Validation of Computer Codes used in Safety Analyses of CANDU Power Plants

Abstract

Since the 1960s, the CANDU industry has been developing and using scientific computer codes, validated according to the quality assurance practices of the day, for designing and analyzing CANDU power plants. To provide a systematic framework for the validation work done to date and planned for the future, the industry has decided to adopt the methodology of validation matrices, similar to that developed by the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for Light Water Reactors (LWR). Specialists in six scientific disciplines are developing the matrices for CANDU plants, and their progress to date is presented.