Integration Plan for NEAMS Structural Materials and Chemistry MSR Modeling

Technical Report · Fri Dec 30 04:00:00 EST 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2048111· OSTI ID:2048111

Spencer, Benjamin W ^[1]; Besmann, Theodore M. ^[2]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
2. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

As part of its broad objective to support advanced reactor development, the US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program has a strong interest in developing simulation capabilities to address chemistry and corrosion issues for molten salt reactors (MSRs). To that end, the Structural Materials & Chemistry (SMC) technical area within the NEAMS program is developing a set of codes and databases to describe the behavior of molten salts and their interactions with structural materials. This document reviews the current activities with respect to MSR-relevant codes and is an effort to improve their integration in simulating MSR systems. Interoperability between the codes being developed is critical for the success of the NEAMS-developed MSR simulation capability. This is greatly facilitated by having codes based on the MOOSE framework when possible, and by developing interfaces to MOOSE-based tools for those tools that are not based on that framework.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 2048111
• Report Number(s): INL/RPT--22-70694-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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