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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Emerald D. Ryan, Chad L. Pope
Nuclear Technology | Volume 206 | Number 10 | October 2020 | Pages 1506-1516
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1704576
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Flooding is a hazard for nuclear power plants (NPPs) and has caused extensive damage and economic impact. Improved NPP flooding risk characterization starts with improving scenario realism by using physics-based flooding simulations. Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is one method for modeling fluid flow and is being investigated for NPP flooding simulation. While still in its infancy as a fluid simulation tool, SPH offers enticing features especially in three-dimensional modeling. However, when conducting SPH simulations, users must establish, inter alia, the appropriate particle spacing, which can be a tedious and time-consuming process. This paper describes the coupling of the SPH code Neutrino and the Idaho National Laboratory developed Risk Analysis Virtual Environment (RAVEN). By coupling Neutrino and RAVEN, the RAVEN optimization capabilities can now be applied to the particle spacing selection problem. A brief description of SPH, the overall capabilities of RAVEN, and the protocol used to couple the codes are provided. Additionally, the paper details a hypothetical problem and demonstrates the ability of automating the particle spacing selection and performing an example particle spacing optimization using RAVEN. With the Neutrino/RAVEN coupling established, a wide range of capabilities can now be utilized including optimization, reduced order model training and analysis, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, etc. Previously, these capabilities would require extensive work and time from the Neutrino user. Now, these capabilities are readily available and require only the creation of a RAVEN input file.