Abstract
In this paper, the recent work on coupling thermal-hydraulic system code TRACE with VTT’s fuel solver SuperFINIX is presented. The coupling utilizes VTT’s multi-physics driver Cerberus and the Exterior Communications Interface (ECI), which is supplied with TRACE. Previously TRACE has been used with nodal neutronics solver Ants to calculate VVER-1000 coolant transients. Now SuperFINIX is added to the coupling and the results are compared with the previous calculation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of M&C 2023 International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-926773-50-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
| Event | International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M&C 2023 - Niagara Falls, Canada Duration: 13 Aug 2023 → 17 Aug 2023 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M&C 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Niagara Falls |
| Period | 13/08/23 → 17/08/23 |
Funding
This work has been funded from the CATS project under the Finnish National Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2019–2022 (SAFIR2022) and the DECAPOD project under The National Nuclear Safety and Waste Management Research Programme 2023–2028 (SAFER2028). The authors would like to acknowledge the help of Matthew Bernard from U.S. NRC in resolving issues related to the use of the ECI coupling with an external fuel solver.