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Summary of Structural Material Modeling Development for the NEAMS Program in Fiscal Year 2020

Spencer, Benjamin W.·Ke, Jia-Hong·Biswas, Sudipta·Hoffman, William M.·Recuero, Antonio Martin·Schwen, Daniel·Munday, Lynn B.·Dhulipala, Som L.·Pitts, Stephanie A.·Casagranda, Albert·Liu, Ling·He, Jinlong
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This report summarizes work performed during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for the U.S. Department of Energy?s Nuclear Engineering Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program for the Structural Materials and Chemistry Technical Area in the work package entitled "MS- 20IN050104 - Structural Materials - INL." The Structural Materials and Chemistry Technical Area is a relatively new component of the NEAMS program, and is currently focusing on developing simulation capabilities to support the deployment of nuclear energy in the areas of molten salt reactor chemistry, light water reactor (LWR) structural material degradation, and structural material behavior for advanced reactor applications. INL performed work for to advance capabilities for simulation of structural material behavior in both LWR and advanced reactor applications in the work described here.

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Spencer, Benjamin W., Ke, Jia-Hong, Biswas, Sudipta, Hoffman, William M., Recuero, Antonio Martin, Schwen, Daniel, Munday, Lynn B., Dhulipala, Som L., Pitts, Stephanie A., Casagranda, Albert, Liu, Ling, He, Jinlong. 2020-10-27. Summary of Structural Material Modeling Development for the NEAMS Program in Fiscal Year 2020. https://doi.org/10.2172/1693413

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