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Baccou, J.*; Glantz, T.*; Ghione, A.*; Sargentini, L.*; Fillion, P.*; Damblin, G.*; Sueur, R.*; Iooss, B.*; Fang, J.*; Liu, J.*; et al.
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 421, p.113035_1 - 113035_16, 2024/05
In the Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) framework, the use of best-estimate code requires to go through a Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification process (VVUQ). The relevance of the experimental data in relation to the physical phenomena of interest in the VVUQ process is crucial. Adequacy analysis of selected experimental databases addresses this problem. The outcomes of the analysis can be used to select a subset of relevant experimental data, to encourage designing new experiments or to drop some experiments from a database because of their substantial lack of adequacy. The development of a specific transparent and reproducible approach to analyze the relevance of experimental data for VVUQ still remains open and is the topic of this contribution. In this paper, the concept of adequacy initially introduced in the OECD/NEA SAPIUM (Systematic APproach for model Input Uncertainty quantification Methodology) activity is formalized. It is defined through two key properties, called representativeness and completeness, that allows considering the multifactorial dimension of the adequacy problem. A new systematic approach is then proposed to analyze the adequacy of a set of experimental databases. It relies on the introduction of two sets of criteria to characterize representativeness and completeness and on the use of multi-criteria decision analysis method to perform the analysis. Finally, the approach is applied in the framework of the new OECD/NEA ATRIUM activity which includes a set of practical IUQ exercises in thermal-hydraulics to test the SAPIUM guideline in determining input uncertainties and forward propagating them on an application case. It allows evaluating the adequacy of eight experimental databases coming from the Super Moby-dick, Sozzi-Sutherland and Marviken experiments and identifying the most adequate ones.
中村 秀夫; Bentaib, A.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Ruyer, P.*; Mascari, F.*; Jacquemain, D.*; Adorni, M.*
Proceedings of International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety; Strengthening Safety of Evolutionary and Innovative Reactor Designs (TIC 2022) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/10
The WGAMA activity achievements have been published as technical reports, becoming reference materials to discuss innovative methods, materials and technologies in the fields of thermal-hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and severe accidents (SAs). The International Standard Problems (ISPs) and Benchmarks of computer codes have been supported by a huge amount of the databases for the code validation necessary for the reactor safety assessment with accuracy. The paper aims to review and summarize the recent WGAMA outcomes with focus on new advanced reactor applications including small modular reactors (SMRs). Particularly, discussed are applicability of major outcomes in the relevant subjects of passive system, modelling innovation in CFD, severe accident management (SAM) countermeasures, advanced measurement methods and instrumentation, and modelling robustness of safety analysis codes. Although large portions of the outcomes are considered applicable, design-specific subjects may need careful considerations when applied. The WGAMA efforts, experiences and achievements for the safety assessment of operating nuclear power plants including SA will be of great help for the continuous safety improvements required for the advanced reactors including SMRs.
Brumm, S.*; Gabrielli, F.*; Sanchez-Espinoza, V.*; Groudev, P.*; Ou, P.*; Zhang, W.*; Malkhasyan, A.*; Bocanegra, R.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Berda
, M.*; et al.
Proceedings of 10th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research (ERMSAR 2022) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/05
The current HORIZON-2020 project on "Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)" aims at applying Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in the modeling of Severe Accidents (SA), particularly in predicting the radiological source term of mitigated and unmitigated accident scenarios. Within its application part, the project is devoted to the uncertainty quantification of different severe accident codes when predicting the radiological source term of selected severe accident sequences of different nuclear power plant designs, e.g. PWR, VVER, and BWR. Key steps for this investigation are, (a) the selection of severe accident sequences for each reactor design, (b) the development of a reference input model for the specific design and SA-code, (c) the selection of a list of uncertain model parameters to be investigated, (d) the choice of an UQ-tool e.g. DAKOTA, SUSA, URANIE, etc., (e) the definition of the figures of merit for the UA-analysis, (f) the performance of the simulations with the SA-codes, and, (g) the statistical evaluation of the results using the capabilities, i.e. methods and tools offered by the UQ-tools. This paper describes the project status of the UQ of different SA codes for the selected SA sequences, and the technical challenges and lessons learnt from the preparatory and exploratory investigations performed.
Mascari, F.*; Bersano, A.*; Woods, B. G.*; Reyes, J. N.*; Welter, K.*; 中村 秀夫; D'Auria, F.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
Safety analyses have a key role for designing the mitigation strategies and for a safety review process, which are carried-out with best-estimate thermal-hydraulic system codes. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) adopting passive mitigation strategies under development are characterized by some common features with the current reactors and by other features typical of their designs. While many of Natural Circulation (NC) have been studied, further analyses are necessary to confirm the code capability against experimental data representative of SMR phenomenology. Though different scaling methods have been developed, distortions are unavoidable in the experimental facility design. Then, scaled-down facilities are limited in scaling-up capabilities, which may affect the capability of the code to predict full-scale behavior. Therefore, in a V&V process, uncertainty related to the code scaling-up capability is still an open issue. Since the OSU-MASLWR is scaled in volume and height, this paper aims to assess the scaling-up capability of the OSU-MASLWR Reactor Pressure Vessel nodalization against NC phenomenology typical of SMR, having the OSU-MASLWR-002 single phase NC data as a base. This may give some first insights about the TRACE scaling-up capability against single-phase NC in integral type configuration.
Mascari, F.*; 中村 秀夫; Umminger, K.*; De Rosa, F.*; D'Auria, F.*
Proceedings of 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-16) (USB Flash Drive), p.4921 - 4934, 2015/08
The phenomenological analyses and thermal hydraulic characterization of a nuclear reactor are the basis for its design and safety evaluation. Scaled down tests of Integral Effect Test (IET) and Separate Effect Test (SET) are feasible to develop database. Though several scaling methods such as Power/Volume, Three level scaling and H2TS have been developed and applied to the IET and SET design, direct extrapolation of the data to prototype is in general difficult due to unavoidable scaling distortions. Constraints in construction and funding for test facility demand that a scaling compromise is inevitable further. Scaling approaches such as preservation of time, pressure and power etc. have to be adopted in the facility design. This paper analyzes some IET scaling approaches, starting from a brief analysis of the main characteristics of IETs and SETFs. Scaling approaches and their constraints in ROSA-III, FIST and PIPER-ONE facility are used to analyze their impact to the experimental prediction in Small Break LOCA counterpart tests. The liquid level behavior in the core are discussed for facility scaling-up limits.
Mascari, F.*; 中村 秀夫; De Rosa, F.*; D'Auria, F.*
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In the development and safety evaluation of LWRs, thermal hydraulic analysis of the reactor, containment and their coupling is essential to understand the accident phenomena. To reproduce the behavior in a scaled model, it is necessary to properly characterize thermal hydraulics both in the local and integral responses. The facility geometry and test conditions should then be correctly derived according to scaling laws to avoid scaling distortions that could compromise the target phenomena identified by PIRT process. Many scaling approach and methods have thus been developed. Together with the scaling analysis, computer codes may be used in supporting the design of test facilities, assessing the scale distortions, and verifying the selected scaling method. However, since the closure laws in the computer code are mainly based on scaled test data, the extrapolation of code results remains a challenging and open issue. This paper provides some insights about the methods used in the scaling.
Mascari, F.*; 中村 秀夫; Umminger, K.*; Moon, S.-K.*; Lien, P.*; Bestion, D.*; D'Auria, F.*
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軽水炉事故時の安全評価には解析コードが用いられるが、採用される多数のモデルや相関式はほとんど全て、実機から縮小された実験により得られており、解析結果への現象のスケーリングの影響を考慮する必要がある。本発表では、2016年にOECD NEAによって取りまとめられたScalingに関する最新情報レポート(State-of-Art Report)などを振り返り、現象のスケーリングに際する体積比や高さ比などパラメータの影響、事故模擬を行うシステム効果試験装置の特徴やデータの範囲、カウンターパート試験の例としてのBWR事故模擬試験などを基に、スケーリング(外挿)を行うツールとしての解析コードの有効性や限界を概説する。
