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Preparations are currently underway to develop ISAA-Na code, a sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) specific version of an integrated severe accident analysis code. This version aims to evaluate both protected and unprotected accidents in SFRs. Given the crucial role of fuel pin thermo-mechanical behavior in SFR safety analysis, an advanced model for MOX(Mixed OXide) fuel pin thermo-mechanical performance under operation conditions has been developed and validated. This validation involved simulating the SUPERFACT-1 fast reactor irradiation experiment using ISAA-Na. The resulting calculation data were compared with experimental measurements and the outcomes of other codes dedicated to fuel pin performance analysis (TRANSURANUS, MACROS, andGERMINAL) to assess the fuel pin thermo-mechanical model. The overall code assessment reveals that the model achieves satisfactory performance in simulating fuel pin behavior, with predicted errors falling within an acceptable range.
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