Development of a holistic approach of neutronics code validation based on Bayesian inference and deep le

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Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DES-24-0168  

Thesis topic details

Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

Development of a holistic approach of neutronics code validation based on Bayesian inference and deep learning techniques

Contract

Thèse

Job description

The evaluation of nuclear data with the production of international files integrated into an international library such as the European library (JEFF) is of major importance for calculating current and future nuclear systems and reactors. Understanding and mastering the uncertainties related to these nuclear data is a particularly delicate task, which requires the use of advanced Bayesian inference techniques. The objective of this PhD thesis is to develop a BEPU (Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty) approach of the CEA neutronics codes which is holistic in the sense that all the known sources of uncertainty are taken into account (nuclear data, geometry and material description data, model approximations,...) when solving the neutron transport equation. In oder to account for these aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, we will use both a standard Bayesian framework and recent machine-learning methods (Deep Learning). In particular, this PhD thesis will focus on the difficult task of assimilating data from integral (critical and post-irradiation) measurements such as those available in the IRPhE international database. This work is essential for the validation of the new JEFF4 nuclear data library.

University / doctoral school

Physique et Sciences de la Matière (ED352)
Aix-Marseille Université

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Site

Cadarache

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2024

Person to be contacted by the applicant

PALAU Jean-Marc jean-marc.palau@cea.fr
CEA
DEN/DER/SPRC
CEA Cadarache
DEN/DER/SPRC/LEPh
Bâtiment 230
13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance
04 42 25 72 96

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

NOGUERE Gilles gilles.noguere@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DER/SPRC/LEPH
CEA Cadarache
04 42 25 27 77

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