbationsdes sections efficaces lors du calcul de teneur du combustible neuf. La méthodologie de calculde propagation d’incertitudes est ensuite appliquée à différents scénarios électronucléairesd’intérêt, considérant différentes options d’évolution du parc REP français avec le déploiementde RNR. / Nuclear scenario studies model nuclear fleet over a given period. They enablethe comparison of different options for the reactor fleet evolution, and the management ofthe future fuel cycle materials, from mining to disposal, based on criteria such as installedcapacity per reactor technology, mass inventories and flows, in the fuel cycle and in the waste.Uncertainties associated with nuclear data and scenario parameters (fuel, reactors and facilitiescharacteristics) propagate along the isotopic chains in depletion calculations, and throughoutthe scenario history, which reduces the precision of the results. The aim of this work isto develop, implement and use a stochastic uncertainty propagation methodology adaptedto scenario studies. The method chosen is based on development of depletion computationsurrogate models, which reduce the scenario studies computation time, and whose parametersinclude perturbations of the depletion model; and fabrication of equivalence model which takeinto account cross-sections perturbations for computation of fresh fuel enrichment. Then theuncertainty propagation methodology is applied to different scenarios of interest, consideringdifferent options of evolution for the French PWR fleet with SFR deployment.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:34:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:01:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O trabalho teve como objetivo a investigação de Metodologias de Cálculo dos Reatores Subcríticos acionados por fonte externa de nêutrons, tais como, \"Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor\" (ADSR) e \"Fusion Driven Subcritical Reator\" (FDSR) , que são reatores nucleares subcríticos com uma fonte externa de nêutrons. Tais nêutrons são produzidos, no caso do ADSR, através da interação de partículas aceleradas (prótons, deutério) com um alvo (Pb, Bi, etc) ou através das reações de fusão, no caso do FDSR. Este conceito de reator vem sendo objeto de intensa pesquisa, sobretudo pela possibilidade de ser utilizado para transmutar o enorme inventario de rejeitos nucleares, principalmente os transurânicos (TRU) e os produtos de fissão de meia-vida longa (LLFP). Neste trabalho enfatiza os seguintes aspectos: (i) complementar e aprimorar a metodologia de cálculos neutrônicos com queima e transmutação e implementá-la computacionalmente; (ii) e utilizando esta metodologia, participar dos Projetos Coordenados de Pesquisa (CRP) da Agência Internacional de energia Atômica \"Analytical and Experimental Benchmark Analysis of ADS\" e \"Collaborative work on use of LEU in ADS\", principalmente na reprodução dos resultados experimentais da instalação subcrítica Yalina Booster e também no cálculo de um núcleo subcrítico do reator IPEN/MB-01, (iii) analisar comparativamente diferentes bibliotecas de dados nucleares, no cálculo de parâmetros integrais (keff), diferenciais (espectro, fluxo) e de queima e transmutação (inventário ao final do ciclo) e (iv) aplicar a metodologia desenvolvida em um estudo que possa ajudar na escolha futura de um sistema transmutador dedicado. Foram utilizados para tanto os seguintes códigos: MCNP (Transporte de partículas por Monte Carlo), MCB (acoplamento do MCNP com código de transmutação) e o sistema NJOY para o processamento dos arquivos de dados nucleares avaliados. / Tese (Doutoramento) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

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Submitted by Marco Antonio Oliveira da Silva (maosilva@ipen.br) on 2017-11-09T11:20:17Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-09T11:20:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Em 1958 a Comissão Internacional de Proteção Radiológica (CIPR) propôs a primeira filosofia do sistema de limitação de dose, introduzindo os Limites Anuais Máximos Permissíveis (LAMP). O grande avanço da era nuclear nas últimas décadas impôs novos paradigmas e a necessidade de atualização da filosofia em questão. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise da evolução da filosofia do sistema de limitação de dose, desde a década de 50 até os dias atuais. A primeira mudança de paradigma se deu com a criação dos Limites Anuais Máximos Admissíveis (LAMA), ainda vigentes. Por meio de um cuidadoso estudo das publicações do Organismo Internacional de Energia Atômica (OIEA) e das recomendações da CIPR, foi possível evidenciar e detalhar o processo de evolução dos LAMA ao longo das últimas décadas. A pesquisa aborda momentos-chaves que impulsionaram mudanças na filosofia do sistema de limitações de dose como, por exemplo, a crise internacional do petróleo e suas implicações no desenvolvimento da área nuclear. A comparação entre as diversas publicações das duas entidades (OIEA e CIPR) permitiu um estudo aprofundado desde o surgimento dessas filosofias até suas últimas publicações. Os resultados deste estudo apontam importantes informações que constam em publicações da CIPR, hoje consideradas \"superseded\", que não são encontradas nas publicações atuais. O OIEA, que elabora suas recomendações baseado na filosofia da CIPR, também não aborda as referidas informações. Por meio da presente pesquisa, foi possível evidenciar e detalhar valiosas informações que se perderam durante o processo de atualização das publicações e edição de recomendações de ambas as entidades. Este trabalho se propõe a apresentar essas informações, que foram estudadas em profundidade, discutindo seu real valor, propondo à comunidade internacional novas reflexões sobre a importância e a possibilidade de reintroduzir as informações perdidas em futuras publicações. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP