Dr. Pascal Rouxelin

Projects:

1) IAEA Coordinated Research Program on HTGR uncertainties
2) RAVEN code development with the INL code PHISICS and RELAP5-3D, and the ORNL code NEWT
3) “Nearly Autonomous Management And Control System for Advances Reactors” (NAMAC)
4) Multi-physics platform for safety analysis based on NRC codes
5) Cluster Management

Education:

PhD. Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University
MS. Mechnical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire of Marseille
MS. Nuclear Engineering National Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies

Affiliations:

American Nuclear Society

Publications:

Journal Articles:
[1] “The IAEA CRP on HTGR Uncertainties: Sensitivity Study of PHISICS/RELAP5-3D MHTGR-350 Core Calculations using Various SCALE/NEWT Cross-Section Sets for Ex. II-1a”.
P. Rouxelin, G. Strydom, K. Ivanov, A. Alfonsi. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2017.

Conference Papers:
[1] “IAEA CRP on HTGR UAM: Propagation of Phase I Cross Section Uncertainties to Phase II Neutronics Steady State using SCALE/SAMPLER and PHISICS/RELAP5-3D”.
G. Strydom, P. Rouxelin, K. Ivanov, V. Naicker, (presented by G. Strydom). HTR 2018, Oct 08 – Oct 10, 2018, Warsaw, Poland.

[2] “IAEA CRP on HTGR Uncertainties: Quantification of Nuclide Inventory Uncertainties in Depletion Calculations”.
P. Rouxelin, K. Ivanov, G. Strydom. ANS Winter Meeting, Oct 29 – Nov 02 2017, Washington DC.

[3] “Sensitivity Study of PHISICS/RELAP5-3D MHTGR-350 Core Calculations using Various SCALE/NEWT Cross-Section Sets for Ex. II-1a”.
P. Rouxelin, G. Strydom, K. Ivanov, A. Alfonsi, HTR 2016, Nov 06 – Nov 10, 2016, Las Vegas (NV). Awarded “Best papers of HTR 2016“ by Nuclear Engineering and Design editors.

[4] “IAEA CRP on HTGR Uncertainties: Comparison of Ex. I-2c Nominal Results and Coupling with the PHISICS/RELAP5-3D Core Model Ex. II-1”,
P. Rouxelin, G. Strydom, K. Ivanov. PHYSOR 2016, May 01 – May 05 2016, Sun Valley (ID).

[5] “Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for an OECD/NEA HTGR Benchmark with XSUSA”,
(presented by Alexander Aures). Aures et al. PHYSOR 2014, Sept 28 – Oct 03 2014, Kyoto, Japan.