Technical Meeting on the Development and Application of Open-Source Modelling and Simulation Tools for Nuclear Reactors
POLIMI
Milano, Italy
The purpose of the event is to promote and facilitate the exchange of information regarding open-source software, open-access data, and ongoing collaborations in support of research and development, as well as education and training, in nuclear science and technology. You can read more about the ONCORE initiative here.
Please read the Information Sheet for more details.
The meeting will take place in Milano, Italy. You can find more information about the venue here.
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Workshop 1: Hands-on ARMI Framework introduction
Mr Nick Touran
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Coffee Break 30m
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Workshop 4: Hands-on MOOSE framework introduction
Mr Derek Gaston
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Opening: Opening Session
Opening Remarks by Mr Stefano Monti, Head, Nuclear Power Technology Development Section, IAEA
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Keynote: Keynote SpeechConvener: Eugene Shwageraus (University of Cambridge)
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Coffee Break 30m
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Panel 1: Industrial use of open-source nuclear software
Panellists:
Tim Valentine, Director of Radiation Safety Information Computational Center
Martin Freitag, Becker Technologies
Michael Fleming, Head of the Data Bank at Nuclear Energy Agency (though he has not replied to my last email)Convener: Nicholas Touran -
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Lunch Break 1h
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Poster Session
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Investigating efficient coupling of Finite Element Analysis with Machine Learning to optimise a laboratory experiment. 20mSpeaker: Rhydian Lewis (Swansea University)
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MULTI-SCALE COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS TO PREDICT THE IRRADIATION-INDUCED CHANGE IN ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF FUSION REACTOR MATERIALS. 20mSpeaker: Salahudeen Mohamed Kunju (Swansea University/UKAEA)
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Open source tools in support of multiphysics simulation for fusion 20mSpeaker: Andrew Davis (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority)
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Verification & Validation process in the open-source TRUST/TrioCFD Platform 20mSpeaker: Dr Julie Darona (CEA)
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VERIFICATION OF MULTIPHYSICS COUPLING TECHNIQUES FOR MODELING OF MOLTEN SALT REACTORS 20mSpeaker: Dr Jacob Groth-Jensen (seaborg technologies)
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Active coding assignments in nuclear reactor modelling 20mSpeaker: Christophe Demazière (Chalmers University of Technology)
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Development and maintenance of OpenFOAM_RCS for German nuclear safety research related to the reactor cooling system 20mSpeaker: Dr Ronald Lehnigk (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf)
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Open source neutron noise modelling 20mSpeaker: Christophe Demazière (Chalmers University of Technology)
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THE GEN-FOAM MULTI-PHYSICS SOLVER FOR REACTOR ANALYISIS: STATUS AND ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS 20mSpeaker: carlo Fiorina (EPFL, Switzerland)
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Validation of an OpenFOAM gas distribution solver for containment analysis 20mSpeaker: Jörn Stewering (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
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FOUNDATIONS FOR A FISSION BATTERY DIGITAL TWIN 20mSpeaker: Jeren Browning (Idaho National Laboratory)
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MODIFICATION OF OPEN SOURCE MONTE CARLO CODE OPENMC TO INCLUDE TIME-DEPENDENCE IN A FISSILE SYSTEM INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL DELAYED NEUTRON PRECURSORS 20mSpeaker: Jaime Romero-Barrientos (CCHEN)
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VANGARD: A GPU-BASED HIGH-SPEED PINWISE NODAL CORE ANALYSIS CODE 20mSpeaker: SEOYOON JEON (Seoul National University)
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“DEVELOPMENT OF CODES FOR CALCULATING THE CORROSION OF STEEL CLADDING OF FUEL ELEMENTS WITH MIXED NITRIDE FUEL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SEGREGATION OF IMPURITIES AT GRAIN BOUNDARIES” 20mSpeaker: ALEXANDER IVANOV (NRC "Kurchatov Institute")
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A concept of fluid dynamic code for molten salt reactor analysis with Open FOAM 20mSpeaker: Dr Azizul Khakim (BAPETEN (Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency))
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AN OPEN-SOURCE DATA-CENTRIC REPRESENTATION OF THE FAST FLUX TEST FACILITY ISOTHERMAL BENCHMARK CORE 20mSpeaker: Nicholas Touran
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DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSIBLE CODES FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY ANALYSIS IN THAILAND 20mSpeaker: Mr Wasin Vechgama (Nuclear Technology Research and Development Center, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Public Organization), Bangkok, Thailand)
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Development of Post Processor for VSOP'94 Output 20mSpeaker: Anik Purwaningsih (National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia)
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MFront: an open-source code generation tool for the rigorous management of material knowledge in the PLEIADES and MAP platforms 20mSpeaker: Thomas Helfer (CEA)
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Technical Session 1-1: Advanced application of open-source tools to nuclear engineering problemsConveners: Ms Madicken Munk (University of Illinois), Mr Paul Wilson (University of Wisconsin)
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A FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING, DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF FAST SPECTRUM LIQUID FUEL MOLTEN SALT REACTORS 30mSpeaker: Dr Kostadin Ivanov (North Carolina State University)
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USE OF OPEN-SOURCE MODELICA-BASED LIBRARIES AS SYSTEM CODE FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SIMULATION 30mSpeaker: Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
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FLAMEFOAM: AN OPENFOAM BASED SOLVER FOR PRACTICAL TURBULENT PREMIXED COMBUSTION SIMULATION 30mSpeaker: Dr Mantas Povilaitis (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
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Technical Session 2-1: Recent developments in open-source toolsConveners: Raksmy Nop (CEA), Timothy Valentine (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Updates On Open-Source Multiphysics Endeavors with OpenMC 30mSpeaker: Patrick Shriwise (Argonne National Laboratory)
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High performence calculation enhancement using massive parallelization with TRUST and TrioCFD 30mSpeaker: Raksmy Nop (CEA)
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPEN-SOURCE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FUEL PERFORMANCE CODE OFFBEAT 30mSpeaker: Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL)
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SCIANTIX OPEN-SOURCE CODE FOR FISSION GAS BEHAVIOUR: OBJECTIVES AND FORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS 30mSpeaker: Davide Pizzocri (Politecnico di Milano)
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Coffee Break 30m
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Technical Session 2-2: Recent developments in open-source toolsConveners: Benoit Forget (MIT), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
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ONIX: AN OPEN-SOURCE DEPLETION CODE FOR REACTOR ANALYSIS AND NUCLEAR SECURITY 30mSpeaker: Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin (Harvard University)
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Scalable Tightly-Coupled Multi-physics for Fusion Reactors with AURORA 30mSpeaker: Helen Brooks (UKAEA)
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RETROSPECT, STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ‘CONTAINMENTFOAM’ 30mSpeaker: Stephan Kelm (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
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Lunch Break 1h
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Panel 2: Vision and path forward for open-source software to serve the nuclear community
Panellists:
Alice Dufresne
Derek Gaston
Stephan Kelm
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Technical Session 1-2: Advanced application of open-source tools to nuclear engineering problemsConvener: Alain Hebert (Polytechnique Montréal)
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OPEN-SOURCING SAFETY, RISK, AND RELIABILITY TOOLS 30mSpeaker: Dr Diego Mandelli (Idaho National Laboratory)
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MFEM-MGIS-MFRONT, a HPC mini-application targeting nonlinear thermo-mechanical simulations of nuclear fuels at mesoscale 30mSpeaker: guillaume latu (CEA)
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Coffee Break 30m
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General Session 1-1: Motivations, experience, and challenges for the open-source approachConvener: Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M University)
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THE GEN-FOAM MULTI-PHYSICS SOLVER AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TOWARDS AN OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM FOR REACTOR ANALYS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND LESSONS LEANRT 30mSpeaker: carlo Fiorina (EPFL, Switzerland)
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CONTRIBUTING TO OPENFOAM FOUNDATION RELEASE - AN EFFECTIVE CODE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 30mSpeaker: Fabian Schlegel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
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General Session 1-2: Motivations, experience, and challenges for the open-source approachConveners: Helen Brooks (UKAEA), Maria Avramova (North Carolina State University)
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DRAGON and DONJON: a legacy open-source reactor physics project at Polytechnique Montréal 30mSpeaker: Alain Hebert (Polytechnique Montréal)
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On Application of Open-Source Learning Models to Nuclear Engineering 30mSpeaker: Patrick Shriwise (Argonne National Laboratory)
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The Modern Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank: An Integrated Hub for Code and Data Development and Validation 30mSpeaker: Michael Fleming (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
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USE OF OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING: EXPERIENCE FROM POLIMI AND EPFL 30mSpeaker: Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
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Coffee Break 30m
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Panel 3: Open-source software for education and training
Panellists:
Maria Avramova, North Carolina State University, USA
Zolt Elter, Seaborg Technologies, Denmark/Uppsala University, Sweden
Stefano Lorenzi, Politechnico di Milano, Italy
Benoit Forget, Massuchetts Institute of Technology, USAConveners: Christophe Demazière (Chalmers University of Technology), Kostadin Ivanov (North Carolina State University, USA) -
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General Session 1-3: Motivations, experience, and challenges for the open-source approachConveners: Eugene Shwageraus (University of Cambridge), Stephan Kelm (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
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Challenges and Lessons Learned from 10 Years of OpenMC Development 30mSpeaker: Paul Romano (Argonne National Laboratory)
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USE OF OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE AT ENEA FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY SIMULATIONS 30mSpeaker: Antonio Cervone (ENEA)
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SCONE: AN OPEN-SOURCE MONTE CARLO NEUTRON TRANSPORT CODE FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING 30mSpeaker: Paul Cosgrove (University of Cambridge)
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Coffee Break 30m
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Closing
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Technical Tour
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