Presentations & Book of Abstracts, YMSR conference

Are you interested in the work presented by young researchers during the SAMOSAFER Young MSR Conference, held on 6-8 June 2022? Check out the Book of Abstracts and Presentations.

Keynote speaches

• Metamodeling Techniques for Model Validation Applications, Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue University)
  
• Developing modeling tools at the service of new MSR designs_compressed, Manuele Aufiero (Milano Multiphysics)

Experimental studies 1

• Application of PCM Model Validation on Isotopic Prediction and Uncertainty Reduction, Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue University)
• Evaluation of NICKel-based Materials for MSR applications ENICKMA, Kiki Naziris (NRG)
• Density and thermal-conductivity measurements on chlorides for molten, Bouke Kaaks (TU Delft)
• Density and thermal-conductivity measurements on chlorides for molten salt reactor technology, Meghann Fucina (U. Lille)
• Round Robin 1.0 on Chemical and Thermal Property Characteriza, Sara Mastromarino (UC Berkeley)

Chemistry & Materials

• AcidBase Behavior and Buffering Capacity in Molten Fluoride Salts, Haley Williams (UC Berkeley)
• Thermodynamic assessments of the LiF-ZrF4-BaF2, NaF-ZrF4-BaF2, KF-Z, Thomas Dumaire (TU Delft)
• Thermodynamic assessment of the corrosion products between molten sa, Vaishnvi Tiwari (CEA)
• Materials: Towards the definition of Hastelloy N properties catalogue for the preliminary design of MSFR primary confinement, Davide Pizzocri (PoliMi)

Thermal hydraulics 1

• CFD simulations of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor, François Martin (CEA)
• HDA methods application to the DYNASTY experimetal facility, Stefano Riva (PoliMi)
• Cihlar_Normal and abnormal states investigation of molten salt experimental, Michal Cihlář (CV Rez)
• Tartaglia_A Numerical Method for Melting Phenomena in MSFR, Davide Tartaglia (PoliMi)

Multiphysics & Transient simulations

• Implementation of a new point reactor kinetics calculation strategy for MSR neutronic-thermalhydraulic dynamics in the system-code CATHARE, Nathan Greiner (CEA)
• Calculation tools for the simulation of the MSFR physics, Thomas Sornay (LPSC-Framatome)
• Status and perspectives of the Molten Salt Fast Reactors analyses with the SIMMER code, Mattia Massone (KIT)
• Benchmarking, Point-Kinetic Verification, and Application of GeN-Foam towards Multiphysics Simulation of Molten Salt Reactors, Mario Ponce Tovar (Seaborg Technology)
• Establishing a molten salt phase change benchmark – preliminary results, Mateusz Pater (DTU)

Neutronics 1

• Design and optimisation of a breeder MSFR using U/Pu cycle, Hugo Pitois (CNRS)
• Nuclear data uncertainty quantification in Molten Salt Fast Reactors, Nicolò Abrate (PoliTo)
• Parametric Study of Two-Zone Breed and Burn Molten Chloride Fast Reactor, Joseph Santora (PSI)
• Neutronic evaluation of TRU/Th fuel cycle based on chloride salts in MSFR, Mehdi Aghili (SBU)

Safety studies

• Monte Carlo Simulation-based efficient exploration of the model of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor for the identification of abnormal operating conditions, Nicolò Caruso (PoliTo)
• Modeling flow blockage accident in graphite-moderated MSRs, Paolo Bianchini (Milano Multiphysics)
• Study of the impact of compressibility modelling during reactivity insertion transient in Molten Salt Fast Reactor, Thibault Le Meute (CNRS)
• Probabilistic Safety Margin Evaluation of MSFR Design Basis Accidental Scenarios, Nicolò Laselli (PoliMi)

Neutronics 2 & Capstone project

• Temperature coefficients of reactivity in Molten Salt Reactor Experiment calculated with direct method using Serpent 2 Monte Carlo code, Martin Tazreiter (INSTN)
• Analysis of the source term in circulating fuel reactors: preliminary results of the SAMOSAFER Benchmark, Alberto Bittesnich (PoliMi)
• Enabling techniques within OpenMC for dynamic models of molten salt reactors, Lorenzo Chierici (Copenhagen Atomics)
• Thermochemical modelling of LiF-CsF-ThF mixtures for MSFR application, Giovanni Zullo (PoliMi)

Experimental studies 2 & Thermal hydraulics 2

• Radiolytic production of fluorine gas from MSR relevant fluoride salts, Lance Davis (NRG)
• Development of In-Pile Electrochemical Corrosion Measurements and Waste Management of Molten Fluoride Salts, Konstantin Kottrup (NRG)
• Numerical methodology for the analysis molten salt natural circulation systems, Jonas Sebastian Narvaez Arrua (CNRS – PoliMi)
• Preliminary Experimental Campaign for the Coupled DYNASTY-eDYNASTY Facility, Carolina Introini (PoliMi)