Overview of Virtual Test Bed FY23 Activities

Abstract

This milestone report highlights progress achieved within the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) project during Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The VTB consists of an open-source repository of state-of-the-art simulation examples for advanced reactor types. Its objective is to help accelerate reactor maturation and deployment by providing 'reference' models that can be openly accessed, improved upon, and re-purposed for proprietary applications. The main accomplishments are summarized below:1. Models on the repository were consistently maintained and new improvements were developed to improve the useability of the website. These new improvements include a tagging system and testing of computationally expensive models.