{"id":25801,"date":"2025-11-12T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgz.de\/?page_id=25801"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:47:03","slug":"epri-escp-thermal-modeling-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bgz.de\/en\/epri-escp-thermal-modeling-benchmark\/","title":{"rendered":"EPRI-ESCP Thermal Modeling Benchmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-w4vtr1-317b9988e3386fc6fc6823d855a15ea4\">\n.avia-section.av-w4vtr1-317b9988e3386fc6fc6823d855a15ea4{\nbackground-color:#0d57a0;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='headerrot'  class='avia-section av-w4vtr1-317b9988e3386fc6fc6823d855a15ea4 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_codeblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-25801'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8oi00o9-f1baeb38fc0d698a22a4ef99caaf4eb4\">\n.av_textblock_section.av-m8oi00o9-f1baeb38fc0d698a22a4ef99caaf4eb4{\nbackground-color:#0d57a0;\n}\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m8oi00o9-f1baeb38fc0d698a22a4ef99caaf4eb4 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m8oi00o9-f1baeb38fc0d698a22a4ef99caaf4eb4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 class=\"h3gestaltung\"><strong>EPRI-ESCP Thermal Modelling Benchmark<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-25801'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2upq1p-f9c078ecbc5533a06891da754eb514b7\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2upq1p-f9c078ecbc5533a06891da754eb514b7{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2upq1p-f9c078ecbc5533a06891da754eb514b7 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_codeblock  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1zcktr0-b06a2a7ebe7a43ee462e39faba606cfa av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-6eeep8d-a671a6bd0d4ebb770444d180ee98b2b6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>As part of an international benchmark of the Electric Power Research Institute, BGZ \u2013 together with GNS and WTI \u2013 compares thermal calculation methods on an instrumented TN<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>32 cask that was loaded at the North Anna nuclear power plant (USA) in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to estimate cladding tube temperatures more realistically and to quantify the sensitivity of different modelling approaches. The first modelling phase has been completed and published. Phase 2 deepens the uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of the various modelling approaches and feeds into the best-estimate proofs for future storage licences.\u00a0A detailed final report had not yet been published at the time of going to press.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-cd2f474e3bba50187b6ed141031f97f7\">\n#top .flex_column.av-av_one_full-cd2f474e3bba50187b6ed141031f97f7{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-av_one_full-cd2f474e3bba50187b6ed141031f97f7{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-cd2f474e3bba50187b6ed141031f97f7 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-fb8f8e4fa21dcdb365b9430aeb7c21a4\">\n#top .hr.av-av_hr-fb8f8e4fa21dcdb365b9430aeb7c21a4{\nmargin-top:30px;\nmargin-bottom:30px;\n}\n.hr.av-av_hr-fb8f8e4fa21dcdb365b9430aeb7c21a4 .hr-inner{\nwidth:100px;\nborder-color:#0d57a0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-fb8f8e4fa21dcdb365b9430aeb7c21a4 hr-custom  avia-builder-el-7  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  hr-left hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-fat'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm0sxcj4-0ef0542500b68023129cf5ec69bfc022 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 class=\"anleser\">Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-7a1a1df713b91246e12e7c5d2b3f0a33\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-7a1a1df713b91246e12e7c5d2b3f0a33{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-7a1a1df713b91246e12e7c5d2b3f0a33 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm0sxsye-174d4a8b691c34dab5b3677650c36932 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ans.org\/pubs\/proceedings\/article-59659\/\"><strong>ESCP International Thermal Modeling Project: Comparison of PCT and External Surface Temperature Values with Varying Sensitivity Parameters<\/strong><\/a>, H. Akkurt, M. Stuke; Proceedings of International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025), 9 &#8211; 12 November 2025, Washington, DC, USA, 2025.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"M:\\Projekte\\TZF\\Forschung\\Homepage\\EPRI Thermal Modelling\\ESCP Thermal Modelling Benchmark.pdf\"><strong>ESCP International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Project Results,<\/strong><\/a> H. Akkurt, M. Stuke; Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, PATRAM25, 27 July &#8211; 1 August 2025, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2025.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epri.com\/research\/products\/000000003002023976\"><strong>ESCP International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Project Results<\/strong><\/a>, H. Akkurt, M. Stuke; USA, 2025.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epri.com\/research\/products\/3002018498\"><strong>International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Description for High-Burnup Used Fuel Dry Storage System<\/strong><\/a>, H. Akkurt, USA, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.69152\/BGZFachworkshop\/proceedings\/2025\"><strong>International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Project \u2010 Aktuelle Ergebnisse numerischer Best\u2010Estimate\u2010Analysen im Vergleich zum Thermal Benchmark<\/strong><\/a>, Dr. Andr\u00e9 Leber, Proceedings 4. 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