W28 Thermal-Hydraulic and Severe Accident Research

The session will focus on the NRC’s efforts to address current issues in the thermal-hydraulics and severe accident arenas, including experimental and analytical tool development programs. It will discuss, in particular, the following topics:

• the NRC’s use of computational fluid dynamics codes
• Symbolic Nuclear Analysis Package (SNAP), the graphic user interface to TRAC/RELAP Advanced Computational Engine (TRACE) and Methods for Estimation of Leakages and Consequences of Releases (MELCOR)
• new SNAP uncertainty analysis capabilities
• the NRC’s TRACE-Purdue Advanced Reactor Core Simulator (PARCS) code status and applications status
• MELCOR, the severe accident code
  

SESSION CHAIR(S):

Jennifer Uhle, Deputy Office Director, NRC/RES

SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:

• Introductory Remarks

  Jennifer Uhle Deputy Office DirectorNRC/RES

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications and Activities in Research

  Ghani Zigh Senior Technical AdvisorDivision of Systems AnalysisNRC/RES

• Recent Developments in SNAP and SNAP Uncertainty Analysis Capabilities

  Chester Gingrich Senior Reactor Systems EngineerDivision of Systems AnalysisNRC/RES

• TRACE-PARCS Development and Application Status

  Josh Whitman Reactor Systems EngineerDivision of Systems AnalysisNRC/RES

• The Code Application Maintenance Program (CAMP)

  Antony Calvo CAMP Program ManagerCode Application Maintenance ProgramDivision of Systems AnalysisNRC/RES

• MELCOR Development Status and Code Applications

  Hossein Esmaili Senior Systems Reactor EngineerDivision of Systems AnalysisNRC/RES

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Antony Calvo, NRC/RES, tel: (301) 251-7677, e-mail: Antony.Calvo@nrc.gov