Contact

Dr. Sören Kliem

Head
Reactor Safety
s.kliemAthzdr.de
Phone: +49 351 260 2318

Department of Reactor Safety


Research

Neutron physics and reactor dynamics


  • Validation and application to light water reactors and innovative reactor concepts of the Monte Carlo code SERPENT2
  • Application of the deterministic lattice code HELIOS-2
  • Development, verification and application of the in-house reactor dynamics code DYN3D
  • Extension of the DYN3D code to innovative reactor concepts
  • Coupling of DYN3D to the system code ATHLET
  • Coupling of DYN3D to the Computational Fluid Dynamics codes ANSYS CFX and TRIO_U

Plant dynamics and severe accident analysis

  • Accident analysis and analysis of plant dynamics using the ATHLET system code
  • Assessment of the impact of severe accident management measures on the progression of severe accidents in PWRs and VVERs

Monte-Carlo simulations (n- / γ-field calculations)


  • Development of the in house Monte Carlo code TRAMO
  • Fluence calculations of the of the reactor pressure vessel and internals using MCNP and TRAMO
 


Latest publication

Radiological characterization of selected Siemens/KWU PWR components using the MCNP-FLUKA code sequence

Rachamin, R.; Barkleit, A.; Konheiser, J.; Seidl, M.

Abstract

The final shutdown of an NPP is followed by a post-operational phase, during which measures are taken to prepare the plant for decommissioning. One of the essential tasks in preparing the NPP for decommissioning is to obtain precise knowledge of the radioactivity content within the plant's components, particularly in the RPV and its internal structures, which typically exhibit the highest levels of radioactivity. To address this challenge, a novel method combining two Monte Carlo codes, MCNP and FLUKA, was developed to evaluate the activation distribution within the components of an NPP. This paper provides an overview of the methodology and demonstrates its application through the activation calculations of selected RPV internal components of a 1300 MWe Siemens/KWU PWR. The calculations yielded results with high accuracy, demonstrating that the method can serve as a non-destructive tool for radiological characterization of the plant's components.

Keywords: Siemens/KWU PWR; decommissioning; neutron fluence; activation; MCNP; FLUKA

Permalink: https://www.hzdr.de/publications/Publ-43093


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Team


Head

NameBld./Office+49 351 260Email
Dr. Sören Kliem250/1082318
s.kliemAthzdr.de

Employees

NameBld./Office+49 351 260Email
Dr. Yurii Bilodid250/2092020
y.bilodidAthzdr.de
Dr. Emil Fridman250/2092167
e.fridmanAthzdr.de
Jörg Konheiser250/1092416
j.konheiserAthzdr.de
Kerstin Kurde250/1073025
k.kurdeAthzdr.de
Dr. Evgeny Nikitin250/2072906
e.nikitinAthzdr.de
Dr. Frank Schäfer250/1172069
f.schaeferAthzdr.de