Modelling in Nuclear Science and Engineering 2023

This event will again extend over a day and a half with keynote speakers and presentations from academia and industry on a range of topics including the following:

AI, innovation and recent developments in reactor performance and safety modelling
Reactor thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, neutronics, criticality, shielding and coolant chemistry
Recent developments supporting ANTs, AMRs, SMRs, propulsion and advances in materials modelling
Development in uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, data assimilation, reactor systems digital twins
Optimisation techniques to support design and process developments
Plant extension and end-of-life studies
Fuel cycle facilities, decommissioning activities, waste management
Multi-physics and multi-scale modelling framework

Abstract and Poster Submissions

The abstract submission process closed on Monday 25th September. Contact marick@nuclearinst.com if you have any queries on an existing submission.

Registration

Note: Student NI members should email events@nuclearinst.com to book your discounted tickets.

Ticket Type	Price excl. VAT
Earlybird - until 31st August	£180
NI Member	£200
Non-Member (Join here)	£300
Student NI Member (UG, PGT and PhD)	£50
Student Non-Member (Join here)	£75
Conference Dinner	£50

Programme

Keynote Speakers

Luis Enrique Herranz

Head of Nuclear Safety Research at CIEMAT

Luis Enrique Herranz has been a Research Professor since 2015. He has been leading the Unit for Nuclear Safety Research for more than 20 years. He has published more than 150 papers in refereed journals and has made more than 300 contributions in international conferences and workshops.

Since 2019, Luis has been the leader of the Technical Area 2 (Severe Accidents) of SNETP/NUGENIA and was the Chair of the WGAMA (Working Group of Analysis and Management of Accidents) of OECD/NEA between 2016 and 2021. With a strong commitment to teaching and training, he regularly lectures in national and international graduate and postgraduate courses.

Ana Gomez Cobo

Head of Safety Assessment at International Atomic Energy Agency

Ana Gomez Cobo has been working in nuclear safety for over 34 years. From 1995 to 2000 she worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) where she was a technical officer responsible for activities on probabilistic safety analysis, safety performance indicators and safety-related maintenance for nuclear power plants.

Ana joined the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) in 2000 where she has undertaken specialist assessment and project inspection work related to UK's operating reactors and new nuclear build.

Agenda

This is the preliminary programme and is subject to change.

DAY 1 – THURSDAY 9^th NOVEMBER
09:00 – 09:45	Registration, Refreshments and Networking
09:45 – 10:00	OPENING and WELCOME Prof. Ali Tehrani (Chair) Prof. Christopher Pain (Imperial College London)
SESSION 1: Impact of Modelling in Nuclear Engineering and Science Chair: Prof. Ali Tehrani
10:00 – 10:30	Keynote 1 (British Nuclear GBN) TBC
10:30 – 10:50	Integrated Modelling Approaches for SMR Core Design TBC
10:50 – 11:10	Embracing empirical modelling methods in the journey of impactful mechanistic model development Eleftherios Vlazakis and Caroline Pyke
11:10 – 11:20	Break
SESSION 2: Multi-physics and Multi-Scale Modelling Chair: Prof. Paul Smith
11:20 – 11:50	Ana Gomez Cobo TBC Head of Safety Assessment, International Atomic Energy Agency
11:50 – 12:10	Modelling and Simulation: Fostering international co-operation within the OECD NEA Working Party on scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) Kostadin Ivanov, Hakim Ferroukhi, Michelle Bales, Oliver Buss, Ian Hill, and Tatiana Ivanova
12:10 – 12:30	Computation of multi-physical interfacial Newtonian, two-phase dusty (Saffman) and non-Newtonian Eringen micropolar transport in nuclear reactor ducts with a modified Differential Quadrature Method (DQM) O. Anwar Bég, R. K. Chandrawat, V. Joshi, and Sireetorn Kuharat
12:30 – 12:50	SHOWBIZ: A multi-physics 3D code to simulate a fuel rod cladding embrittlement in normal reactor operation, transport and storage, and during LOCA and RIA transients Alessandra Del Masto, Marine Guémas, Cédric Leclere, Maxime Salvo, and Tatiana Taurines
12:50 – 14:00	Group Photo, Poster Session, Lunch and Networking
SESSION 3: AI, Innovation and Recent Developments in Reactor Performance and Safety Modelling Chair: Dr Amir Nourian
14:00 – 14:30	Future prospects of AI in nuclear engineering modelling Christopher Pain, Ali Tehrani, Claire Heaney, Boyang Chen, Toby Phillips, Linfeng Li, Jiansheng Xiang, Steven Dargaville, Omar Matar, Paul Smith, and Andrew Buchan Imperial College London
14:30 – 14:50	Technology development for the deployment of high temperature reactors for alternate generation of electrical energy and hydrogen Mark Bankhead, Jorge Wier, and Christopher Connolly
14:50 – 15:10	GMIT: An automation tool for post-closure criticality safety assessments Jiejie Wu, E. Adam Paxton, and David Applegate
15:10 – 15:40	Potential application of quantum computing to Monte Carlo radiation transport Paul Smith, Roberta Rehus, Konstantinos Geogopoulos, and Ines Juvan-Beaulieu
15:40 – 16:00	Break
SESSION 4: Alternative Fuel, Plant Extension, End-of-life Studies and Fuel Cycle Facilities Chair: Dr Andrew Buchan
16:00 – 16:30	TBC Prof. Simon Middleburgh, Bangor University
16:30 – 16:50	PuO₂ Modelling relevant to long-term storage Nathan Palmer, Dave Woodhead, and Owen Heaton
16:50 – 17:10	The last cycle of Tihange 2: reload design, safety evaluation and pool management Ruben Van Parys, Maxime Haedens, and Matthias Vanderhaegen
17:10 – 17:30	Development of safety analysis and management of residual risk Dr John Jones
17:30 – 17:50	Day 1 Close

DAY 2 – FRIDAY 10^th NOVEMBER
08:00 – 08:30	Refreshments and Networking
SESSION 5: Plant Performance in Accident Conditions Chair: Prof. Panagiota Angeli
08:30 – 09:00	Severe accident modelling: A historic perspective, recent developments and challenges ahead Prof. Luis Enrique Herranz Head of Nuclear Safety Research, Centre for Energy, Technology and Environmental Research (CIEMAT)
09:00 – 09:20	Criticality safety and reactor physics modelling in stochastic geometries in the MONK Monte Carlo code Simon Richards, Jessica Fildes, and Brian Jones
09:20 – 09:40	Modelling of irradiation creep in graphite Vadim Zolotarevskiy, Graham N Hall, and Abbie N Jones
09:40 – 10:00	Multi-Physics Multi-Scale Simulation Framework Based on CTF/CTFFuel Maria Avramova, Agustin Abarca, Pascal Rouxelin, Gregory Delipei, and Muhammad Altahhan
10:00 – 10:20	Break
SESSION 6: Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Fuel Performance, Neutronics, Criticality, and Shielding Chair: Prof. Kostadin Ivanov
10:20 – 10:50	Prof. Panagiota Angeli TBC Dept of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, University College London
10:50 – 11:10	Study of energy deposition in the coolant of LFR Maria Susini, Daniele Tomatis, and Stefano Argirò
11:10 – 11:30	A reduced order model discretisation of the space-angle phase-space dimensions of the Boltzmann transport equation with application to nuclear reactor eigenvalue problems Andrew Buchan
11:30 – 11:50	Finite Element Analysis of the effects of eccentric fuel stringers on the predicted onset of brick cracking Ahmadreza Farrokhnia, Abbie Jones, and Graham Hall
11:50 – 12:10	Design and optimisation of a boron-free small modular reactor core Madinka Bright Mweetwa and Marat Margulis
12:10 – 13:30	Poster Session, Lunch and Networking
SESSION 7: Optimisation Techniques to Support Design and Process Developments Chair: Dr Mark Bankhead
13:30 – 13:50	An open-source porous media modelling approach to investigate thermohydraulic features of compact printed circuit heat exchangers Michael McDermott and Shuisheng He
13:50 – 14:10	Modelling the liquid waste operation at the Savannah river site Andrew Jung, Tanner Liddy, Peter Hill, Jeremy Bas, Simon Woodward, and Jeremy Bas
14:10 – 14:30	Differential evolution optimization of a nuclear thermal propulsion rocket Kimberly Gonzalez and William Culbreth
14:30 – 14:50	Phase Field modelling of low-cycle fatigue behaviour of nuclear structural materials MD Zahid Hasan and Abdullah Al Mamun
14:50 – 15:30	Closing Remarks and Feedback

Attendance and Logistics

The conference will take place at Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BX

The conference dinner will take place at Ognisko Restaurant, 55 Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2PG

Organising Committee

Chair: Prof Ali Tehrani FNucI, Office for Nuclear Regulation
Prof Christopher Pain, Imperial College London
Prof Paul Smith, Jacobs
Dr Andrew Buchan, Queen Mary University London
Prof Panagiota Angeli, University College London
Dr Amir Nourian, University of Salford
Dr Tatiana Ivanova - Head of Division of Nuclear Science, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Dr Mark Bankhead, National Nuclear Laboratory

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