A steady-state core analysis code for the modeling of accelerator-driven subcritical reactors

In order to analyze and evaluate Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors (ADSR) efficiently, a neutronics/thermal-hydraulics coupling analysis code named LAVENDER has been developed. In the neutronics calculation, the three dimensional deterministic neutron transport method is adopted. The nuclides transmutation analysis is implemented by the micro-depletion method with the Transmutation Trajectory Analysis algorithm (TTA). In the thermal-hydraulics calculation, a heat transfer model is established to consider thermal feedback and examine thermal-hydraulics design. The validations are performed based on several benchmarks. Numerical results indicate that LAVENDER is reliable and efficient to be applied for the design and steady-state analysis of ADSR.