BISON: A flexible code for advanced simulation of the performance of multiple nuclear fuel forms

RL Williamson, JD Hales, SR Novascone… - Nuclear …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
BISON is a nuclear fuel performance application built using the Multiphysics Object-Oriented
Simulation Environment (MOOSE) finite element library. One of its major goals is to have a …

Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation

DR Gaston, CJ Permann, JW Peterson… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Numerical simulation of nuclear reactors is a key technology in the quest for improvements
in efficiency, safety, and reliability of both existing and future reactor designs. Historically …

A framework for an integrated nuclear digital environment

EA Patterson, RJ Taylor, M Bankhead - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A conceptual framework is proposed for a digital environment extending from the prototype
design of nuclear plants through operations and decommissioning to storage and waste …

Coupled multiphysics simulations of heat pipe microreactors using DireWolf

C Matthews, V Laboure, M DeHart, J Hansel… - Nuclear …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
DireWolf is a multiphysics software driver application designed to simulate heat pipe–cooled
nuclear microreactors. Developed under the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear …

An investigation of FeCrAl cladding behavior under normal operating and loss of coolant conditions

KA Gamble, T Barani, D Pizzocri, JD Hales… - Journal of nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloys are candidates to be used as nuclear fuel
cladding for increased accident tolerance. An analysis of the response of FeCrAl under …

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 …

ALCYONE: the fuel performance code of the PLEIADES platform dedicated to PWR fuel rods behavior

C Introïni, I Ramière, J Sercombe, B Michel… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this contribution is to deeply introduce the ALCYONE Fuel Performance Code.
ALCYONE is being implemented within the PLEIADES numerical framework and is …

Kriging-based inverse uncertainty quantification of nuclear fuel performance code BISON fission gas release model using time series measurement data

X Wu, T Kozlowski, H Meidani - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
In nuclear reactor fuel performance simulation, fission gas release (FGR) and swelling
involve treatment of several complicated and interrelated physical processes, which …

The TRANSURANUS fuel performance code

A Magni, A Del Nevo, L Luzzi, D Rozzia… - Nuclear Power Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
TRANSURANUS is a computer program for the thermal and mechanical analysis of fuel rods
irradiated in nuclear reactors. It was originally developed at the Institute for Transuranium …

Thermal Modeling of an eVinci™-like heat pipe microreactor using OpenFOAM

D Price, N Roskoff, MI Radaideh, B Kochunas - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The simulation of heat pipe microreactors is an active area of research. In this paper, a
thermal analysis of a heat pipe microreactor motivated by the eVinci™ design is performed …