SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- DOE NE Hub for Modeling and Simulation Interested Party Workshop
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Idaho OperationsU.S. Department of EnergyIdaho Operations1955 Fremont AvenueIdaho FallsID83415
- ZIP Code
- 83415
- E-Mail Address
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Minor, Kelleen L
(minorkl@id.doe.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) will host an Interested Party Workshop in support of the DOE NE Hub for Modeling and Simulation program on December 7, 2009, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern time at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, L'Enfant Plaza; 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024. The purpose of this Workshop is to provide information on the Hub for Modeling and Simulation program; promote additional discussion on the topic of Modeling and Simulation, including refining program definitions; address questions from potential applicants; and provide a forum for potential applicants to express their interest and present their capabilities for teaming opportunities. The official Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) has not yet been released; upon release, it will be available on the Grants.gov website. Efforts will be made to release a draft FOA prior to the Workshop; please refer to http://events.energetics.com/DOE-NE-M-S-09 for a posting of this draft FOA (anticipated to be posted on or about 11/19/09). Attendance at this Workshop is not required to respond or propose to any associated FOA. The Workshop will be unclassified and Workshop presenters' briefing slides, questions and answers, and draft FOA will be made publically available for interested parties who are not able to attend the Workshop on the website at http://events.energetics.com/DOE-NE-M-S-09.. PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION: The Hub for Modeling and Simulation (the Hub) will address basic science, technology, economic, and policy issues hindering the United State?s ability to become energy secure and economically strong while being good stewards of the planet by reducing green house gas emissions. The Hub is to quickly push the current state-of-the-art energy science and technology towards its fundamental limits and produce revolutionary changes in how we produce and use energy. The Hub represents a new structure, modeled after research laboratories like the Manhattan Project Labs, Lincoln Lab at MIT that developed radar, and AT&T Bell Laboratories that developed the transistor. It will focus on a single topic, but with work spanning the gamut from (i) basic research through (ii) engineering development to (iii) partnering with industry in commercialization. It is anticipated that the Hub will comprise a highly collaborative team that will utilize multiple s cientific, engineering, and where appropriate, economics and public-policy disciplines, working largely under one roof to solve critical technology issues. Nuclear energy provides a tremendous opportunity for the United States to provide energy that is secure, affordable, and environmentally friendly. However there are a number of technical issues that must be addressed in the near, mid and long-terms. Traditionally, creating the scientific insight needed to address the issues has been accomplished through methods that rely heavily on testing and demonstration. While this approach has been very successful, it has been proven to take a long time and be very expensive. Over the past decade and a half, with the introduction of very high performance computing, advanced modeling and simulation has become a peer to theory and experiment as a means to create scientific insight. Advanced modeling and simulation that is full dimensional, high resolution, and based on first-principals science, has proven invaluable for delivering faster and more detailed insights into the operation of physical systems under conditions that were impos sible or cost-prohibitive to see in experiments. The Hub will utilize existing advanced modeling and simulation capabilities (e.g. computational fluid dynamics, etc.), to apply them to a new multi-physics computational code, designed to provide predictive capability for life extension and power upgrade calculations, and to adapt these advanced computer science tools into the culture of nuclear engineers. The modern, science-based simulation tools are designed to be used by specialists. Over the course of this 5-year project, the Hub is intended to produce a multi-physics computational environment that can be used by a wide range of practitioners to conduct predictive calculations of the performance of reactors in the future for both normal and off-normal conditions. It is anticipated that the Hub will run for 5 years initially, with the award for the Hub being extended/renewed noncompetitively for up to another 5 years if it is decided the program should continue and if it is determined that the Hub recipient has delivered exceptional scientific progress. ANTICIPATED FUNDING: Funding is approximately $22M for the first year and $25M per year thereafter (subject to appropriation approval) for the next four years. A draft agenda for this Workshop is available at: http://events.energetics.com/DOE-NE-M-S-09 REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Pre-Registration for this Workshop is REQUIRED. Information concerning registering for this Workshop, hotel can be found at: http://events.energetics.com/DOE-NE-M-S-09 Participants must register not later than (NLT) November 27, 2009. There is no registration fee for attending this conference. Due to space limitations of the conference facility, attendance will be limited to the first 300 registrants, and no more than 4 representatives per organization. The Workshop will be unclassified and open to the general public. All attendees will be required to present government issued photo identification upon entry to the event. As part of the registration process, participants are requested to submit questions to be addressed at the workshop. These questions will be presented anonymously at the workshop with answers provided. Eventually, the questions and answers will be posted in a public web site. The Department reserves the right to select the questions to be addressed at the workshop. The agenda will also include a limited period to address written questions submitted during the workshop. Call for Questions/Suggestions: Interested parties are requested to submit questions, in writing, regarding the Hub to the following email address: DOE.NE.M-S@energetics.com Please submit questions NLT November 27, 2009.
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