Sensitivity analysis of VERA-CS and FRAPCON coupling in a multiphysics environment

C Blakely, H Zhang, H Ban - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A demonstration and description of the LOCA Toolkit for US light water reactors (LOTUS) is
presented. Through LOTUS, the core simulator VERA-CS developed by CASL is coupled …

Application of regression, variance, and density based global sensitivity methods to integrated VERA-CS and BISON simulations

C Blakely, H Zhang, C Folsom, H Ban… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Uncertainty quantification (UQ) and sensitivity analyses (SA) are performed for coupled
simulations between VERA-CS, a coupled pin resolved neutron transport and subchannel …

Demonstration of LOTUS multiphysics BEPU analysis framework for LB-LOCA simulations

C Blakely, H Zhang, R Szilard, A Epiney… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The LOCA Toolkit for US light water reactors (LOTUS) currently under development
at Idaho National Labs (INL) is a plug and play, multiphysics environment to be used in …

Early-Demonstration of BEPU Analysis with the RELAP5-3D Code in Response to Proposed 10 CFR 50.46 c Rulemaking

H Zhang, P Bayless, L Zou, H Zhao, R Szilard - 2016 - osti.gov
The best estimate plus uncertainty (BEPU) method has become the de-facto standard in the
nuclear industry and has been widely used to perform loss of coolant accident (LOCA) …

[PDF][PDF] IMPORTANCE OF UNCERTAINTY MODELLING FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY ANALYSIS

D de Souza Gomes, C Giovedi - repositorio.ipen.br
ABSTRACT The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed the 10CFR50. 46c
regulations regard the loss-of-coolant-accident (LOCA), and emergency core cooling system …

Executing BISON-CASL Fuel Performance Cases Using VERA-CS Output

RP Pawlowski, S Stimpson, K Clarno, J Powers… - 2015 - osti.gov
As the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) moves forward
with more complex multiphysics simulations, there is increased focus on incorporating fuel …