
Nicolas Thiollière
Présentation
Assistant Professor IMT Atlantique
Research @ Subatech Laboratory (web site)
In the framework of energy transition, prospective studies are used to assess main technical and economic drivers in order to help identify most efficient policy levers. French case is specific since there is a significant amount of the energy used that comes from nuclear source. This is why nuclear scenario constitutes one of the strategic tools for producing expertise and knowledge related to the future of the electricity mix. Nuclear scenarios are based on nuclear fuel cycle simulators which aim to model an entire fleet of nuclear facilities. Fuel cycle simulators are used worldwide and by many institutions for wide range of applications:
- Data production for assessing the future of nuclear energy and highlight decision making process
- Optimization of industrial operations related to an existing nuclear fleet in support of the operator
- Evaluation of nuclear fleet and/or fuel strategy by national or international safety authorities
- Research and development training tool
We developp since 2011 in the framework of a CNRS/IN2P3 collaboration the fuel cycle simulator CLASS (CLASS repository). Electro-nuclear scenarios are part of a larger effort dedicated to produce knowledge in the framework of energy transition. An interdisciplinary team is being build with academic researchers from Nantes and Paris/Orsay. The goal is to gather experts from several scientific fields (sociology, economy, physics, applied mathematics, etc.) around energy transition problematics.
Teaching @ IMT Atlantique (web site)
- Master of Science in Engineering "Diplôme d'Ingénieur"
- Master of Science - Sustainable Nuclear Engineering, Applications and Management (SNEAM)
- MOOC on energy transition (FUN-MOOC web site)
Projects Management
PISE Project (since 2016)
PISE stands for Interdisciplinary program on energy transition. Project goals are multiple. First, it aims to perform energy transition modelling from economics and physics models coupling in order to assess the impact of the renewable electricity sources increase on nuclear costs. Innovative methodologies for scenario studies are based on Global Sensitivity Analysis. Second, the project aims to assess the role and usage of scenarios in industrial and political decision making process.
FIT Project (since 2016)
The FIT Project has been conceived to understand the circumstances under which the choice of algorithm and/or model influences the conclusions that one might draw from a fuel cycle simulation. The project aims to characterize the relationship between model fidelity and desired confidence level in the context of many differing research questions. Among functionalities of interest, this first FIT focuses on the ability of fuel cycle software to build fresh fuel in accordance with the available material and with associated reactor requirements. The FIT project is a Collaboration that gathers CNRS/IN2P3 and 6 international laboratories (from US and EU) on fuel cycle tools. The git repository could be found here : FIT github repository.
Scientific Responsabilities
- Scientific Supervisor of J.B. Clavel's PhD (2009 - 2012)
System and scenario studies for the assessment of Minor Actinides transmutation in ADS
- Scientific Supervisor of F. Courtin's PhD (2014 - 2017)
Scenario assessment of plutonium Multi-recycling in Pressurized Water Reactor with the code CLASS
- Scientific Supervisor of B. Mouginot's Post-Doc (2012 - 2015)
Development of the fuel cycle dynamic simulation tool CLASS
- Scientific Supervisor of B. Leniau's Post-Doc (2013 - 2016)
Development of reactor models for the fuel cycle dynamic simulation tool CLASS
- Scientific Supervisor of more than 10 internships (2013 - 2019)
Reactor simulations with the codes MCNP and SMURE and scenario studies with the code CLASS
Education
Fundemental Physics
- Ph.D - (2002 - 2005)
Theoretical and experimental nuclear physics. Mesure des sections efficaces de diffusion élastique des neutrons sur le carbone et le fluor dans le domaine épithermique sur la plate-forme PEREN. Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble I.
- Postgraduate degree - (2001 - 2002)
Fundemental nuclear and particle physics. Université Claude Bernard Lyon I.
- Master's Degree - (2000 - 2001)
Fundemental nuclear and particle physics. Université Claude Bernard Lyon I.
- Bachelor’s Degree - (1999 - 2000)
Fundemental physics. Université Claude Bernard Lyon I.
- Two-year university degree - (1997 - 1999)
Fundemental physics. Université Claude Bernard Lyon I.
Economy
- Bachelor’s Degree - (2017 - 2019)
Applied economics. University Jean Monnet, Campus de Sceaux, Paris Sud. Enseignement à Distance.
Publications
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Advanced Tools for Uncertainties Visualization and Analysis in Fuel Cycle SimulationsM&C 2023: The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, American Nuclear Society; Canadian Nuclear Society, Aug 2023, Niagara Falls, Canada
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SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE SCENARIOS USING ADVANCED CLUSTERING METHODSInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors 2020: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Mar 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom. pp.13002, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/202124713002⟩
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Estimation of the vitrified canister production for a PWR fleet with the CLASS codeTechnical Workshop on Fuel Cycle Simulation 2021, Jun 2021, Online, France. pp.21, ⟨10.1051/epjn/2021020⟩
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FIT (Functionality Isolation Test) Project, first resultsTechnical Workshop on Fuel Cycle Simulations, Jul 2019, Urbana Champaign, United States
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Analysis of transition scenario from a PWR to a SFR fleet simulated with the class code14th International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference GLOBAL 2019, and Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, TOP FUEL 2019, Sep 2019, Seattle, United States. pp.202-211
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Les études de scénarios nucléaires à l’in2p3GDR SciNEE, Jan 2019, Lyon, France
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Nuclear and renewables in deregulated markets. Nuclear fuel cycle cost estimates with cross-disciplinary modelling3rd technical workshop on fuel cycle simulation, Jul 2018, Paris, France
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A new kind of fuel cycle benchmark : FIT Benchmark. 3rd technical workshop on fuel cycle simulationTechnical Workshop on Fuel Cycle Simulations, Jul 2018, Paris, France
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Fuel cycle simulations at CNRS/IN2P3Seminar at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Nov 2018, Budapest, France
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Americium Early Transmutation in Thermal Reactors: An Option to a Better Nuclear Spent Fuel ManagementICAPP 2017 : International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, Apr 2017, Kyoto, Japan. pp.17388
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in2p3-01515189
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Fuel cycle simulations : Limitations and Sensitivity Analysis.Seminar at Madison-Wisconsin University, Jan 2017, Madison, United States
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Economic Module Development for the Fuel Cycle Simulation Tool CLASSANS Annual Meeting, Jun 2017, San Francisco, United States. pp.187-189
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Fundamentals of reactor physics with a view to the (possible) futures of nuclear energySéminaire Daniel Dautreppe « Demain l’énergie », Dec 2016, GRENOBLE France. pp.372 - 380, ⟨10.1016/j.crhy.2017.10.004⟩
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in2p3-01664261
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The Impact of Reactor Model Simplification for Fuel Evolution: A Bias Quantification for Fuel Cycle Dynamic Simulations2016 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2016), Apr 2016, San Francisco, United States. pp.1045-1053
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Study of Argentinian and Brasilian Nuclear Symbiotic Scenarios using CLASSInternational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2016), Apr 2016, San Francisco, United States. pp.2032-2039
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Generation of SFR physics models for the nuclear fuel cycle code CLASSPhysics of Reactors 2016 Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century (PHYSOR 2016), American Nuclear Society, May 2016, Sun Valley, United States. pp.1120-1131
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PWR MOX fuel physics models for the dynamic fuel cycle simulation tool CLASSPhysics of Reactors 2016 Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century (PHYSOR 2016), American Nuclear Society, May 2016, Sun Valley, United States. pp.1142-1151
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Mean cross section prediction in PWR-MOX using neural networkNuclear Fuel Cycle for a Low-Carbon Future (GLOBAL 2015), Sep 2015, Paris, France. pp.840-846
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MgO effect on an ADS neutronic parametersNuclear Fuel Cycle for a Low-Carbon Future (GLOBAL 2015), Sep 2015, Paris, France. pp.625-630
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Measurement of Volatile Radionuclides Production and Release Yields followed by a Post-Irradiation Analysis of a Pb/Bi Filled Ta Target at ISOLDEInternational Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2013), Mar 2013, New York, United States. pp.292-295, ⟨10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.080⟩
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XT-ADS windowless spallation target design and corresponding R&D topicsFirst International Workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems, Mar 2010, Karksruhe, Germany. ⟨10.1787/9789264117297-en⟩
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In-Target Yields forRadioactive Ion Beam (RIB) Production with EURISOLInternational Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators (AccApp'09), May 2009, Vienna, Austria. pp.AT/RD-6
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Neutronic characterization of the MEGAPIE targetInternational Conference on the Physics of Reactors - PHYSOR 2008, Sep 2008, Interlaken, Switzerland. pp.350-354, ⟨10.1016/j.anucene.2008.12.013⟩
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Gas production and activation calculation in MEGAPIEInternational Conference on the Physics of Reactors - PHYSOR 2008, Sep 2008, Interlaken, Switzerland
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Gas production and activation calculation in MEGAPIE9th Technical Review Meeting MEGAPIE, Sep 2008, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Etude de neutronique dans le cadre du projet PERENJournées Jeunes Chercheurs, Nov 2003, La-Roche-en-Ardennes, France. pp.249-250
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Économie de l’énergie nucléaire 1ISTE Editions, 256 p., 2022, 978-1789480948
Ouvrages
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Économie de l’énergie nucléaire 2ISTE Editions, 262 p., 2022, 978-1789480955
Ouvrages
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Les scénarios électronucléaires, des objets-frontières ?Editions du CNRS. L’interdisciplinarité, , 2023
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Les échelles de temps des scénarios électronucléairesLe nucléaire au prisme du temps, Presses des Mines, 2014, 978-2-35671-133-5
Chapitre d'ouvrage
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Final report on the feasibility of the XT-ADS spallation target[Contract] EURATOM. 2010
Rapport
(rapport contrat/projet)
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Mesure des sections efficaces de diffusion élastique des neutrons sur le carbone et le fluor dans le domaine épithermique sur la plate-forme PERENPhysique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]. Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble I, 2005. Français. ⟨NNT : ⟩
Thèse
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