2021 journal article

A MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATION SUITE FOR SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTORS

EPJ Web of Conferences, 247, 06019.

By: W. Dawn  n & S. Palmtag n 

Ed(s): M. Margulis & P. Blaise

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 1, 2021

A simulation suite has been developed to model reactor power distribution and multiphysics feedback effects in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs). This suite is based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) and employs a general, unstructured mesh to solve the Simplified P3 (SP3) neutron transport equations. In the FEM implementation, two-dimensional triangular elements and three-dimensional wedge elements are selected. Wedge elements are selected for their natural description of hexagonal geometry common to fast reactors.