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Progress of EBS International Collaborations (FY2018)

Matteo, Edward N.; Hadgu, Teklu H.; Simo, Eric

The SNL Engineered Barrier System (EBS) International activities were focused on two main collaborative efforts for FY18: 1) Benchmarking semi-analytical codes used for thermal analysis, and 2) Benchmarking of reactive transport codes (including PFLOTRAN) used for chemical evolution of cementitious EBS components. The former topic, was completed over the course of FY18, while the latter has just begun in the latter half of FY18 under the aegis of additional appropriations and scoped as "Additional FY18 Activities". This report contains a complete summary of Item #1, as well as a status update on the progress of Item #2.