Control rod worth calculation for VVER-1000 nuclear reactor using WIMS and CITATION codes

This paper summarizes efforts related to developing a technically justifiable approach for investigating the control rod worth of VVER-1000 reactor. For this assessment, Computer simulation of nuclear reactor was needed. In this study nuclear reactor behavior was modeled by WIMS code, which solves transport equation for fuel assemblies' modeling at first step, and CITATION code that solves diffusion equation for core modeling. From these two codes, neutronic calculation of reactor was performed and control rod worth Was Calculated. Results of this study are comparable with the plant's FSAR. On comparing results of this study and reference sonic unacceptable errors were discerned. To find out the cause of these errors, some efforts had been performed and finally was discerned that the method of cell calculation, i.e., DSN method, was the important Cause of errors. Therefore, sonic analysis had been performed by WIMS in PIJ + PERSEUS method and was shown that the results Were improved. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.