Budapest, Hungary
March 20-23, 2023
The Studsvik Scandpower User Group Meeting (UGM) provides Studsvik software users with the opportunity to share lessons-learned and best practices among one other, as well as provide direct feedback to the Studsvik team on software capabilities. This feedback provides value to the nuclear energy community as well as software users.
Please join us in Budapest, Hungary for UGM 2023! We hope to see you there!
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Agenda
The 2023 User Group Meeting (UGM) will be focused on the advancement of nuclear solutions for today and tomorrow.
Keynote speakers:
Camilla Hoflund, President and CEO of Studsvik
Art Wharton, President of Studsvik Scandpower
…and more!
Technical presentations:
Studsvik Scandpower technical experts will present on the software solutions for today and tomorrow, including CMS5 products, Helios, MARLA, SNF, S3R, and more!
We are looking for customer presentations on use-cases of Studsvik Scandpower software products. Please reach out if you are interested in presenting at UGM 2023!
Monday
March 20, 2023
Tuesday
March 21, 2023
MORNING OPENING SESSION
– Welcome & Opening Remarks, Studsvik Scandpower CEO & Studsvik CEO
– Keynote Speaker, József Elter, deputy general director, MVM Paks NPP Ltd
– Blue Wave AI Labs Product Development
– Nuclear data improvements in CASMO5
– Recent SIMULATE5 developments for support of square and hexagonal geometry core analysis
Wednesday
March 22, 2023
MORNING TECHNICAL SESSION
General Session II
– SNF product update
– Benchmark of SNF calculations with CLAB calorimetric measurements
– Using SNF and MCNP to estimate gamma-leakage in decay heat measurements
– Creation of an activity and nuclide inventory SQL-database for the whole core with SNF-program
– PEGASUS Advanced Nuclear Fuel Behavior Code
– SSP – FMT – SCIP Project Update
– PSI Experience with neutron noise modelling using S3K for PWRs and BWRs
– SMR-160 Rod Ejection Accident using S3K
– CASMO5/SIMULATE5 vs. Serpent2 3D 2×2 Mini-Core CBH Benchmark Problem
– Activation calculations of incore neutron detectors using SNF and Serpent-2
– SIMULATE5 – Lithium pickup and chemistry capabilities
Thursday
March 23, 2023
MORNING TECHNICAL SESSION
Product Demonstrations:
– GARDEL for VVER’s
– MARLA
– CMSBuilder
AFTERNOON TECHNICAL SESSION (TUES)
General Session I
– Validation of CASMO5 for Loviisa power plant
– Benchmarks for High Burnup using CMS5
-Comparison of neutron data libraries and/or validation of SIMULATE5 v. 1.23.00
– Gardel for VVER-1000, RNPP Unit3
– VVER-1000 and VVER-440 Core Analyses with CASMO5 and SIMULATE5
– Recent improvements in Helios2 for Version 2.04.00
– Paks NPP fuel management with HELIOS background
– Full-Core VVER-1000 Model in HELIOS2
– TUV-NORD Benchmark Results for VVER Rostov-2
– Bias estimation with S3CORE and S3POST
– Everything You Always Wanted to Know About S5K (But Were Afraid to Ask)
– Coupling between TRAC-BF1 and S5K
– Development and Benchmarking of VVER Transient Methods in S5K-VVER
– Advances in S3R for VVER’s
AFTERNOON TECHNICAL SESSION (WED)
General Session II Continued
– MARLA Extensions for PWRs and European Reporting Standards
– MARLA for SFP configuration & offload/reload planning
– GARDEL – Boron modeling and flux map analysis
– CMS5 licensing application for KK Leibstadt & Optimization of KKB end of operation with CMSBuilder
– Discovery of internal rod bow at Ringhals PWR by measuring axial power distribution
– SSP-FMT Fuel Performance Update
– Recent NEL Activities with CMS / Introduction of recent NEL activities with CMS since 2011
– Modelling OL3 EPR zero-power physics tests
– SSP Product Roadmap
NETWORKING EVENT (MON)
Welcome Reception
NETWORKING EVENT (TUES)
Boat Dinner Cruise
NETWORKING EVENT (WED)
Dinner Event at Radisson