RSICC serves as a unique nuclear software and data center for government agencies, universities, and the public by providing a centralized resource for quality-controlled modeling and simulation tools, processed nuclear data, and evaluated experimental benchmarks.
RSICC will accomplish this by:
- Promoting the development of new nuclear codes and data
RSICC strives to understand the fundamental basis for our sponsors’ needs pertaining to nuclear physics, mathematics, and engineering. Attending scientific workshops and conferences increases RSICC staff awareness of current trends and deficiencies in computational modeling. RSICC regularly receives new versions of codes by working closely with software developers.
- Enhancing the customer’s understanding of software code use, application, installation, and operation
RSICC staff tests each code before its release, documents and resolves difficulties or problem areas, and assists users with their questions.
- Promoting the use of nuclear software models to solve science and engineering problems with nuclear power, medicine, space travel, safety, and materials
RSICC promotes the exchange of M&S tools to support applications related to nuclear power, medicine, health, accelerators, space propulsion, shielding, material fatigue, and safety. RSICC organizes international workshops and cosponsors training events around the world.
- Improving logistics to promote more efficient center operations and data acquisition
RSICC continuously streamlines operations to increase its value-added work on high-quality code testing, rapid package distribution, and updated maintenance of contributed software and data while using its funding efficiently.
- Promoting international collaboration
RSICC has an active exchange program with the Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank. RSICC also began an exchange program with Japan’s JAERI/RIST facility in the fall of 2001. Collaboration reduces expensive redundancies in new developments of codes, data, and applications.
- Enhancing the public education in the nuclear engineering fields
RSICC’s sponsors support our center to provide access to M&S tools to students, researchers, and faculty in nuclear engineering programs and departments at U.S. universities at no cost.