Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering (Oct 2024)
EURAD state-of-the-art report: development and improvement of numerical methods and tools for modeling coupled processes in the field of nuclear waste disposal
- F. Claret,
- N. I. Prasianakis,
- A. Baksay,
- D. Lukin,
- G. Pepin,
- E. Ahusborde,
- B. Amaziane,
- G. Bátor,
- D. Becker,
- A. Bednár,
- M. Béreš,
- S. Bérešová,
- Z. Böthi,
- V. Brendler,
- K. Brenner,
- J. Březina,
- F. Chave,
- S. V. Churakov,
- M. Hokr,
- D. Horák,
- D. Jacques,
- F. Jankovský,
- C. Kazymyrenko,
- T. Koudelka,
- T. Kovács,
- T. Krejčí,
- J. Kruis,
- E. Laloy,
- J. Landa,
- T. Ligurský,
- T. Lipping,
- C. López-Vázquez,
- R. Masson,
- J. C. L. Meeussen,
- M. Mollaali,
- A. Mon,
- L. Montenegro,
- B. Pisani,
- J. Poonoosamy,
- S. I. Pospiech,
- Z. Saâdi,
- J. Samper,
- A.-C. Samper-Pilar,
- G. Scaringi,
- S. Sysala,
- K. Yoshioka,
- Y. Yang,
- M. Zuna,
- O. Kolditz
Affiliations
- F. Claret
- BRGM, Orléans, France
- N. I. Prasianakis
- Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- A. Baksay
- TS Enercon, Budapest, Hungary
- D. Lukin
- SURAO, Praha, Czechia
- G. Pepin
- Andra, Chatenay Malabry, France
- E. Ahusborde
- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, LMAP, Pau, France
- B. Amaziane
- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, LMAP, Pau, France
- G. Bátor
- Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness, Veszprem, Hungary
- D. Becker
- GRS gGmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
- A. Bednár
- Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness, Veszprem, Hungary
- M. Béreš
- Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czechia
- S. Bérešová
- Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czechia
- Z. Böthi
- TS Enercon, Budapest, Hungary
- V. Brendler
- 0Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
- K. Brenner
- 1CNRS, Inria, LJAD, University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- J. Březina
- 2Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia
- F. Chave
- 1CNRS, Inria, LJAD, University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- S. V. Churakov
- Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- M. Hokr
- 2Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia
- D. Horák
- Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czechia
- D. Jacques
- 3Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium
- F. Jankovský
- 4Waste Disposal Processes and Safety Department, Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Division, ÚJV Řež, a.s., Husinec, Czechia
- C. Kazymyrenko
- 5EDF R&D, IMSIA - UMR CNRS 9219, Institut des Sciences de la mécanique et Applications industrielles, Palaiseau, France
- T. Koudelka
- 6Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
- T. Kovács
- Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness, Veszprem, Hungary
- T. Krejčí
- 7Faculty of Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
- J. Kruis
- 7Faculty of Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
- E. Laloy
- 3Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium
- J. Landa
- 2Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia
- T. Ligurský
- Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czechia
- T. Lipping
- 8Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Pori, Finland
- C. López-Vázquez
- 9LatinGEO Lab IGM+ORT, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
- R. Masson
- 1CNRS, Inria, LJAD, University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- J. C. L. Meeussen
- 0Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, Petten, Netherlands
- M. Mollaali
- 1Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- A. Mon
- 2Civil Engineering School, Interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Chemistry (CICA), Universidade de A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, A Coruña, Spain
- L. Montenegro
- 2Civil Engineering School, Interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Chemistry (CICA), Universidade de A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, A Coruña, Spain
- B. Pisani
- 2Civil Engineering School, Interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Chemistry (CICA), Universidade de A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, A Coruña, Spain
- J. Poonoosamy
- 3Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Nuclear Waste Management (IEK-6), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
- S. I. Pospiech
- 0Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
- Z. Saâdi
- 4Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SPDR/UEMIS, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- J. Samper
- 2Civil Engineering School, Interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Chemistry (CICA), Universidade de A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, A Coruña, Spain
- A.-C. Samper-Pilar
- 2Civil Engineering School, Interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Chemistry (CICA), Universidade de A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, A Coruña, Spain
- G. Scaringi
- 6Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
- S. Sysala
- Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czechia
- K. Yoshioka
- 1Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Y. Yang
- 3Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Nuclear Waste Management (IEK-6), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
- M. Zuna
- 4Waste Disposal Processes and Safety Department, Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Division, ÚJV Řež, a.s., Husinec, Czechia
- O. Kolditz
- 1Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1437714
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3
Abstract
The Strategic Research Agenda (SRA; https://www.ejp-eurad.eu/publications/eurad-sra) of the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD; https://www.ejp-eurad.eu/) describes the scientific and technical domains and sub-domains and knowledge management needs of common interest between EURAD participant organizations. Theme number 7 is entitled “Performance assessment, safety case development and safety analyses.” A list of research and development priorities and activities of common interest to be addressed within EURAD for theme 7 have been established. Amongst others, the Understanding and modelling of multi-physical Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical coupled processes (THMC) occurring in radioactive waste disposal is a major and permanent issue to support optimization of design and safety case abstraction. To tackle this challenge a research work package entitled “DONUT: Development and improvement of numerical methods and tools for modelling coupled processes” has been conducted within the EURAD join programming initiative. The purpose of this work package is to improve/develop methods or numerical tools in order to go a step further in development of (i) relevant, performant and cutting-edge numerical methods that can easily be implemented in existing or new tools, in order to carry out high-performance computing to facilitate the study of highly coupled processes in large systems, (ii) numerical scale transition schemes for coupled processes, (iii) innovative numerical methods to carry out uncertainty and sensitivity analyses. In this paper the work carried out within the DONUT work package is put in perspective regarding the existing concept and literature on the field. It does not pretend to be exhaustive but rather to put emphasis on particular issues tackled during the project.
Keywords
- numerical tools
- numerical methods
- upscaling
- uncertainties treatment
- machine learning
- coupled processes
