The role of experiments and of sensitivity analysis in simulation validation strategies with emphasis on reactor physics

作者：Palmiotti Giuseppe^*; Salvatores Massimo

来源：Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2013, 52: 10-21.

DOI：10.1016/j.anucene.2012.06.002

• Reactor design
• Simulation validation strategies
• Sensitivity analysis

The complementary role of experiments and of sensitivity analysis has been and still is a key feature of validation strategies used in the field of simulation tools for nuclear reactor design. The present paper gives a summary of the development of more and more sophisticated validation strategies up to the present trend for science-based validation approaches. Most examples and some very recent original developments are given, mostly in the field of neutronics that has traditionally provided cutting edge advances for simulation tools validation.

• 出版日期2013-2