Nuclear Power Plant Design and Analysis Codes

I MAP OF CODE DEVELOPMENT
1. Roadmap
Jun Wang and Xin Li
2. Guidance of Nuclear Code development
Xianping Zhong
3. Nuclear Engineering Software Quality Assurance
Xinghe Ni
4. Multi-physics Coupling Plan
Miao Gui and Xingang Zhao

II PHYSICS AND FUELS CODES
5. Nuclear Physics Deterministic Code
Tengfei Zhang
6. Nuclear Physics Probability Code: OpenMC
Jiankai Yu

III FUELS AND SUB-CHANNEL CODES
7. Fuels and Assemblies Codes: FRAPCON/FRAPTRAN
Bowen Qiu
8. Fuels and Assemblies Codes: TRANSURANUS
Alessandro Del Nevo and Paul Van Uffelen
9. Fuels and Assemblies Codes: ALCYONE and GERMINAL
Alessio Magni and Bruno Michel
10. Sub-Channel Codes: CTF and VIPRE-01
Xingang Zhao

IV THERMAL-HYDRAULIC CODES
11. RCS Systems Thermal Hydraulic Codes: RELAP5-based codes
Victor Martinez-Quiroga
12. RCS Systems Thermal Hydraulic Codes: TRACE
Anil Gurgen
13. ATHLET
Andreas Wielenberg and Christine Bals
14. SAM
Jun Wang
15. Other Thermal Hydraulic Codes
LuTeng Zhang

V SEVERE ACCIDENT CODES
16. RCS SA Codes: RELAP/SCDAPSIM
Judy Hohorst and Chris Allison
17. ATHLET-CD
Andreas Wielenberg and Christine Bals
18. Integral SA Codes: IMPACT/SAMPSON
Marco Pellegrini
19. MELCOR
Jun Wang

VI Noval CFD methods
20. MPS Code
Zidi Wang
21. LBM Code
Cheng Hui and Huaqiang Liu

VII SPECIAL OR NEW DIRECTION
22. Code for Nuclear materials
Jianqi Xi
23. Nuclear Power Plant Cybersecurity
Fan Zhang
24. Artificial Neural Network
Jing Zhang
25. Artificial Intelligence Code
Lianshan Lin and Xing Wang
26.Temporal Data Mining (TDM)
Zaijing Sun

Nuclear Power Plant Design and Analysis Codes: Development, Validation, and Application presents the latest research on the most widely used nuclear codes and the wealth of successful accomplishments which have been achieved over the past decades by experts in the field. Editors Wang, Li,Allison, and Hohorst and their team of authors provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of nuclear code development and how to apply it to their work and research to make their energy production more flexible, economical, reliable and safe.

Written in an accessible and practical way, each chapter considers strengths and limitations, data availability needs, verification and validation methodologies and quality assurance guidelines to develop thorough and robust models and simulation tools both inside and outside a nuclear setting. This book benefits those working in nuclear reactor physics and thermal-hydraulics, as well as those involved in nuclear reactor licensing. It also provides early career researchers with a solid understanding of fundamental knowledge of mainstream nuclear modelling codes, as well as the more experienced engineers seeking advanced information on the best solutions to suit their needs.

• Captures important research conducted over last few decades by experts and allows new researchers and professionals to learn from the work of their predecessors
• Presents the most recent updates and developments, including the capabilities, limitations, and future development needs of all codes
• Incudes applications for each code to ensure readers have complete knowledge to apply to their own setting.

Engineers in the nuclear industry; professors and postgrad students involved in code development; senior professionals involved in code development from a computer science perspective; early career researchers and professionals requiring a foundational understanding of nuclear code development carried out by their predecessors, and how it applies to their specific area of research