SAM Developments to Support Transient Safety Analysis of Advanced non-LWRs

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1577423· OSTI ID:1577423

Hu, Rui ^[1]; Hu, Guojun ^[1]; Zou, Ling ^[1]; Zhang, Guanheng ^[1]; Hollrah, Brent ^[1]; Gorman, Michael ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

System Analysis Module (SAM) is under development at Argonne National Laboratory as a modern system-level modeling and simulation tool for advanced non-light water reactor safety analyses. It utilizes the object-oriented application framework MOOSE to leverage the modern software environment and advanced numerical methods. The capabilities of SAM are being extended to enable the transient modeling, analysis, and design of various advanced nuclear reactor systems. This report summarizes major fiscal year 2019 (FY19) progress in SAM code development, capability enhancements, demonstration, and validation to support transient safety analysis of advanced non-LWRs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1577423
• Report Number(s): ANL/NSE--19/31; 156728
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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