Extension of Virtual Test Bed Advanced Modeling and Simulation Capabilities for Fusion Energy

Conference · Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2024

OSTI ID:2326982

Giudicelli, Guillaume Louis ^[1]; Abou Jaoude, Abdalla ^[1]; Shemon, Emily ^[2]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory
2. Argonne National Laboratory

The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) was established to accelerate the deployment of novel reactor concepts. This is achieved by providing physical and virtual spaces for building and testing reactor experiments. The Virtual Test Bed (VTB) represents the virtual counterpart to the physical test beds. It is a collaboration with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program with the mission to accelerate the deployment of advanced reactors by facilitating the adoption of advanced modeling and simulation (M&S) tools developed by the DOE. This mission has been carried out by the VTB since 2020 by hosting and featuring dozens of advanced fission nuclear reactor models developed by national laboratories and academia. The charter of the NRIC’s definition of advanced reactors also includes fusion nuclear reactors. As the tools developed by the NEAMS program are increasingly used for modeling fusion energy devices, there is an increasing need to host fusion reactor models on the VTB repository. The VTB will be extended in 2024 to support fusion energy modeling and simulation.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: 58
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 2326982
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-24-76839-Rev000
• Conference Information: Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Idaho Falls, 10/07/2024 - 10/10/2024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Fusion
ModSim
Virtual Test Bed