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European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage

Project description

Collecting modelling data on radiation damage

Researchers investigate radiation damage of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels in nuclear plants to gain vital information for integrity assessment. To further this objective, the EU-funded ENTENTE project intends to design a European database for radiation embrittlement experimental and modelling data, where data produced in previous EU-funded projects and within ENTENTE will be collected, cured and stored. New experiments and models will be established to fill knowledge gaps and Process-Structure-Properties-Performance workflows will be developed, based on artificial intelligence tools, to make robust use of new and existing data using data-driven modelling techniques and data informatics. International collaboration is guaranteed by the participation of Japan and Ukraine within the consortium and a strong link with NEA, IAEA and other EU-funded projects on database activities.

Objective

"ENTENTE ""European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage"" aims to design a new European experimental/modelling materials database to collect and store pedigree data on radiation damage of RPV steels, according to FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) principles. The project can be seen as three interconnected blocks: DATABASE Design - Multi-disciplinary teams (materials scientists, engineers, software developers) for the definition of new effective data formats suitable for microstructural and modelling data, and interfaces needed to ensure interoperability. - Interface the SOTERIA platform with the ENTENTE database so that experimental data and metadata could be retrieved and post processed in order to correctly parametrize modelling tools ADVANCED experiments/models - Microstructural characterization, linked with appropriate models, by means of advanced (S)TEM techniques, APT, -XRD and in-situ TEM for mapping the radiation induced defects and associated strain-stress fields - In-depth analysis of segregation and structural, chemical nature and strength of grain boundaries to study hardening and non-hardening embrittlement INNOVATIVE data analysis and hybrid models - Simulation tools that enable the description of radiation damage up to space and time scales that are comparable with those reached in experiments on RPV steels. Accelerated physically informed fracture laws with a reasonable predicting capability on heterogeneous microstructures. - First application of ICME (Integrated Computational Materials Engineering) approaches to enable virtual studies of alternative neutron embrittlement scenarios -Machine learning and artificial neural networks approaches to support atomistic modeling as well as to predict hardening and/or embrittlement Target data will be those generated during previous EURATOM projects (LONGLIFE, PERFORM, SOTERIA, TAREG, PHARE) on RPV steels."

Coordinator

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS
Net EU contribution
€ 380 000,00
Address
AVENIDA COMPLUTENSE 40
28040 MADRID
Spain

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
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Total cost
€ 486 040,00

Participants (28)