Pronghorn: A multidimensional coarse-mesh application for advanced reactor thermal hydraulics

AJ Novak, RW Carlsen, S Schunert, P Balestra… - Nuclear …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents an overview of Pronghorn, a multiscale thermal-hydraulic (T/H)
application developed by Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California …

Coupled Monte Carlo and thermal-fluid modeling of high temperature gas reactors using Cardinal

AJ Novak, D Andrs, P Shriwise, J Fang, H Yuan… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardinal is an open-source application that couples OpenMC Monte Carlo transport and
NekRS computational fluid dynamics to the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation …

Validating the BISON fuel performance code to integral LWR experiments

RL Williamson, KA Gamble, DM Perez… - … Engineering and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
BISON is a modern finite element-based nuclear fuel performance code that has been under
development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) since 2009. The code is applicable to both …

Analysis of transient fission gas behaviour in oxide fuel using BISON and TRANSURANUS

T Barani, E Bruschi, D Pizzocri, G Pastore… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The modelling of fission gas behaviour is a crucial aspect of nuclear fuel performance
analysis in view of the related effects on the thermo-mechanical performance of the fuel rod …

Local improvement results for Anderson acceleration with inaccurate function evaluations

A Toth, JA Ellis, T Evans, S Hamilton, CT Kelley… - SIAM Journal on …, 2017 - SIAM
We analyze the convergence of Anderson acceleration when the fixed point map is
corrupted with errors. We consider uniformly bounded errors and stochastic errors with …

Multiscale thermal-hydraulic modeling of the pebble bed fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor

AJ Novak, S Schunert, RW Carlsen, P Balestra… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The complex core geometry of Pebble Bed Reactors (PBRs) necessitates multiscale
techniques for fast-turnaround design and analysis. This paper describes the multiscale …

CTF Theory Manual: Version 4.4

R Salko Jr, M Avramova, A Wysocki, B Hizoum, J Hu… - 2024 - osti.gov
Coolant-Boiling in Rod Arrays–Two Fluids (COBRA-TF) is a thermal/hydraulic (T/H)
simulation code designed for light-water reactor (LWR) vessel analysis. It uses a two-fluid …

[PDF][PDF] Coupled monte carlo and thermal-hydraulics modeling of a prismatic gas reactor fuel assembly using cardinal

A Novak, D Andrs, P Shriwise, D Shaver… - Proceedings …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Cardinal is a MOOSE application that couples OpenMC Monte Carlo transport and NekRS
computational fluid dynamics to the MOOSE framework, closing the neutronics and thermal …

Coupled Monte Carlo transport and conjugate heat transfer for wire-wrapped bundles within the MOOSE framework

AJ Novak, P Shriwise, PK Romano… - Nuclear Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cardinal is an open-source application that couples OpenMC Monte Carlo transport and
NekRS computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation …

The TRANSURANUS burn-up model for thorium fuels under LWR conditions

JIT Cavia, A Schubert, P Van Uffelen, P Pöml… - … Engineering and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Transuranus Burn-up (TUBRNP) model for (Th, Pu) O 2 and (Th, U) O 2 fuels is
described and validated. To this end, the depletion equations of the nuclides 232 Th, 233 U …