Analysis of Experimental Data for High Burnup PWR Spent Fuel Isotopic Validation--Calvert Cliffs, Takahama, and Three Mile Island Reactors

This report is part of a report series designed to document benchmark-quality radiochemical isotopic
assay data against which computer code accuracy can be quantified to establish the uncertainty and bias
associated with the code predictions. The experimental data included in the report series were acquired
from domestic and international programs and include spent fuel samples that cover a large burnup range.
The measurements analyzed in the current report, for which experimental data is publicly available,
include 38 spent fuel samples selected from fuel rods with a 2.6 to 4.7 wt % 235U initial enrichment,
which were irradiated in three pressurized water reactors operated in the United States and Japan and
achieved burnup values from 14to 56 GWd/MTU. The analysis of the measurements was performed by
employing the two-dimensional depletion sequence of the TRITON module in the SCALE code system.
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