Analysis of VENUS-2 benchmark using Serpent 2 code

In the paper the development and validation of a 3-D computational model of VENUS-2 benchmark using Serpent 2 code is presented. This paper provides the comparative analyses of calculated results obtained with Serpent and MCNP against experimental results (measured data). Overall the Serpent results are in almost perfect agreement with MCNP results and in good agreement with experimental results. An average deviation of pin power distribution from the experiment in the case of 3.3 wt% UO2 fuel is 1.5%, 2.1% for 4.0 wt% UO2 fuel and 2.8% in the MOX fuel.