OECD/NRC PSBT Benchmark Specification

NEA/NSC/DOC(2010)1
NEA NUCLEAR SCIENCE COMMITTEE
NEA COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS

OECD/NRC BENCHMARK BASED ON
NUPEC PWR SUBCHANNEL AND
BUNDLE TESTS (PSBT)
Volume I: Experimental Database and Final Problem
Specifications

A. Rubin, A. Schoedel, M. Avramova
Nuclear Engineering Program
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802, USA
H. Utsuno
Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization
Kamiya-cho MT Bldg., 4-3-20, Toranomon, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 105-0001, Japan
S. Bajorek, A. Velazquez-Lozada
US NRC


January 2010
US NRC
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 


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