SAM Code Enhancement, Validation, and Reference Model Development for Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1781830· OSTI ID:1781830

O'Grady, Daniel ^[1]; Mui, Travis ^[1]; Lee, Alvin ^[1]; Zou, Ling ^[1]; Hu, Guojun ^[1]; Hu, Rui ^[1]

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

The 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 recent progress under DOE-NE’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation program in SAM code development, demonstration, and validation to support transient safety analysis of Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors.

• 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: 1781830
• Report Number(s): ANL/NSE-21/15; 167974
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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