BISON: A Finite Element-Based Nuclear Fuel Performance Code

Williamson, Richard L. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Andrs, David [Sawtooth Simulation LLC., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Casagranda, Albert [TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, WA (United States)]; Gamble, Kyle A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000284878077); Gardner, Russel [Kairos Power, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)]; Gaston, Derek [X-Energy, LLC, Rockville, MD (United States)]; Ghezzi, Carlotta Giuliana [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Hales, Jason D. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000308360476); Hirschhorn, Jacob Aaron [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000302425902); Jiang, Wen [North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)]; Martineau, Richard [Sawtooth Simulation LLC., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Matthews, Christopher [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]; Miao, Yinbin [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]; Novascone, Stephen R. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000239384326); Pastore, Giovanni [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Parmar, Akanksha [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]; Permann, Cody J. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000153362863); Pitts, Stephanie A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000242996606); Schwen, Daniel [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000289584748); Simon, Pierre-Clément A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000170832628); Singh, Gyanender [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000318284438); Spencer, Benjamin W. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000287744445); Sweet, Ryan Terrence [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000279194623); Tonks, Michael [Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)]; Toptan, Aysenur [Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (United States)]; Vanwasshenova, Daniel J. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:000000027224777X); Zabriskie, Adam X. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000225375402)

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BISON: A Finite Element-Based Nuclear Fuel Performance Code

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BISON is a finite element-based nuclear fuel performance code applicable to a variety of fuel forms including light water reactor fuel rods, TRISO particle fuel, and metallic rod and plate fuel. It is a multiphysics fuel analysis tool that solves fully-coupled thermomechanical problems. BISON is based on MOOSE and can efficiently solve problems using standard workstations or very large high-performance computers in a variety of different dimensions, including full 3D, 2D-RZ axisymmetric, layered axisymmetric 1D, and spherically symmetric 1D systems. It is developed by a team of scientists and engineers at Idaho National Laboratory and by collaborators. The development of BISON is supported by various funding agencies, principally the United States Department of Energy.

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Williamson, Richard L. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Andrs, David [Sawtooth Simulation LLC., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Casagranda, Albert [TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, WA (United States)], Gamble, Kyle A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000284878077), Gardner, Russel [Kairos Power, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)], Gaston, Derek [X-Energy, LLC, Rockville, MD (United States)], Ghezzi, Carlotta Giuliana [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Hales, Jason D. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000308360476), Hirschhorn, Jacob Aaron [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000302425902), Jiang, Wen [North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)], Martineau, Richard [Sawtooth Simulation LLC., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Matthews, Christopher [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Miao, Yinbin [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)], Novascone, Stephen R. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000239384326), Pastore, Giovanni [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Parmar, Akanksha [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Permann, Cody J. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000153362863), Pitts, Stephanie A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000242996606), Schwen, Daniel [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000289584748), Simon, Pierre-Clément A. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000170832628), Singh, Gyanender [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000318284438), Spencer, Benjamin W. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000287744445), Sweet, Ryan Terrence [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000279194623), Tonks, Michael [Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)], Toptan, Aysenur [Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (United States)], Vanwasshenova, Daniel J. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:000000027224777X), Zabriskie, Adam X. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000225375402). 2025-05-12. BISON: A Finite Element-Based Nuclear Fuel Performance Code. https://doi.org/10.2172/3011717

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