Advancing Understanding of Fission Gas Behavior in Nuclear Fuel through Leadership Class Computing
We have a new SciDAC-4 project that builds on this work: Simulation of Fission Gas in Uranium Oxide Nuclear Fuel
Project Summary
The objective of this project is to develop high-performance simulation tools capable of predicting fission gas bubble evolution in nuclear fuel, and to demonstrate a Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) partnership project between the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) and the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Deployment of such tools will require the utilization of high performance computing resources and the development of a leadership-class computational code capable of spanning the multiple length and time scales needed to address the complex physical and computational challenges associated with accurately modeling nuclear fuel.
This pilot project has a duration of 18 months (2016-08-15/2018-02-14).
Team
| Institution | Principal Investigator | Additional Participants | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ANL | Barry Smith (bsmith@mcs.anl.gov) | Shashi Aithal |
 | INL | Giovanni Pastore (giovanni.pastore@inl.gov) | |
 | LANL | Blas Uberuaga ( blas@lanl.gov) | David Andersson, Li-Ta "Ollie" Lo, Danny Perez, Wathsala Widanagamaachchi |
 | ORNL | David E. Bernholdt (bernholdtde@ornl.gov) | James Kress, David Pugmire, Philip C. Roth Alumni: Valmor F. de Almeida, Ozgur Cekmer |
 | PNNL | Rick Kurtz (rj.kurtz@pnnl.gov) | Kenny Roche, Wahyu Setyawan |
 | U Tennessee - Knoxville* | Brian D. Wirth* (bdwirth@utk.edu) | Sophie Blondel, Bamin Khomami, Aaron Kohnert, Bo Zhang |
* Lead Institution and Lead Principal Investigator
Sponsor
This project is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) and Office of Science (SC), Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) through the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program.
External Advisory Committee
| Name | Institution | Key Programs Represented |
|---|---|---|
| Steven L. Hayes | INL | Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) |
| Kurt A. Terrani | ORNL | Fuel Cycle R&D |
| Chris Stanek | LANL | Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) |
Key Partners
| Program or Sponsor | Project | Project Point(s) of Contact | Partner Point(s) of Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciDA-3 Institutes (no longer active) | FASTMath – Frameworks, Algorithms, and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics | Barry Smith (ANL) | |
| SUPER – Institute for Sustained Performance, Energy and Resilience | Phil Roth (ORNL) | ||
| SDAV—Scalable Data Management, Analysis and Visualization | Ollie Lo (LANL), David Pugmire (ORNL) | ||
| SciDAC-4 Institutes | FASTMath – Frameworks, Algorithms, and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics | Barry Smith (ANL) | |
| RAPIDS - Resource and Application Productivity through computing, Information, and Data Science | David Bernholdt (ORNL), James Kress (ORNL), David Pugmire (ORNL), Phil Roth (ORNL) | ||
| DOE Office of Nuclear Energy | Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) | Steven L. Hayes (INL), Chris Stanek (LANL) | |
| DOE Office of Nuclear Energy | Fuel Cycle R&D | Kurt A. Terrani (ORNL) | |
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