ORNL Uses Simulation App to Verify Software Quality for Nuclear Safety
James D. Freels, Michael W. Crowell, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, USA
In an environment as highly regulated and potentially dangerous as the nuclear industry, software quality assurance (SQA) compliance standards are rigorous. Part of the compliance process entails verification that local software installations perform as the developer intended. At Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL), COMSOL Multiphysics® is used to explore nuclear fuel conversion. Verification of the software requires sizable applications to be run and compared by hand with product documentation, which can take months. Using a “Model Tester” app built with the Application Builder, researchers at ORNL automated the verification process and could get results in under 24 hours.
Suggested Stories
Identifying the Root Cause of Electronics Failures with Simulation Apps
The Centre for Electronic Corrosion (CELCORR) research group at the Technical University of Denmark predicts ...
Engineering Perfect Puffed Snacks
The production of puffed rice, like many other types of food, is incredibly complicated and involves multiple ...
A 100-Fold Improvement in Lithography Resolution Realized with a 150-Year-Old “Perfect Imaging” System
The idea of "perfect imaging", that is a resolution less than the wavelength of light producing the image, was first ...
Un modèle d'oeil humain, paramétrique et en 3D, offre 20 ans supplémentaires de confort de vision
Pour corriger la presbytie, les chercheurs de Kejako, une société suisse de technologie médicale, développent un ...
