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\large\textbf ABSTRACT
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Advances in parallel computing have made possible the development of
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high-fidelity tools for the design and analysis of nuclear reactor cores, and
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such tools require extensive verification and validation. This document
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describes BEAVRS, a new multi-cycle full-core \ac{PWR} depletion benchmark based
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on two operational cycles of a commercial nuclear power plant that provides a
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detailed description of fuel assemblies, burnable absorbers, in-core fission
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detectors, core loading patterns, and numerous in-vessel components. This
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benchmark enables analysts to develop extremely detailed reactor core models
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that can be used for testing and validation of coupled neutron transport,
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thermal-hydraulics, and fuel isotopic depletion. The benchmark also provides
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measured reactor data for \ac{HZP} physics tests, boron letdown curves, and
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three-dimensional in-core flux maps from fifty-eight instrumented assemblies.
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It should be noted however, that not all the necessary data are presented
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in this document. It will be necessary for analysts to make appropriate
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judgements and assumptions depending on methods employed.
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This document and its associated data package is hosted
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online at the MIT Computational Reactor Physics Group website
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\url{http://crpg.mit.edu/}, where future revisions and refinements to the benchmark
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specification will be made publicly available.
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