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Neutronic analysis of the European sodium fast reactor: Part II-burnup results
Publicated to:Journal Of Nuclear Engineering And Radiation Science. 8 (1): - 2022-01-01 8(1), DOI: 10.1115/1.4048765
Authors: Fridman E; Velarde FÁ; Otero PR; Tsige-Tamirat H; Carrascosa AJ; Herranz NG; Bernard F; Gregg R; Davies U; Krepel J; Lindley B; Massara S; Poumerouly S; Girardi E; Mikityuk K
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Abstract
In the framework of the Horizon 2020 project ESFR-SMART (2017-2021), the European sodium fast reactor (ESFR) core was updated through a safety-related modification and optimization of the core design from the earlier FP7 CP-ESFR project (2009-2013). This study is dedicated to neutronic analyses of the improved ESFR core design. The conducted work is reported in two parts. Part I deals with the evaluation of the safetyrelated neutronic parameters of the fresh beginning-of-life (BOL) core carried out by eight organizations using both continuous energy Monte Carlo and deterministic computer codes. In addition to the neutronics characterization of the core, a special emphasis was put on the calibration and verification of the computational tools involved in the analyses. Part II is devoted to once-through and realistic batchwise burnup calculations aiming at the establishing of the equilibrium core state, which will later serve as a basis for detailed safety analyses.
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The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Nuclear Engineering And Radiation Science, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Nuclear Energy and Engineering, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 5.25, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-06, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 1
- Scopus: 9
- Open Alex: 8
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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium; Chad; France; Germany; Netherlands; Switzerland; United Kingdom.