en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/sci/casl The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) brings together an exceptionally capable team that will apply existing modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities and develop advanced capabilities to create a usable environment for predictive simulation of light water reactors (LWRs). The virtual reactor (VR) simulation capability, known as the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), will incorporate science-based models, state-of-the-art numerical methods, modern computational science and engineering practices, and uncertainty quantification (UQ) and validation against data from operating pressurized water reactors (PWRs). casl-info@casl.gov http://www.ornl.gov/sci/casl/ http://www.ornl.gov/sci/casl/images/rss_logo.jpg Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 U.S. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 U.S. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 U.S. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 Some of the worlds fastest computers are changing our future, right in East Tennessee. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 Nuclear fission technology is the only viable grid-scale source of continuous, carbon-free electricity available today ' but realizing its potential in the fight against global climate change requires substantial improvements in both the technological and the economic performance of new-generation reactors. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 Boost in Computing Power Stoking a Nuclear Revival Posted: September 14, 2011 ORNL Review: Nuclear 2.0 (pdf) Posted: August 19, 2011 HPC Source: Visualization Posted: May 18, 2011 Energy Secretary Steven Chu answers questions from an "Energy Matters" town hall. Posted: February 3, 2011 In an online town hall held today dubbed "Energy Matters", U.S Secretary of Energy Steven Chu discussed President Obama's Clean Energy and Innovation Agenda announced during the State of the Union speech. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 President Obama, in his State of the Union address Tuesday, cited work being performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an example of cutting edge research aimed at solving the energy challenge. After getting a shout-out from President Obama, ORNL’s Kothe says, ‘Now we’ve got to deliver’ Posted: January 26, 2011 It was about 8:30 p.m. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 The fields of nuclear energy and high-performance computing research may seem worlds apart. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT en class=no-js ie6 When Doug Kothe entered nuclear engineering school in 1983, the graduate chairman had this message: Don't worry about a job.