Nuclear Simulation

Welcome to Bavaria - Germany and to the INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SIMULATION SYMPOSIUM AND MATHEMATICAL MODELLING WORKSHOP. A triennial international conference jointly promoted by Control.Data, GRS and SCS, which takes place at Schliersee, a small town near the Alps. The aim of the Symposium is to cover most of the aspects of nuclear modelling and simulation in theory and practice, to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between different international research groups in this field, and to strengthen the international contact between developers and users of modelling and simulation techniques. On the occasion of the Symposium people of scientific and engineering disciplines will meet to discuss the state-of-the-art and future activities and developments. A large number of contributed papers has been strictly examined and selected by the papers committee to guarantee a high international standard. The book contains the accepted papers which will be presented at the Symposium. The papers have been classified according to the following topics: 1. HARDWARE TOOLS 2. SIMULATION-SOFTWARE-TOOLS 3. PLANT ANALYSER 4. REACTOR CORE 5. NUCLEAR WASTE Authors from 9 countries will meet at the Symposium. They work for Industrial Companies, Universities and the Research and Development Institutes so that a broad spectrum of simulation activities is covered: Theory and application, hardware and software, research and operations. The editor is greatful to the authors for making possible the publication of this book, and especially to WOLFGANG F. WERNEB, for the selection of the papers and the contribution to the success of the Symposium.

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This book is a state-of-the-art presentation in the area of nuclear simulation. In this area the mathematical modelling is the most important part. Then the question is: how is this model solved to correlate in a satisfactory way with reality (i.e. real life data)? An answer to this question is given for several reactors and their related systems for the first time. In these cases, software tools are very important, especially when they have to solve a safety problem related to a reactor. One must show the reliability of these tools in order to certify the reactor to the nuclear regulatory authority. The plant analyser is the tool needed to learn about the behaviour of a "total" reactor in order to understand the mechanism of the process. The second main subject is the reactor core. After Cernobyl this is self explanatory. Here we are able to point out that the reader can find several answers to new problems in the nuclear industry. This includes a new approach to nuclear mathematical modelling.

Inhalt
Simulation In the Core.- The Role of Symbolic Processing in Supercomputing.- The ETA10 Supercomputer System.- Mathematical Problems in the Simulation of Reactor Plants.- Nuclear Power Plant Transient Analysis.- Development of advanced Thermal Hydraulics Model for Nuclear Power Plant Simulation.- Finite Element Analysis in Computational Fluid Mechanics.- Prediction of Fluid Behaviour during Reactor Transient, Analysis using Coupled 1D and 3D Models.- ENEA Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Simulator: Mathematical Models, Performances, Opportunities of Usage.- The State of Mathematical Modeling for Power Plant Training Simulators.- Concepts and Realization of the KWU Nuclear Plant Analyzer.- The Design, Development and Operation of a Compact Nuclear Power Plant Simulator.- Design and Analysis of Nuclear Processes with the Apros.- The Role of Simulation in Control System Design/Modification.- USNRC's Nuclear Plant Analyzer: Engineering Simulation Capabilities in the 1990's.- CASM0-3/SIMULATE-3 Core Follow Calculations on Oskarshamn 3.- CASM0-3/MBS Benchmark Calculations on RINGHALS PWR.- 3-D Full Core Calculations for the Long-Term Behaviour of PWR's.- Numerical Methods for Advanced LWR Core Simulators.- Evaluation of Systematically Derived Neutron Kinetics Models.- Computer Simulation of the Long-Term Stability of a Nuclear Waste Repository in a Salt Dome.- Response of Underground Openings to Dynamic Loadings.- Rotated Title Index.- Author Index.