ORNL's Energy Innovation Hub
Presiden't Obama's BLUEPRINT FOR A SECURE ENERGY FUTURE, released on March 30, includes mention ofAs part of a broad effort to spur clean energy breakthroughs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading an Energy Innovation Hub devoted to nuclear energy modeling and simulation. The Hub, which includes partners from universities, industry and other national labs, will use advanced capabilities of the world's most powerful computers to make significant leaps forward in nuclear reactor design and engineering.The new Nuclear Energy Modeling and Simulation Energy Innovation Hub, is intended to be funded by $122 million over the next 5 years.
The Hub will use the capabilities of the world’s most powerful computers to work on nuclear reactor design and engineering.A recent report stated
that 8 million processing hours will be directed to designing new and better reactors.In addition to ORNL a number of other universities, National Laboratories and other research institutions will collbirate in the project including:
The Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub will allow engineers to create a simulation of a currently operating reactor that will act as a “virtual model” of that reactor. They will then use the “virtual model” to address important questions about reactor operations and safety. This will be used to address issues such as reactor power production increases and reactor life and license extensions.
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California
- Idaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
http://nucleargreen.blogspot.com/2011/04/ornls-energy-innovation-hub.html
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