Summaries of research and development activities by using supercomputer system of JAEA in FY2012 (April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013)

Information Technology Systems' Management and Operating Office

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) conducts research and development (R&D) in various fields related to nuclear power as a comprehensive institution of nuclear energy R&Ds, and utilizes computational science and technology in many activities. As more than 20% of papers published by JAEA are concerned with R&D using computational science, the supercomputer system of JAEA has become an important infrastructure to support computational science and technology utilization. In FY2012, the system was used not only for JAEA's major projects such as Fast Reactor Cycle System, Fusion R&D and Quantum Beam Science, but also for R&D aiming to restore Fukushima (nuclear plant decommissioning and environmental restoration) as apriority issue. This report presents a great amount of R&D results accomplished by using the system in FY2012, as well as user support, operational records and overviews of the system, and so on.