The next annual Benchmarks Workshops of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) will be hosted by the Department of Engineering of the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, University of Cambridge,  United Kingdom.

From 30 June to 4 July 2025, participants of the different WPRS Benchmark Activities will meet, exchange results and discuss future activities. The WPRS Benchmarks Workshops will address benchmarks for neutronics,  thermal-hydraulics, fuel performance, and multi-physics aspects of reactor core simulations in light-water reactors (LWRs), high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs), and lead-cooled fast reactors (LFRs). The event also features a dedicated session on the performance of AI and Machine Learning in the domain of single and multi-physics reactor simulations based on the work of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering. Two new activities on the reactor multiphysics of light-water cooled, small, modular reactors (LW-SMRs) and on reactor pressure vessel fluence simulations for LWRs are anticipated to hold their kick-off meetings.

The third edition of the NEA International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) will be co-located with the Workshops.

• Local Chair: Prof. Eugene SHWAGERAUS, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
• Technical Programme Chairs:
  • Prof. Kostadin IVANOV, North Carolina State University (NCSU), United States
  • Dr Paul COSGROVE, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
• Session Chairs:
  • Dr Agustin ABARCA, NCSU, United States
  • Dr Arzu ALPAN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
  • Prof Dr Maria N. AVRAMOVA, NCSU, United States
  • Dr Laurent BUIRON, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France
  • Dr Grigorios DELIPEI, NCSU, United States
  • Dr Aaron S. EPINEY,  Idaho National Laboratory, United States
  • Prof Nuria GARCIA HERRANZ, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
  • Dr Giacomo GRASSO, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile  (ENEA), Italy
  • Prof Alireza HAGHIGHAT,  Virginia Tech, United States
  • Dr Jason HOU, NCSU, United States
  • Dr Jean-Marie LE CORRE, Westinghouse, Sweden
  • Dr Francesco LODI, ENEA, Italy
  • Prof Bojan PETROVIC, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
  • Dr Alessandro PETRUZZI, NINE, Italy
  • Dr Pascal ROUXELIN, NCSU, United States
  • Dr Claire VAGLIO-GAUDARD, CEA, France
  • Prof Xu WU, NCSU, United States
  • Prof Xingang ZHAO, University of Tennessee, United States
• Student Chair: Mr Maximilian KRAUS, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
• NEA Secretariat: Dr OIiver BUSS

The agenda will be announced in January.

The WPRS Benchmarks Workshops will take place at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Registered users will be given access to a dedicated NEA SharePoint page with detailed agendas and all meeting materials:

NEA SharePoint Meeting Page

Registration will open in January 2025.

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