@inproceedings{64e39941750341ccb8b8086470679ecb,
title = "Development of a Point Kinetics Subroutine for Molten Salt Reactors in RELAP5-3D",
abstract = "Subroutines used in RELAP5-3D were updated to analyze point kinetics in a molten salt reactor during both steady state and transient analyses. The phenomena related to MSR kinetics that were added to RELAP5-3D include arrays to store previous values for independent and dependent variables, arrays to add terms to existing kinetics equations, and a new reactivity bias term. A custom MATLAB assessment code was used to establish a suite of verification tests. This capability is undergoing final documentation and testing for public release with a future version of RELAP5-3D.",
keywords = "molten salt, point kinetics, RELAP5-3D",
author = "Ross, \{John R.\} and Clarno, \{Kevin T.\} and Kyzer Gerez and Choi, \{Y. J.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This research (first and fourth authors) was sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory through the GAIN award program and a summer internship, as well as through direct funding from Natura Resources, LLC. The authors thank Dr. Theron Marshall for his guidance and leadership, and the INL HPC computing center for its computational resources. Support for the third author was provided by the Cockrell School of Engineering Fellowship at University of Texas at Austin. The second author contributed through support from Natura Resources, LLC for the design and licensing of the MSRR. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022. All Rights Reserved.; 2022 International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022 ; Conference date: 15-05-2022 Through 20-05-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.13182/PHYSOR22-37887",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022",
publisher = "American Nuclear Society",
pages = "1874--1882",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022",
}