Design-of-Experiment (DoE) based history matching for probabilistic integrity analysis—A case study of the FE-experiment at Mont Terri

J Buchwald, O Kolditz, T Nagel - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
We present an application of design-of-experiment (DoE) based history matching as an
approach to reduce and investigate parameter uncertainties in finite-element models for …

Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-2023

RC Leone, PE Mariner, ER Stein, JD Hyman… - … for Energy and the …, 2025 - Elsevier
Performance Assessment (PA) is important in ensuring the isolation and long-term
containment of spent nuclear fuel from the geosphere. It plays a crucial role in evaluating the …

GDSA Repository Systems Analysis Investigations in FY 2024

TC LaForce, E Basurto, LA Bigler, KW Chang… - 2024 - osti.gov
The Disposal Research and Development (R&D) Program of the US Department of Energy
(DOE) office of Nuclear Energy (NE-8) Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology …

Visualization for better understanding global sensitivity analysis results: The case of safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal

V Svitelman, E Saveleva - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2024 - Elsevier
Sensitivity analysis answers questions about the influence of parameters on the simulation
results and plays a significant role in the development of environmental models by hel** …

Sensitivity analysis in the presence of intrinsic stochasticity for discrete fracture network simulations

AC Murph, JD Strait, KR Moran… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale discrete fracture network (DFN) simulators are standard fare for studies
involving the sub‐surface transport of particles since direct observation of real world …

Discrete Fracture Network Model Benchmarks Developed and Applied in a DECOVALEX-2023 Repository Performance Assessment Study

PE Mariner, RC Leone, ER Stein, JD Hyman… - … for Energy and the …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents newly developed benchmarks for modeling flow and transport within
discrete fracture networks (DFNs) and useful methods for analyzing the results. The new …

Incorporating geological structure into sensitivity analysis of subsurface contaminant transport

L Bigler, T LaForce, L Swiler - Advances in Water Resources, 2025 - Elsevier
Simulating subsurface contaminant transport at the kilometer-scale often entails modeling
reactive flow and transport within and through complex geologic structures. These structures …

[HTML][HTML] GDSA framework, a computational framework for complex modeling problems in radioactive waste management

T Portone, A Eckert, E Basurto, E Friedman-Hill… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper details a computational framework to produce automated, graphical workflows,
and how this framework can be deployed to support complex modeling problems like those …