Uncertainty quantification for severe-accident reactor modelling: Results and conclusions of the MUSA reactor applications work package

Authors: Brumm, S. ^{a, ⁎}, Gabrielli, F. ^b, Sanchez Espinoza, V. ^b, Stakhanova, A. ^b, Groudev, P. ^c, Petrova, P. ^c, Vryashkova, P. ^c, Ou, P. ^d, Zhang, W. ^d, Malkhasyan, A. ^e, Herranz, L.E. ^f, Iglesias Ferrer, R. ^f, Angelucci, M. ^{f, 1}, Berdaï, M. ^g, Mascari, F. ^h, Agnello, G. ^{h, 2}, Sevbo, O. ⁱ, Iskra, A. ⁱ, Martinez Quiroga, V. ^j, Nudi, M. ^k, Hoefer, A. ^l, Pauli, E.-M. ^l, Beck, S. ^m, Tiborcz, L. ^m, Coindreau, O. ⁿ, Clark, G. ^o, Lamont, I. ^o, Zheng, X. ^p, Kubo, K. ^p, Lee, B. ^q, Valincius, M. ^r, Malicki, M. ^s, Lind, T. ^s, Vorobyov, Y. ^t, Kotsuba, O. ^t, Di Giuli, M. ^u, Ivanov, I. ^v, D’Onorio, M. ^w, Giannetti, F. ^w, Sevon, T. ^x

Source: In Annals of Nuclear Energy February 2025 211

Analyses of the MELCOR capability to simulate integral PWR using passive systems in a DBA scenario

Authors: Principato, M. ^a, Giannetti, F. ^{a, ⁎}, Imperatori, M. ^a, D’Onorio, M. ^a, Garcia, M. ^b, Herranz, L.E. ^b, Bersano, A. ^c, Mascari, F. ^c

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design June 2025 437

Analyses of design extension conditions without significant fuel degradation for operating nuclear power plants: An OECD/NEA review

Authors: Zhang, J., Havet, M., Zheng, J., Bousbia Salah, A., Ševeček, M., Kral, P., Krhounkova, J., Guba, A., Hozer, Z., Bersano, A., Mascari, F., Cherubini, M., Nemec, T., Sánchez, M., Mendizábal, R., Queral, C., Herranz, L.E., Adorni, M., Bales, M.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design 15 August 2024 425

A systematic approach for the adequacy analysis of a set of experimental databases: Application in the framework of the ATRIUM activity

Authors: Baccou, J., Glantz, T., Ghione, A., Sargentini, L., Fillion, P., Damblin, G., Sueur, R., Iooss, B., Fang, J., Liu, J., Yang, C., Zheng, Y., Ui, A., Saito, M., Mendizábal Sanz, R., Bersano, A., Mascari, F., Skorek, T., Tiborcz, L., Hirose, Y., Takeda, T., Nakamura, H., Choi, C., Heo, J., Petruzzi, A., Zeng, K., Xie, Z., Wu, X., Eguchi, H., Pangukir, F., Breijder, P., Franssen, S., Perret, G., Clifford, I.D., Coscia, T.M., Di Maio, F., Zio, E., Pedroni, N., Zhang, J., Freixa, J., Rizzo, F., Ciurluini, C., Giannetti, F., Adorni, M.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design May 2024 421

Main outcomes of the Phebus FPT1 uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in the EU-MUSA project

Authors: Mascari, F., Bersano, A., Massone, M., Agnello, G., Coindreau, O., Beck, S., Tiborcz, L., Paci, S., Angelucci, M., Herranz, L.E., Bocanegra, R., Pontillon, Y., Berdai, M., Cherednichenko, O., Iskra, A., Nudi, M., Groudev, P., Petrova, P., Kretzschmar, F., Gabrielli, F., Kanglong, Z., Vileiniškis, V., Kaliatka, T., Kalilainen, J., Malicki, M., Gumenyuk, D., Vorobyov, Y., Kotsuba, O., Dejardin, P., Di Giuli, M., Thomas, R., Ivanov, I.V., Giannetti, F., D'Onorio, M., Caruso, G., Salay, M., Sevon, T.

Source: In Annals of Nuclear Energy February 2024 196

OECD/NEA/CSNI state-of-the-art report on scaling in system thermal-hydraulics applications to nuclear reactor safety and design (The S-SOAR)

Authors: Mascari, F., D'Auria, F., Bestion, D., Lien, P., Nakamura, H., Austregesilo, H., Moon, S.K., Reventos, F., Umminger, K., Reyes, J.N., Rohatgi, U.S.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design January 2024 416

Current status of MELCOR 2.2 for fusion safety analyses

Authors: Mascari, F., Bersano, A., Adorni, M., D'Ovidio, G., Martín-Fuertes, F., Jin, X.Z., Mazzini, G., Gonfiotti, B., Georgiev, G., Leskovar, M., Bertani, C., Testoni, R., Giannetti, F., D'Onorio, M., Agnello, G., Di Maio, P.A., Angelucci, M., Paci, S., Grippo, G., Fernández-Cosials, K., Dongiovanni, D., Malicki, M.

Source: In Fusion Engineering and Design September 2023 194

Uncertainty quantification for a severe accident sequence in a SFP in the frame of the H-2020 project MUSA: First outcomes

Authors: Coindreau, O., Herranz, L.E., Bocanegra, R., Ederli, S., Maccari, P., Mascari, F., Cherednichenko, O., Iskra, A., Groudev, P., Vryashkova, P., Petrova, P., Kaliatka, A., Vileiniškis, V., Malicki, M., Lind, T., Kotsuba, O., Ivanov, I., Giannetti, F., D'Onorio, M., Ou, P., Feiye, L., Piluso, P., Pontillon, Y., Nudi, M.

Source: In Annals of Nuclear Energy August 2023 188

OECD/NEA/CSNI/WGAMA PERSEO benchmark: Main outcomes and conclusions

Authors: Mascari, F., Bersano, A., Alcaro, F., Stempniewicz, M., Albright, L., Jevremovic, T., Andrews, N., Gauntt, R, Austregesilo, H., Buchholz, S., Bellomo, A., D'Auria, F., Di Palma, G., Lanfredini, M., Spina, G., Bertani, C., De Salve, M., Falcone, N., Caruso, G., Giannetti, F., Narcisi, V., Choi, C., Ha, K., Jeon, B.G., Kang, K.H., Kim, K., Park, H.S., Karppinen, I., Lahovský, L.F., Meca, R., Parduba, Z., Lien, P.H., Tomashchik, D.Y., Burgazzi, L., Lombardo, C., Meloni, P., Ferri, R.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design 15 April 2023 405

Small modular reactors and insights on passive mitigation strategy modeling

Authors: Mascari, F., Woods, B.G., Welter, K., D'Auria, F., Bersano, A., Maccari, P.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design January 2023 401

Qualification of RELAP5-3D code condensation model against full-scale PERSEO Test 9

Authors: Bersano, A., Falcone, N., Bertani, C., De Salve, M., Meloni, P., Mascari, F.

Source: In Progress in Nuclear Energy September 2021 139

Progress in modeling in-containment source term with ASTEC-Na

Authors: Herranz, L.E., Lebel, L., Mascari, F., Spengler, C.

Source: In Annals of Nuclear Energy February 2018 112:84-93

In-containment source term predictability of ASTEC-Na: Major insights from data-predictions benchmarking

Authors: Herranz, L.E., Garcia, M., Lebel, L., Mascari, F., Spengler, C.

Source: In Nuclear Engineering and Design 15 August 2017 320:269-281

Predictability of Source Term Behavior in SFR Containments
Advances in nuclear power plants (International congress)

Authors: Herranz, L. E., Garcia, M., Lebel, L., Mascari, F., Spengler, C.

Source: International congress on advances in nuclear power plants. 3:1955-1964

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ETSON Strategic Orientations on Research Activities. ETSON Research Group Activity

Authors: Van Dorsselaere, J. P., Barrachin, M., Millington, D., Adorni, M., Hrehor, M., Mascari, F., Schaffrath, A., Tiselj, I., Uspuras, E., Yamamoto, Y.

Source: ATW. 63(1):13-18

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Analyses of the TRACE V5 Capability for the Simulation of Natural Circulation and Primary/Containment Coupling in BDBA Condition Typical of the MASLWR
Small modular reactors; Proceedings of the Small modular reactors symposium 2014; presented at the ASME Small modular reactors symposium, April 15-17, 2014, Washington, DC, USA

Authors: Mascari, F., De Rosa, F., Polidori, M., Colletti, A.M., Costa, A.M., Richiusa, M.L., Vella, G., Woods, B.G., Welter, K., D Auria, F.

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SMALL MODULAR REACTORS SYMPOSIUM. CONF 2014:SMR2014-3365

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ICONE20/POWER2012-54278 TRACE and RELAP5 Codes for Beyond Design Accident Condition Simulation in the SPES3 Facility
Nuclear engineering; Proceedings of the 20th international conference on nuclear engineering and the ASME 2012 power conference -2012-

Authors: Ferri, R., Mascari, F., Meloni, P., Vella, G.

Source: ICONE20-POWER20; 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND THE ASME 2012 POWER CONFERENCE 2012; ICONE - PROCEEDINGS-. Conf 20^t^h:639-646

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SMR2011-6594 TRACE Code Analyses for the IAEA ICSP on 'Integral PWR Design Natural Circulation Flow Stability and Thermo-Hydraulic Coupling of Containment and Primary System During Accidents'
Small modular reactors symposium; SMR2011

Authors: Mascari, F., Vella, G., Woods, B.G.

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SMALL MODULAR REACTORS SYMPOSIUM. :257-268

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11481 Analysis of the Multi-Application Small Light-Water Reactor (MASLWR) Design Natural Circulation Phenomena
Advances in nuclear power plants

Authors: Mascari, F., Vella, G., Woods, B.G., D Auria, F.

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. 4:2763-2773

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Preliminary thermal-hydraulic deterministic safety analysis of an in-vessel LOCA for the DTT facility.

Authors: Grippo, G., Bersano, A., Mascari, F.

Source: Journal of Physics: Conference Series; Dec2023, Vol. 2685 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p