title: Validation of the Serpent 2 code on TRIGA Mark II benchmark experiments.
abstract: The main aim of this paper is the development and validation of a 3D computational model of TRIGA research reactor using Serpent 2 code. The calculated parameters were compared to the experimental results and to calculations performed with the MCNP code. The results show that the calculated normalized reaction rates and flux distribution within the core are in good agreement with MCNP and experiment, while in the reflector the flux distribution differ up to 3% from the measurements.
authors.affiliation: Reactor Physics Division, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: dusan.calic@ijs.si.
authors.forename: Dušan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ćalić
authors.affiliation: Reactor Physics Division, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: gasper.zerovnik@ijs.si.
authors.forename: Gašper
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Žerovnik
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: a.trkov@iaea.org.
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trkov
authors.affiliation: Reactor Physics Division, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: luka.snoj@ijs.si.
authors.forename: Luka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snoj
keywords: Activation analysis; Experiment; Flux distribution; MCNP; Monte Carlo; Serpent; TRIGA research reactor