Review of audit calculation activities on the applicability of CFD software to nuclear safety problems

Abstract

The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) is tasked with the technical supporting for approving the safety of specific components or design modifications in nuclear power plant. When a licensee submits analysis to the Nuclear Safety & Security Commission (NSSC) for acceptance, KINS staff reviews this analysis and sometimes conducts independent audit calculations. Though recently licensing applications supported by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software are increasing for nuclear safety problems, there is no CFD software which obtains a licensing from the domestic regulatory body until now. Additionally, there is no domestic regulatory guideline for the comprehensive evaluation of CFD software. Therefore, from the nuclear regulatory perspective, it is necessary to perform the systematic assessment and prepare the domestic regulatory guideline for checking whether valid CFD software is used for nuclear safety problems. In this paper, regulatory audit calculation activities on the applicability of CFD software to nuclear safety problems was briefly explained.

CFD Applications in Energy Engineering Research and Simulation: An Introduction to Published Reviews

“…The results and progresses of the benchmark case proposed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/Nuclear Energy Agency to assess the predictive capabilities of (CFD) codes were reported by Kelm et al [53]. The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) is auditing calculation activities on the applicability of CFD software to nuclear safety problems and discussed checking whether valid CFD software is used for nuclear safety problems [54]. Many other works investigate multiphase flow and boiling, involving critical heat flux (CHF) simulations [55][56][57][58].…”