DRAFT CURRICULUM (as of June 1, 2010)
Download a detailed MeV Summer School program schedule here (PDF).
7.5 hours A Paradigm Shift in Nuclear System Design and Safety Analysis
- 1.0 hour History, current practice and methodology/tools vs emerging demands
- 2.5 hoursRisk-informed safety margin characterization
- 2.0 hoursThermal hydraulics, multi-physics and passive safety in Gen III+ and Gen IV systems
- 2.0 hoursScience, technology and policy to enable the paradigm shift
9 hoursNuclear System Modeling and Simulation
- 4.5 hoursNuclear reactor multi-physics: phenomena and modeling
- 1.5 hoursSystem analysis codes: models, numerics, applications and trend
- 1.5 hoursMethods for coupled thermal hydraulics, neutronics, fuels and structural mechanics analysis
- 1.5 hoursDynamic probablistic risk assessment
7 hoursExperimental Methods
- 2.0 hoursSeparate-effect experiments and integral effect tests
- 1.5 hoursAdvanced diagnostic methods for single-phase flow
- 1.5 hourAdvanced diagnostic methods for multi-phase flow
- 1.0 hourExperimental program to support multiphysics analysis
- 1.0 hourExperimental design
4 hoursComputational Methods
- 1.0 hourComputational fluid dynamics and heat transfer (single-phase flow)
- 1.0 hourTwo-phase flow computations: overview, issues and advances
- 1.0 hourAdvanced computational frameworks and modern toolkits
- 1.0 hourAdvanced methods in multiphysics simulations
9.5 hoursCode Verification and Validation, Uncertainity Quantification
- 1.0 hourCode Scaling, applicability and uncertainty method
- 4.0 hoursSensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation
- 2.5 hourVerification and validation of CFD codes and system analysis codess
- 1.0 hourDevelopment, management and utilization of large databases for V&V
- 1.0 hourQPIRT
In the evening session, the students have an opportunity to interact with the School lecturers and senior scientists from national laboratories. A poster session allows students to present their research or new ideas, obtain feedback and input from prominent experts/lecturers and facilitates student-student interactions and networking.
The program also includes a Special Event on “Nuclear System Design and Safety Analysis: Future Direction and R&D Needs,” with plenary talks by a distinguished panel, including representatives from nuclear industry, academia, and government. The panel will be open for questions/answers and interaction with the panelists.
Classroom instruction will be augmented by a tour to the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) and the world-largest Matching Index of Refraction (MIR) facility, along with a next-generation system analysis code demo.