Papers and Presentations from the Sun Valley Meeting


The 2004 International RELAP5 Users Seminar was held August 25-29th in Sun Valley Idaho. Thirty-one participants from Europe and Asia, and from across the United States attended. There were 19 papers presented encompassing development, validation, and application activities using RELAP5-3D as well as other versions. 
The following list of papers and/or presentations is in chronological order in which they were presented at the conference. Click on one of the following titles to view the paper or presentation.

Paper Title

Authors

Organization

Status of RELAP5-3D/ATHENA Development and Applications

Gary Johnsen

INL

Improvements to the Pressurizer Component Model

W. L. Weaver

INL

Improvements to the Steady-State Option

W. L. Weaver

INL

RELAP5-3D Architectural Developments

George Mesina

INL

RELAP5-3D User Reported Problems & Requested Improvements

Richard Riemke

INL

Startup Consideration for SCWR  Power Conversion Cycle

Rudi Teller

Burns & Roe

Assessment of Margin for In-Vessel Retention in Higher Power Reactors

Joy Rempe

INL

Calculational Envelope: RELAP5-3D & Fluent CFD Using Segregated Solvers

Richard R. Schultz

INL

Generation IV Reactor R&D Plan

Richard R. Schultz

INL

11% Upper Plenum Break: Application of RELAP5-3D and Comparison with Other Codes

Alessandro Del Nevo

University of Pisa (Italy)

Development of Multi-dimensional RELAP5-3D and its Application

Sang Yong Lee

KOPEC  (Korea)

AREVA's Activities Related to VHTR Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Using RELAP5-3D

Robert P. Martin

AREVA

Modeling of a Power Conversion System with RELAP5-3D and Associated Application to Feedwater Blowdown Licensing Analysis for the LungMen ABWR Plant

Thomas K. S. Liang

INER  (Taiwan)

Contribution to Large Break LOCA Analysis for Commercial NPP Using RELAP5-3D

Francesc Reventos
Lluis Batet
Carme Pretel
Marina Perez

Technical University of Catalonia (Spain)

Water Bulk Acceleration by Rapid Air Injection

Masaki Adachi
F. Inasaka
H. Murata
I Aya

National Maritime Research Institute (Japan)

An Evaluation of a Novel Safety Concept for the SCWR

C. B. Davis
J. Buongiorno
P. E. MacDonald
L. Oriani
L. E. Conway

INL
INL
INL
WEC
WEC

Assessment of a Molecular Diffusion Model in RELAP5-3D

Cliff B. Davis
Larry J. Siefken
Chang Oh

INL

GFR-He/CO2 Analysis Using RELAP5-3D/ATHENA

Theron Marshall

INL

Java Conversion of XMGR5

Steve Miller

Idaho State University