The WRAPUP Project: Recovering Information from the Operation of WR-1

Abstract

The WRAPUP (Whiteshell Reactor Applied Physics data Utilization and Preservation) Project was established in response to an inquiry received in 2011 May from staff at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) who are involved with the International Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) Project. The IRPhE Project collects, archives and evaluates integral reactor physics experimental data from measurements performed at various research laboratories, worldwide, and manages a handbook of evaluated experimental data and benchmark simulations pertaining to them. The IRPhE Project wanted to know if AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited) would be interested in contributing information from WR‑1 (Whiteshell Reactor No. 1) physics experiments to its database. AECL – Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) is an active participant in the IRPhE Project, having contributed experimental data from the ZED-2 (Zero Energy Deuterium) reactor at the CRL, including CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) related experimental data with the support of the CANDU Owners Group (COG), and having participated in the review of the contributions from other national laboratories (currently representing fourteen countries). AECL recognizes the value of this work to the global reactor physics community for testing the computer codes and nuclear data used in reactor simulations of every reactor type and thereby improving their reliability.