Welcome to the official web site for MeV 2010.
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The MeV Summer School will provide early career nuclear engineers with advanced studies in integrated modeling, experimentation, and validation to prepare them for some of the key challenges and demands facing the nuclear energy renaissance.
Successful students will leave with a holistic, forward-looking view of MeV that cannot be provided by any other current curriculum. The school provides a forum for drawing the best topical expertise from around the globe. It is the aim of the school to foster the development of a next-generation network of engineering scientists capable of leading the cultural transformation to risk-informed design, operation and safety of advanced nuclear power plants. The MeV Summer School integrates a wide range of teaching and mentoring expertise, deeply underpinned by knowledge, skills, and experience.
The 2010 central theme is risk-informed safety margin characterization. The courses are designed to broaden student knowledge and equip them with modern approaches to safety analysis; emphasis is placed on anticipating future needs of the profession. Graduate credit will be awarded for the successful completion of the MeV Summer School.
Within the scope of the 10-day school, the following topics will be addressed in an integrated fashion:
- Reactor safety design and safety analysis methods;
- Basics and advances in probabilistic risk assessment;
- Multiphysics (thermal hydraulics, neutronics, materials, fuels, I&C) of plant dynamics in operational, abnormal transients and accidents;
- Basics and advances in nuclear energy systems modeling and simulation that encompasses critical review of equations, closures, and numerical methods;
- Experimentation including scaling, diagnostics, and data management;
- Sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification and data assimilation methods; and
- Advanced verification and validation methods.
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