[HTML][HTML] Griffin: A MOOSE-based reactor physics application for multiphysics simulation of advanced nuclear reactors

Y Wang, ZM Prince, H Park, OW Calvin, N Choi… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Griffin is a Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) based
reactor physics application for multiphysics simulations of advanced reactor designs jointly …

[HTML][HTML] Moose navier–stokes module

A Lindsay, G Giudicelli, P German, J Peterson, Y Wang… - SoftwareX, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The MOOSE Navier–Stokes module solves mass, momentum, energy, and passive
scalar conservation equations in the context of fluid flow. The module supports solution of …

High-Fidelity Multiphysics Modeling of a Heat Pipe Microreactor Using BlueCrab

NE Stauff, Y Miao, Y Cao, K Mo… - Nuclear Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers who are actively developing nuclear microreactors are planning to employ
innovative designs and features using traditional commercial modeling tools that may be …

CFD simulations of Molten Salt Fast Reactor core cavity flows

J Fang, M Tano, N Saini, A Tomboulides… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become increasingly important in the
research and development of advanced nuclear reactors. In the current study, extensive …

Initial Demonstration of New Griffin Technologies for Simulating the Running-In Phase of Pebble Bed Reactors

JT Hanophy, Y Wang, S Schunert, J Ortensi, YS Jung… - 2024 - osti.gov
Griffin is a reactor multiphysics modeling application based on MOOSE (Multiphysics Object-
Oriented Simulation Environment) and specifically targeting transient modeling of advanced …

Application of NEAMS Multiphysics Framework for Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors

This report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) summarizes the key modeling and
simulation activities conducted under the Department of Energy (DOE) Molten Salt Reactor …

Assessment of CFD Predictions Using Experiments from a Heated Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed Facility

K Podila, Q Chen, N Onder - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the coolant gas flow
in a pebble bed reactor core to assess the suitability of CFD models to accurately predict the …

Initial demonstration of new Griffin capability for simulating the running-in phase of pebble-bed reactors with multiphysics

JT Hanophy, Y Wang, J Ortensi, P Balestra - 2024 - osti.gov
Griffin, a MOOSE (Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment) based application
targeting transient modelling of advanced reactors, has been used recently to model pebble …

[HTML][HTML] The mapping for plate-type PWR core pin-by-pin wise coupling calculation system

Z Li, J Pan, B Xia, S Qiang, W Zeng, W Lu… - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Mapping is widely used in many fields such as digital reactors, meteorological forecasting,
and map search, and serving as a bridge for multi-physical coupling calculations. Due to the …

Development and Porting of Nuclear Reactor Computational Models for the NRIC Virtual Test Bed in FY23

E Shemon, A Abdelhameed, A Chaube, J Fang, T Fei… - 2023 - osti.gov
The US DOE's National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) hosts an open-source website
and associated GitHub repository called the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) on which computational …