A comprehensive survey of inverse uncertainty quantification of physical model parameters in nuclear system thermal–hydraulics codes

X Wu, Z Xie, F Alsafadi, T Kozlowski - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) is an essential step in computational model validation
because assessment of the model accuracy requires a concrete, quantifiable measure of …

Fission gas behaviors and relevant phenomena in different nuclear fuels: A review of models and experiments

J Guo, H Lai, W Zhou, J Wei - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Reactor structural integrity and nuclear safety are seriously affected by the fission gas
behaviors and relevant physical phenomena in nuclear fuels. In this review, the fission gas …

Scalable inverse uncertainty quantification by hierarchical bayesian modeling and variational inference

C Wang, X Wu, Z Xie, T Kozlowski - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inverse Uncertainty Quantification (IUQ) has gained increasing attention in the field of
nuclear engineering, especially nuclear thermal-hydraulics (TH), where it serves as an …

Risk assessment models to improve environmental safety in the field of the economy and organization of construction: A case study of Russia

A Larionov, E Nezhnikova, E Smirnova - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article assesses risks in order to substantiate the economic and organizational
efficiency of housing and industrial construction. This topic is relevant because it is …

Reliability estimation of an advanced nuclear fuel using coupled active learning, multifidelity modeling, and subset simulation

SLN Dhulipala, MD Shields, P Chakroborty… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tristructural isotropic (TRISO)-coated particle fuel is a robust nuclear fuel and determining its
reliability is critical for the success of advanced nuclear technologies. However, TRISO …

[HTML][HTML] Multielement polynomial chaos Kriging-based metamodelling for Bayesian inference of non-smooth systems

JC García-Merino, C Calvo-Jurado… - Applied Mathematical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a surrogate modelling technique based on domain partitioning for
Bayesian parameter inference of highly nonlinear engineering models. In order to alleviate …

Accelerated statistical failure analysis of multifidelity TRISO fuel models

SLN Dhulipala, W Jiang, BW Spencer, JD Hales… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Statistical nuclear fuel failure analysis is critical for the design and development of advanced
reactor technologies. Although Monte Carlo Sampling (MCS) is a standard method of …

Bayesian inverse uncertainty quantification of the physical model parameters for the spallation neutron source first target station

MI Radaideh, L Lin, H Jiang, S Cousineau - Results in Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The reliability of the mercury spallation target is mission-critical for the neutron science
program of the spallation neutron source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We present …

PyVBMC: Efficient Bayesian inference in python

B Huggins, C Li, M Tobaben, MJ Aarnos… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
PyVBMC is a Python implementation of the Variational Bayesian Monte Carlo (VBMC)
algorithm for posterior and model inference for black-box computational models (Acerbi …

Exploring the effects of Al and Si dopants on the accident tolerant fuels of UO2 pellets for light water reactor

IW Ngarayana, R Langenati, A Rohanda… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential of Al and Si dopants to enhance the performance of UO
2 pellets used in accident tolerant fuel for light water reactors. These dopants are anticipated …