The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting

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Core Wide PCI Screening Analysis

Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.)

The Thermo-Mechanical Fracture of Chromium Film-Zirconium Substrates

Mohammed Zikry (North Carolina State University), Tamir Hasan (North Carolina State University)

Kinetic model of incipient hydride formation in Zr clad under dynamic oxide growth conditions

Qianran Yu (University of California Los Angeles), Michael Reyes (University of California Los Angeles), Nachiket Shah (University of California Los Angeles), Jaime Marian (University of California Los Angeles)

Creep Wear and Gap Modeling for GTRF

Wei Lu (University of Michigan), Michael Thouless (University of Michigan)

3D Modeling of Missing Pellet Surface Defects with BISON

Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory), Richard L. Williamson (Idaho National Laboratory), D. S. Stafford (Southwestern Scientific Ltd. Co.), Stephen R. Novascone (Idaho National Laboratory), Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee)

Multigroup Cross Section Library and Processing for the CASL VERA Neutronic Simulators

Kang-Seog Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dorothea Wiarda (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Multilevel CMFD Method Development in MPACT

Luke R. Cornejo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

The 2D/1D Method: Past, Present, and Future

Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

An Improved Energy Deposition Model in MPACT with Simplified Gamma Smearing and Time-dependent Delayed Energy

Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kang-Seog Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Xinyan Wang (University of Michigan), Matthew E. Kabelitz (University of Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William R. Martin (University of Michigan)

The Gamma Deposition Matrix Method for Gamma Heating Calculations

Xinyan Wang (University of Michigan), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), William R. Martin (University of Michigan)

BISON Methods and Contact Algorithms

Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory)

Lower length scale methods exemplified for U3Si2 fission gas behavior

David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Bison Robustness and Performance Improvements

Daniel Schwen (Idaho National Laboratory), Alexander D. Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie A. Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Dylan J. McDowell (Idaho National Laboratory)

Ceramic Nuclear Fuel Fracture Modeling for Relocation with the Extended Finite Element Method

Wen Jiang (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory)

Development of the VERA Quality Assurance Program

Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Lori Moore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David J. Kropaczek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Componentized hieratical build and test infrastructure and processes for CASL VERA

Roscoe A. Bartlett (Sandia National Labs)

Capabilities of VERA Version 4

Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)

Applications of VERA for Improvement in NRC Methods

Matthew A. Jessee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew M. Ward (University of Michigan), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

The Future of VERA at EPRI and Potential Impacts on the Commercial Fleet

Brenden T. Mervin (Electric Power Research Institute), Erik V. Mader (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Robert S. Daum (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))

VERA Applications and Commercial Deployment at Westinghouse

Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Zach McDaniel (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Zeses E. Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Company), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Robert Brewster (Self)

Use of VERA to Improve Baffle/Reflector Data Generation for the Westinghouse Core Design Code System

Baocheng Zhang (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

BISON Capability, Validation and Demonstration for LOCA Analysis

Richard L. Williamson (Idaho National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Russell Gardner (Kairos Power), Kyle A. Gamble (Idaho National Laboratory), Steve Novascone (Idaho National Laboratory), Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory)

BISON Capability, Validation, and Demonstration for Reactivity-Initiated Accidents

Charles P. Folsom (Idaho National Laboratory), W. Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), G. Pastore (Idaho National Laboratory), J. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), R. L. Williamson (Idaho National Laboratory)

Modeling Transient Fission Gas Behavior with BISON

Giovanni Pastore (Idaho National Laboratory), C.P. Folsom (Idaho National Laboratory), R.L. Williamson (Idaho National Laboratory), T. Barani (Politecnico di Milano), D. Pizzocri (Politecnico di Milano), L. Luzzi (Politecnico di Milano)

BISON analysis of Accident Tolerant Fuel clad concepts during normal operation and LOCA conditions

Ryan T. Sweet (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

Coupled Fuel Performance Calculations in VERA Through Tiamat

Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kevin Clarno (University of Texas), Roger Pawlowski (Sandia National Laboratories), Russell Gardner (Idaho National Laboratory), Jeffrey Powers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Alex Toth (Sandia National Laboratories), Stephen Novascone (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (Idaho National Laboratory)

Development of a Crud Induced Localized Corrosion Analysis Capability in VERA

Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Travis Lange (Idaho National Laboratory), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Company), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David Pointer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William Gurecky (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Stuart R. Slattery (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Annalisa Manera (University of Michigan)

Crud Induced Power Shift Simulations using VERA

Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William Gurecky (University of Texas-Austin), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Evaluation of VERA Transient Capability for Analyzing PWR Control Rod Ejection Accident

Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Company)

CTF Improvements through the CFD-Informed Sub-Channel Hi2Lo Process

Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Company), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Company), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CASL VERA Applications to Departure from Nucleate Boiling Challenge Problem

Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Company), Yiban Xu (Westinghouse Electric Company), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Neutronics and CRUD Analyses of the NuScale Small Modular Reactor

Travis Lange (Idaho National Laboratory), Azat Galimov (NuScale Power LLC), Jim Eller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kenny Epperson (Epperson Engineering), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Larry Linik (NuScale Power LLC)

Catawba 2 CRUD Risk Assessment

Travis Lange (Idaho National Laboratory)

Multi-phase Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Simulation for Boiling Water Reactor Applications

Su-Jong Yoon (Idaho National Laboratory), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jinyong Feng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Assessment of industrial applicability of DNB predictions in CFD with improved CASL FY19 closures

Jinyong Feng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Zachary Skirpan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Industry Application of CASL DNB Prediction Methods

Robert Brewster (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), W. D. Pointer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Virtual Pressurized Water Reactor CFD Modeling at Westinghouse

Robert Brewster (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Company), Yiban Xu (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Naval Nuclear Laboratory / CASL Collaborations

Brian N. Aviles (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL), Daniel J. Kelly (BMPC), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

VERA Benchmarking of PWR Startup and Steady State Operation

Gary Mangham (Westinghouse Electric Company LLC), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), James Eller (ORNL)

Results of VERA Application to the AP1000® PWR Startup

Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), David A. Salazar (Westinghouse Electric Company), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 Startup Experience

Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC)

Achievements and Ongoing Challenges for advanced CFD Boiling Closure Model Development using Physical Insights from Validation-Oriented High-Fidelity Boiling Experiment

Jun Soo Yoo (Idaho National Laboratory), Carlos E. Estrada-Perez (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)

CASL Advanced Hydrodynamic Closures for Multiphase CFD

Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Rosemary M. Sugrue (Jensen Hughes Inc.), Nazar Lubchenko (Tudor Investment Corporation), Benjamin L. Magolan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Brian Casel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

A Physics-based Model for Subcooled Flow Boiling with Application to Light Water Reactor Design and Analysis

Ravikishore Kommajosyula (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Etienne Demarly (Exponent, Inc.), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Davis-Besse Dosimetry Benchmark using VERA and SHIFT

Herschel Smith (Framatome/BHI Energy), Greg H. Hobson (Framatome Inc.)

Evaluation of VERA Ex-Core Fluence Analysis Capabilities for Industry Applications

Brenden T. Mervin (Electric Power Research Institute), Terrill Massey (Electric Power Research Institute), Gary Stevens (Electric Power Research Institute), Michael A. Burke (Electric Power Research Institute), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dean B. Jones (TransWare Enterprises Inc.)

Benchmarking of Source Range Detector Responses during Watts Bar Unit 1 Refueling

Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Gary Wolfram (Tennessee Valley Authority), Cole A. Gentry (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Validation of Ex-Core Detector Response Calculations for Shearon Harris

Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Herschel Smith (Duke Energy Foundation)

Supporting the Understanding of Two-Phase Flow in Reactor Geometries using DNS approach

Joseph Cambareri (North Carolina State University), Jun Fang (Argonne National Laboratory), Igor A. Bolotnov (North Carolina State University)

Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid Flows

Gretar Tryggvason (Johns Hopkins University), Jiacai Lu (Johns Hopkins University)

Gravity Controller Capability for Single-Bubble Interface-Resolved Simulations

Yuqiao Fan (North Carolina State University), Igor A. Bolotnov (North Carolina State University)

Subgroup and MOC Performance Improvements in MPACT

Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), Kevin Clarno (University of Texas), Brendan Kochunas (University of Michigan)

Stability, Robustness, and Performance of CMFD in Whole Core Calculations

Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan)

Utilizing Shift in VERA for Ex-Core Calculations

Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas M. Evans (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

The Windowed Multipole Formalism and Applications to Uncertainty Quantification

Abdulla Alhajri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Pablo P. Ducru (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Benoit Forget (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Subcooled Boiling Models in CTF: Analysis and Separate Effects Validation

Nathan W. Porter (Sandia National Laboratories), Lindsay N. Gilkey (Sandia National Laboratories)

Verification: a physics-based procedure with applications to CTF and BISON

Nathan W. Porter (Sandia National Laboratories), Aysenur Toptan (Idaho National Laboratory), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting)

Application of Predictive Capability Maturity Model for Assessment of VERA-CS for CASL Challenge Problems

Christopher Jones (Kansas State University), Paridhi Athe (North Carolina State University), Nam T. Dinh (North Carolina State University)

Can We Expect Our Codes to Converge to the Correct Answer for Our Intended Applications

Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting)

Parameterization of BISON model for fission gas release in U3Si2 nuclear fuel using phase-field simulations

Larry Aagesen (Idaho National Laboratory), David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Benjamin Beeler (North Carolina State University), Michael W. D. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kyle A. Gamble (Idaho National Laboratory), Yinbin Miao (Argonne National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee), Michael R. Tonks (University of Florida)

Atomistic simulations for doped UO2

Michael W. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher Matthews (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher R. Stanek (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David A. Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

BISON Capability and Validation for U3Si2, Cr2O3-doped UO2, FeCrAl, and Cr-coated Zircaloy ATF Concepts

Kyle A. Gamble (Idaho National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Michael W. D. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Anders Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Mechanism-based modeling of deformation for post-irradiated FeCrAl steel

Laurent Capolungo (LANL)

MPACT Diffusion Coefficient Improvement Through Westinghouse Collaboration

Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kang S. Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan)

Subgrid Methods to Address Axial Heterogeneities in MPACT

Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan)

Verification Framework in MPACT

Jipu Wang (University of Michigan), William R. Martin (University of Michigan), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting)

MPACT Validation

Tom Downar (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), Ben S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Lab), Shane Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Lab)

Development of a Single Phase Residual Formulation Solver in CTF

Agustin Abarca (NC State University), Maria N. Avramova (North Carolina State University)

Physics-informed machine learning-aided framework for CASL challenge problem solving - a demonstration and prospects

Xingang Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Koroush Shirvan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

CASL Thermal Hydraulic Hi2Lo Applications

Lindsay N. Gilkey (Sandia National Laboratories)

Dakota Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification Software: CASL Capabilities and Impact

Brian M. Adams (Sandia National Laboratories), Russell W. Hooper (Sandia National Laboratories)

A Meso-scale Two-phase Mixture Model for the Prediction of Boiling and Dryout in CRUD

Dongyeol Yeo (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Aaron Huxford (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Annalisa Manera (University of Michigan)

CRUD Thermodynamics and Composition

Jason Rizk (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

CRUD and corrosion modeling at the atomic scale

Zsolt Rak (NCSU), Donald W. Brenner (North Carolina State University)

Simulating and Stopping Crud - Insights Learned from and Inspired by the CASL Program

Michael P. Short (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Miaomiao Jin (Idaho National Laboratory), Ittinop Dumnernchanvanit (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Max Carlson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Sean Robertson (Transatomic Power Corporation), Gilberto Mota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Alexandra R. Delmore (University of Wisconsin Madison), Akshay Dave (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Bren A. Philips (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Sidney Yip (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew T. Nelson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dennis F. Hussey (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Daniel M. Wells (Electric Power Research Institute), Jeff Deshon (Electric Power Research Institute), Naiqiang Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Brian Kendrick (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Chris Stanek (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kenneth J. McClellan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Derek R. Gaston (Idaho National Laboratory), Cody J. Permann (Idaho National Laboratory), Richard C. Martineau (Idaho National Laboratory)

Motivation and Computational Challenges for Reactivity Insertion Accidents with VERA-CS

Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Validation of VERA-CS with SPERT

Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Yunlin Xu (Purdue University), Qicang Shen (University of Michigan)

Improvement of CTF for RIA Analysis

Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jianwei Hu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan)

Multi-level Predictor-Corrector Method for 3D Whole Core Transport Transient Analysis

Yunlin Xu (Purdue University), Qicang Shen (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (Univ of Michigan)

Validation of Boiling Simulation Methodology for DNB Application at High Pressure Condition

Seung Jun Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Solution Verification and Spatial Uncertainty Quantification for CFD Simulations of Nuclear Fuel Bundle Flows

W. David Pointer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Marc Olivier G. Delchini (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Supporting New Understanding of Boiling Heat Transfer and The Boiling Crisis

Matteo Bucci (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Experiments on Annular Flow Boiling in a Heated Annular Channel

Joseph Seo (Texas A&M University), Saya Lee (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)