Chinese scientists have developed a virtual nuclear power plant within a digital society, a software program to help evaluate the safety and efficiency of nuclear energy systems.

 

中国科学家研发出一套虚拟核电站，一个帮助评估核能系统的安全与效能的软件。

 

The research of the system, named Virtual4DS, was published as a cover paper in the International Journal of Energy Research in April.

 

Nuclear safety is a key issue in the development of nuclear energy. Advanced numerical simulations can restore the complex physical processes as much as possible and predict nuclear energy system behavior and safety performance.

 

Developed by scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the system uses information technology to establish an integrated simulation platform for the whole environment of the nuclear power plant.

 

It can analyze¹ nuclear reactor² safety, radiation safety and environmental impact, providing a research tool for nuclear safety design and assessment³, accident warning, emergency decision-making and social risk assessment.

 

Virtual4DS can be connected to a nuclear power plant's information system, and its core modules⁴ have been applied⁵ in nuclear engineering projects such as ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion⁶ experimental reactor, and China's Lead-based Reactor, according to the team.

 

According to Wu Yican, the lead researcher, the system not only focuses on the safety of the reactor itself but also the relationship between nuclear safety and the environment, as well as the relationship between nuclear safety and the public.

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