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Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) 

Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee, the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel cycle, fuel behaviour, thermal hydraulics and dynamics/safety of present and future nuclear power systems and performs uncertainty analyses of such.

The WPRS's objective is to provide member countries with up-to-date information to preserve knowledge on and develop consensus in the following areas:

Reactor physics aspects considered include:

Reactor types considered include, but are not limited to the following:

The WPRS liaises closely with other NEA working groups, especially those operating under the guidance of the Nuclear Development Committee (NDC) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) in order to ensure the respective work programmes are complementary and to provide advice and support where required and undertake common work where appropriate. Particularly close working relationships are maintained with the Working Party on the Scientific Issues in Fuel Cycle (WPFC).

The WPRS aims to provide advice to the nuclear community on the developments needed to meet the requirements (data and methods, validation experiments, scenario studies) for different reactor systems.

 

Deliverables

Approximate meeting frequency: every twelve months.

 

Structure

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PVS SINBAD IRPhE IFPE

 

Experiments

Reactor and Fuel Analysis

Radiation Transport and Dosimetry

 

Status of WPRS Activities (June 2008)

The sixth meeting of the WPRS (WPRS06) took place on 26-27 February 2009 at the NEA, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, in conjunction with the meeting of the WPFC (23-25 February 2009).

 

Previously completed or related activities

 

Workshops

 

Recent reports/benchmarks

 

Other related reports

Small and Medium Reactors, Reports by an Expert Group, OECD/NEA 1991, ISBN 92-64-13560-X
Volume I. Status and Prospects
Volume II. Technical Supplement

 

Other related books

Elmer E. Lewis: Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics (Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-370631-7)  January 2008


Chair: Kevin W. Hesketh (UK)
Vice-Chair:
Pierre D’hondt (Belgium)
Members: All NEA member countries
Participation in the work: European Commission (under the NEA Statute)

International Atomic Energy Agency (by agreement)
Observer: Russian Federation   
Date of creation:
June 2004
Date of renewal: 
June 2007
Mandate expires:   
June 2010

For more information, please contact the OECD/NEA Data Bank

For more information on activities managed/supported by the NSC, please contact Claes Nordborg (Claes.Nordborg@oecd.org) Return to the NSC Home Page

Last reviewed: 22 January 2010