A Novel Multiscale and Multiphysics Software Development for LWR Simulation in Support of the UK Nuclear Renaissance

By Sebastian Davies, Dzianis Litskevich, Rabie Omar, Anna Detkina, Bruno Merk, Andrew Levers

Published in Nuclear Future 21.4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.63198/DEMY8063

SUMMARY

• A multiscale and multiphysics software development, including a customized coupling environment and improved codes, is necessary to meet the needs of the nuclear community in the UK. 
• This software development incorporates neutron transport, fluid mixing, and solid dynamics methods, and is designed to deliver results at the fuel pin or materials level using relatively few processors.
• Validation and verification of the multiscale and multiphysics software are being conducted to ensure it becomes state-of-the-art.

LEAD AUTHOR

Dr Sebastian Davies is a reactor physicist with academic and industrial experience from his PhD project and project FAITH. He earned an MSc in Physics and Technology of Nuclear Reactors from the University of Birmingham. He later received his PhD in Reactor Physics from the University of Liverpool. Currently, he is an honorary researcher at the University of Liverpool and CIEMAT.