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Deliverables
the report will describe the procedures for the exploitation of the results obtained during the project
Best practices and QA protocols for code development (opens in new window)Report describing best practices and QA protocols used for the open source code development in WP4
Models for high-fidelity multidimensional fuel performance analysis (opens in new window)Open source code and user’s guide of the new model developments concerning:•review and down-select available behavioural models,•develop a coupled modelling of stress and swelling in SCIANTIX,•open-source code for fission gas behaviour embedded in OFFBEAT•model for high-burnup structures in SCIANTIX, •extended cross-section lookup tables available in the burnup module of SCIANTIX•3D methodologies for the gap conductance, including the use of a view-factor approach for radiative heat transfer•models for cladding oxidation, hydrogen transport and geometric imperfections.
First Newsletter (opens in new window)First electronic newsletter
Results of TEM and SEM characterization of irradiated fuel before mechanical testing (opens in new window)The irradiated fuel samples tested in the mechanical set-up in task 1.1 will be characterized before the mechanical tests to measure their initial state. Images and measurements concern the dislocation densities (TEM), and the grain size and the orientations distribution (SEM).
Results from the boundary condition simulations and coupling of neutronics and thermal hydraulics to OFFBEAT (opens in new window)Neutronics and thermal hydraulics simulation results and associated boundary loading conditions for the fuel performance code OFFBEAT. Boundary loading conditions will be provided for representative irradiation conditions, as expected for the development and the validation in WP4 and WP5, with nominal irradiation including operating power transients, and design basis accidents such as LOCA and RIA. Detailed description of the methodology and associated open source codes.
Results of the verification activities (opens in new window)Verification report of the tools developed in WP4 with•benchmark performed between OFFBEAT and existing 3D codes (ALCYONE, BISON) on specific study cases for which those codes are validated with experimental data. •verification of MMM and SPH codes by comparing their results to analytical calculations in simple configurations•verification of the large-strain solver, the gas conductance model and other developments made in WP4 on OFFBEAT•verification of the models linked to the coupling computational scheme OFFBEAT/SCIANTIX.
Synthesis of first plenary EUG meeting (opens in new window)minutes of the meeting
MMM advanced tool for mesoscale simulations of nuclear fuel (opens in new window)Open source code and user’s guide of the HPC 3D toolset named MMM for mesoscale simulations based on the open-source codes MFEM-MFront with:•functionalities for non-linear behaviour and for handling polycrystalline microstructures with a metallic phase at interfaces, and including the statistical distribution of porosities•a generation tool to build representative volume elements, including a staggered algorithm for the thermo-mechanics coupling and a phase field approach for fuel fragmentation•reader and writer routines for data exchange between OFFBEAT and MMM
Procedure for input data transfer in OFFBEAT (opens in new window)Open source code and user’s guide of one-way coupling routines for 3D neutronics, thermal hydraulics and physical chemical calculations with the 3D thermomechanical simulation using the OFFBEAT code.
Results from the fuel reference state calculations (opens in new window)Fuel reference state (i.e. chemical-physical material changes and the associated mechanical loading) evolution will be provided during representative loading condition under design basis accidents such as LOCA and RIA, as expected for the development and the validation in WP4 and WP5. Fuel data will be derived from validated 1.5D fuel performance codes.
Second Newsletter (opens in new window)second electronic newsletter
Mechanical laws for fuel pellet creep and cracking at the microstructure and engineering (opens in new window)Mechanical models and material parameters describing thermo-elasticity, creep and rupture for oxide fuels. Mechanical laws will be provided for the two scales addressed in the simulation tools developed in WP4:•the mesoscale with single crystal viscoplasticity in UO2 and polycrystalline Representative Volume Element•the engineering scale with homogenized mechanical law focusing on the impact of heterogeneities induced by polycrystalline microstructure and porous microstructureDescription of the state of the art database used for the material parameter identification. Improvements and physical justifications based on small-scale simulation results of WP1.
Mechanical laws for cladding, including based on results of INCA project for coated cladding (opens in new window)Mechanical models and material parameters describing thermo-elasticity, creep and rupture for zirconium alloys under irradiation, including coating behaviour for EATF claddings. Description of the state of the art data base and material parameter identification for Zirconium alloy. Reverse engineering methodology used for the coating mechanical law
Numerical and mathematical approaches for computation time reduction (opens in new window)Bibliographic report with a detailed analysis and description of computation time reduction methods based on machine learning models (MLM) with:•the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD)•the Non-uniform Transformation Field Analysis (NTFA)•the Support Vector Machine approach (SVM)
Publications
Author(s):
L. Verma, I. Clifford, P. Konarski, A. Scolaro, H. Ferroukhi
Published in:
Annals of Nuclear Energy, Issue 208, 2024, ISSN 0306-4549
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2024.110773
Author(s):
G. Zullo, A. Scolaro, T. Barani, D. Pizzocri
Published in:
Nuclear Engineering and Design, Issue 429, 2024, ISSN 0029-5493
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2024.113602
Author(s):
D. Pizzocri, G. Zullo, G. Petrosillo, L. Luzzi, F. Feria, L.E. Herranz
Published in:
Nuclear Engineering and Design, Issue 432, 2025, ISSN 0029-5493
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2024.113741
Author(s):
L. Verma, I. Clifford, P. Konarski, A. Scolaro, H. Ferroukhi
Published in:
Annals of Nuclear Energy, Issue 222, 2025, ISSN 0306-4549
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2025.111559
Author(s):
Pau Aragón, Francisco Feria, Luis E. Herranz, Arndt Schubert, Paul Van Uffelen
Published in:
Annals of Nuclear Energy, Issue 211, 2024, ISSN 0306-4549
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110950
Author(s):
C. Onofri, I. Zacharie-Aubrun, D. Drouan, T. Blay, C. Sabathier, T. Grenèche, K. Hanifi, C. Rodriguez, L. Fayette, S. Reboul, N. Robert, P. Binet, M. Bertolus
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 615, 2025, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2025.155981
Author(s):
Edoardo Luciano Brunetto, Alessandro Scolaro, Carlo Fiorina, Andreas Pautz
Published in:
Nuclear Engineering and Design, Issue 406, 2025, ISSN 0029-5493
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2023.112232
Author(s):
Salvatore A. Cancemi, Andrius Ambrutis, Mantas Povilaitis, Rosa Lo Frano
Published in:
Energies, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher:
MDPI AG
DOI:
10.3390/EN18102557
Author(s):
Thomas Helfer; Guillaume Latu; Raphaël Prat; Maxence Wangermez; Francesca Cuteri
Published in:
Journal of Open Source Software, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2475-9066
Publisher:
creative commons
DOI:
10.21105/JOSS.07719
Author(s):
G. Zullo, D. Pizzocri, A. Scolaro, P. Van Uffelen, F. Feria, L.E. Herranz, L. Luzzi
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 601, 2024, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2024.155305
Author(s):
Elisa Cappellari, Davide Pizzocri, Giovanni Zullo, Giovanni Nicodemo, Paul Van Uffelen, Arndt Schubert, Sophie Deanesi, Lelio Luzzi
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 617, 2025, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2025.156116
Author(s):
Matthieu Reymond, Jérôme Sercombe, Alessandro Scolaro
Published in:
Nuclear Engineering and Design, Issue 427, 2024, ISSN 0029-5493
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2024.113430
Author(s):
Giovanni Nicodemo, Giovanni Zullo, Antonio Cammi, Lelio Luzzi, Davide Pizzocri
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 615, 2025, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2025.155954
Author(s):
Bruno Michel, Konstantina Lambrinou
Published in:
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2491-9292
Publisher:
EDP Sciences
DOI:
10.1051/EPJN/2025040
Author(s):
Jules-Elémir Suchorski, Adrien Pivano, Jonathan Amodeo
Published in:
Acta Materialia, Issue 287, 2025, ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.ACTAMAT.2025.120771
Author(s):
G. Zullo, D. Pizzocri, L. Luzzi
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 587, 2023, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154744
Author(s):
Giovanni Nicodemo, Giovanni Zullo, Fabiola Cappia, Paul Van Uffelen, Alejandra De Lara, Lelio Luzzi, Davide Pizzocri
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Issue 601, 2024, ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
DOI:
10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2024.155301
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