RSICC CODE PACKAGE PSR-563

1.         NAME AND TITLE

FEAST-METAL-V.1.0: Fuel Engineering and Structural analysis Tool.

2.         CONTRIBUTORS

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA

3.         CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

Fortran90 (P00563MNYCP00).

4.         NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

FEAST-METAL is a fuel performance code developed for predicting steady state and transient behavior of U-Pu-Zr metallic fuel alloys with stainless steel clad in sodium fast reactor environments.  

5.         METHOD OF SOLUTION

The code currently adopts HT9 cladding properties. The code includes several physics based semi-empirical continuum level models to predict various important phenomena occurring under normal and off-normal scenarios. Details of the physical models can be found in references.

 

6.         RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

None noted.

7.         TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Running times are extremely problem dependent.  Sample problems required several hours.

8.         COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

PC, Mac or Workstation.

9.         COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Package includes precompiled executables for Windows operating systems. OS X and Linux users will require a Fortran90 equivalent compiler.

10.       REFERENCES

a.   included in documentation

Aydın Karahan, “FEAST-METAL VERSION-1 USER’S MANUAL”  

 Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA   (December, 2010).

b.   background information

A. Karahan, “Modeling of Thermo-mechanical and Irradiation Behavior of Metallic and Oxide Fuels for Sodium Fast Reactors,” Ph. D. Thesis, Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, (2009).

11.       CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

One zip file containing source code, precompiled executable for Windows systems, two test cases and documentation.

12.       DATE OF ABSTRACT

February 2011.

KEYWORDS:      FUEL MANAGEMENT, SPENT FUEL CHARACTERIZATION, STRUCTURAL SAFETY ANALYSIS