COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

现代计算方法在评估核电站的行为，并确保它们对公众或环境造成的危害降到最低方面，是一种非常有价值的工具。该提案旨在资助进一步发展此类方法的研究，并通过将其预测与实际测量结果进行仔细比较，建立适当、稳健、高效和经过验证的预测工具。提出的工作旨在通过开发针对定义良好的基准案例的计算工具的验证和确认的基础来实现这一目标。它还寻求开发先进的计算方法来解决正常操作和故障条件下的问题，以及调查严重事故情况下系统行为的各个方面。

Modern computational methods can be a very valuable tool in assessing the behaviour of nuclear power stations, and ensuring that they present minimal hazard to either the public or the environment. This proposal is to fund research further to develop such methods, and by careful comparison of their predictions with actual measurements, establish predictive tools that are appropriate, robust, efficient and validated. The work proposed seeks to achieve this by developing a basis for the verification and validation of computational tools against well-defined benchmark cases. It also seeks to develop advanced computational methods to address problems in normal operation and fault conditions, as well as to investigate aspects of system behaviour in severe accident situations.