August 15, 2019 – Reactor Simulators at Three U.S. Universities to Run on Studsvik Software

Under a recent grant from the US Department of Energy, NuScale Power is supplying replica training simulators of its small modular reactor (SMR) to three US universities – Oregon State University, the University of Idaho, and Texas A&M.  Studsvik supplies the reactor core modeling software to NuScale.  Core performance in the simulator is modeled by the Studsvik real-time training core product, S3R. The simulators are based on a NuScale plant design with 12 NuScale Power Modules^TM (NPM).  The S3R implementation for NuScale differs from conventional LWRs in that multiple reactor core models are active in the same training unit.  The multiple cores for the NPMs are a primary design benefit of the NuScale reactor system. Studsvik’s CASMO/SIMULATE software provides the cycle-specific core data that underlies the S3R software for each core module.  When completed, the simulator facilities will be used for research, education, K-12 outreach and public advocacy regarding nuclear power and SMR technology.  The simulators will facilitate research into human factors engineering, human-system interface design, advanced diagnostics, cyber security and plant control room automation.