NEA Mandates and Structures
Expert Group on Multi-scale Modelling Methods
| Chair(s): |
Veena TIKARE, United States
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Secretary: |
Davide COSTA
(davide.costa@oecd-nea.org)
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| Member(s): | All NEA member countries* |
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| Russia (Suspended*) |
| *Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council. |
| Full participant(s): |
European Commission
Under the NEA Statute
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| Observer(s)(International Organisation): |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
By agreement
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| Date of creation: | 30 June 2009 |
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| End of mandate: | 30 June 2019 |
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Mandate (Document reference):
- Agreed at the 20th meeting of the Nuclear Science Committee in June 2009 [NEA/SEN/NSC(2009)3]
- Summary record of the 6th Meeting of the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems [NEA/SEN/NSC/WPMM(2011)2]
- Extended mandate in the Summary record of the 8th Meeting of the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems [NEA/SEN/NSC/WPMM(2012)2]
- Extended mandate as a part of WPMM activities at the 23rd meeting of the Nuclear Science Committee in June 2012 [NEA/SEN/NSC(2012)3]
- Extended mandate as part of WPMM activities at the 24th meeting of the Nuclear Science Committee in June 2013 [NEA/SEN/NSC(2013)2]
- Extended mandate as part of WPMM activities at the 25th meeting of the Nuclear Science Committee in June 2014 [NEA/SEN/NSC(2014)2]
- Extended and revised at the 13th meeting of the WPMM in May 2017 [NEA/NSC/WPMM/DOC(2017)2]
- Mandates of the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems (WPMM) and Its Expert Groups [NEA/SEN/NSC(2018)7]
Mandate (Document extract):
Extract from document [NEA/SEN/NSC(2018)7]
Mandate
Scope
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) and under the mandate of the Working Party on Multiscale Modelling of Materials (WPMM), the objective of the Expert Group on Multiscale Modelling Methods (M3) is to provide a state of the art of the various methods and levels of models used for modelling materials for the nuclear industry (fuels and structural materials). The state of the art includes an overview of the methods but also the possibilities and limits of linking different scales.
Objectives
The objectives of the expert group are:
1. Assess the possibilities and limits of both numerical methods applied to multiscale modelling of materials for nuclear energy and means to link them, in written form:
- Brief outline of the methods as applied to nuclear materials;
- Advantages and disadvantages;
- Limits, needs and recommendation.
2. Foster exchange of experience and dissemination of knowledge gained by applying multiscale tools to fuels and structural materials.
Deliverables
- A written critical review of the various methods and levels of models used for modelling materials for the nuclear industry;
- Compilation of available codes from the Task Force on “Available multiscale modelling codes.
