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DOE, NNSA computing project names new director, to be based at ORNL

Posted at 5:23 pm September 20, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Doug Kothe

Doug Kothe

A collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration has named a new director of the project to build computing systems that are at least 50 times faster than the nation’s most powerful supercomputers in use today—and the new director will be based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The collaborative project is the Exascale Computing Project. It’s a collaboration between DOE’s Office of Science and the NNSA, which is a semi-autonomous agency within DOE.

The new director is Doug Kothe, a 32-year veteran of DOE’s national laboratory system who most recently served in ORNL’s Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate and as the applications development lead for the Exascale Computing Project, or ECP. For the preceding five years, he led the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, DOE’s first Energy Innovation Hub, which uses supercomputers to improve nuclear reactor performance.

Kothe will be ECP director effective October 1. He will replace Paul Messina, who is stepping down after two years to return to Argonne National Laboratory, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Argonne National Laboratory, Bill Goldstein, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, DOE, Doug Kothe, ECP, Exascale Computing Project, high-performance computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laborator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, Paul Messina, supercomputers, Thomas Zacharia, U.S. Department of Energy

ORNL’s CASL, Westinghouse simulate neutron behavior in nuclear reactor core

Posted at 1:06 pm February 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

AP1000 Pressurized Water Reactor

CASL is developing and applying new modeling and simulation technology (Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications Core Simulator or VERA-CS) to resolve and predict the detailed neutron distribution of the power-generation reactor core residing in reactor vessels. (Image courtesy of Westinghouse)

Test run signals emergence of the next generation in nuclear power reactor analysis tools

Scientists and engineers developing more accurate approaches to analyzing nuclear power reactors have successfully tested a new suite of computer codes that closely model “neutronics”—the behavior of neutrons in a reactor core.

Technical staff at Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, supported by the research team at the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, or CASL, used the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications core simulator (VERA-CS) to analyze its AP1000 advanced pressurized water reactor. The testing focused on modeling the startup conditions of the AP1000 plant design. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AP1000, Bob Oelrich, CASL, Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, DOE, Doug Kothe, engineering, Fausto Franceschini, Generation III+ reactor, Innovation Hub, John Turner, neutron, neutronics, nuclear reactor, nuclear science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, pressurized water reactor, PWR, reactor analysis, reactor core, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, VERA-CS, Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications core simulator, Westinghouse, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Nuclear goes Hollywood: New film sheds light on old debate

Posted at 5:47 pm July 24, 2013
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory 9 Comments

Pandora's Promise Panel Discussion

Jeff Binder, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s associate lab director of nuclear science and engineering, answers an audience question during a panel discussion following a screening of “Pandora’s Promise” in Knoxville on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

By Scott Jones

About 300 people attended a showing of the new pro-nuclear film “Pandora’s Promise” and heard a panel discussion about nuclear energy on Saturday, including perspectives from Oak Ridge National Laboratory staff.

The lab worked with Regal Entertainment Group to bring the film to the Downtown West theater from July 19-25.

Few phrases carry the ideological weight of the words “nuclear power.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Federal, Government, Movies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories Tagged With: Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, Doug Kothe, environmental, film, fission, fusion, Gordon Petersen, ITER, Jeff Binder, Lawrence Townsend, Mike Cohen, Ned Sauthoff, Nuclear Energy, nuclear engineering, nuclear power, nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Pandora’s Promise, Regal Cinemas Downtown West, Robert J. Whalen, Robert S. Eby, Robert Stone, small modular reactor, SMR, Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Enrichment Corporation, University of Tennessee, USEC, utilities

‘Pandora’s Promise’ comes to Knoxville; panel discussion planned Saturday

Posted at 2:04 pm July 19, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

“Pandora’s Promise,” a new film about environmentalists’ support of nuclear energy as a solution to global climate change, will be shown in a limited Knoxville engagement this week, starting today (Friday, July 19) and ending Thursday, a media advisory said.

A panel discussion at 8:45 p.m. Saturday will include representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USEC, and the University of Tennessee. It will follow the 7 p.m. showing of the film. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Movies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories Tagged With: climate change, Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, Doug Kothe, Gordon Peterson, Health Physics Society, ITER International Fusion Energy Reactor Project, Jeff Binder, Lawrence Townsend, Ned Sauthoff, Nuclear Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Pandora’s Promise, Regal Cinemas Downtown West, Robert Eby, United States Enrichment Corp., University of Tennessee, USEC

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