Multi-scale, coupled Reactor Physics / Thermal-Hydraulics system and applications to the HPLWR 3 Pass Core

The HPLWR is an innovative reactor concept cooled with water at supercritical pressure. The pronounced changes of water properties with the heat-up demands advanced analyses tools which have been developed and successfully applied. Coupled neutronic/thermal-hydraulic analyses have been performed for the whole core and the coupled solution has been successively investigated at sub-channel resolution evaluating local quantities. The obtained results represent a new quality in core analyses.