DIGITAL TOOLING FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION | ADVERTORIAL FEATURE Safety and licensing are among the most pressing
issues in nuclear. Traditional safety cases can extend to tens of thousands of pages and require years of review. With CATIA and MBSE, safety arguments are linked directly to validated models and simulations. Regulators can review dynamic representations of plant behavior, rather than static reports, ensuring traceability from claims to evidence. Vendors gain agility in responding to evolving requirements, while regulators gain confidence that designs meet the highest standards. Engineering and modularization also benefit enormously from CATIA. Plants can be developed as configurable products, with designs adapted for specific sites while maintaining a standardized architecture. CATIA enables multidisciplinary teams to work in a unified digital environment, ensuring that mechanical, electrical, and control systems are integrated seamlessly. Virtual simulations allow engineers to anticipate challenges related to operability, maintainability, and manufacturability, reducing costly redesigns. Modularization becomes more efficient, as CATIA
manages interfaces between modules and simulates their integration, ensuring that offsite fabrication and onsite assembly proceed smoothly. Equally important is CATIA’s role in standardization and industrialization. By managing catalogs of qualified components and standardized processes, CATIA helps ensure compliance, reuse, and efficiency. This supports economies of volume similar to those in aerospace and automotive industries. Virtual Twin Engineering extends beyond design, encompassing supply chains, construction processes, and operations. Nuclear plants can thus be delivered faster, safer, and more predictably.
Accelerating the nuclear future with Dassault Systèmes The introduction of CATIA-enabled MBSE and Virtual Twin Engineering into nuclear projects does more than improve efficiency—it redefines the industry’s innovation model. Virtual twin technology builds digital replicas of entire plants, capturing not only geometry but also physical behaviors, control logic, and lifecycle data. Stakeholders can explore, test, and validate every aspect of a plant before physical construction begins. This reduces reliance on costly prototypes, accelerates design cycles, and improves quality. Collaboration is another area transformed by CATIA
and MBSE. Nuclear projects involve governments, utilities, OEMs, suppliers, regulators, and research institutions. By uniting all participants in a shared digital environment, CATIA reduces misunderstandings, ensures alignment, and breaks down silos of information. Every stakeholder works from the same set of models, ensuring data integrity. Lessons learned from one project can be captured digitally and applied to the next, creating a foundation for continuous improvement and industrial learning. Looking ahead, nuclear energy will extend far beyond electricity. Advanced reactors are being designed to support hydrogen production, provide district heating, and decarbonize heavy industries such as steelmaking and chemicals. These applications introduce new complexity, but CATIA’s Virtual Twin Engineering provides the tools to model, simulate, and validate
them. Engineers can explore new reactor concepts virtually, testing fuel cycles, materials, and cooling strategies in a safe, digital environment. This enables faster innovation and reduces risk, helping the nuclear sector adapt to emerging energy demands. Nuclear energy is essential to delivering a clean,
affordable, and reliable energy future. With CATIA’s Virtual Twin Engineering and MBSE at its core, the sector is equipped to overcome its challenges and seize new opportunities. By embracing digital engineering practices and collaborative innovation, nuclear can accelerate the clean energy transition and secure its role as a foundation of sustainable development. ■
Visit Dassault Systèmes at the World Nuclear Exhibition at Booth F0 21 to discover how Virtual Twin Engineering and model-based systems engineering are shaping the future of nuclear energy.
For more insights, you can explore CATIA’s role in advancing Small and Modular Reactors at
https://discover.3ds.com/catia-small-and-modular-reactors
You can also see how digital twins are transforming the design, operation, and lifecycle management of energy infrastructure by visiting
https://discover.3ds.com/ catia-energy-infrastructure-virtual-twin
To discover how CATIA and Dassault Systèmes solutions enables modular reactor design with NAAREA, visit
www.3ds.com/insights/customer-stories/naarea-micro- modular-reactor
Above top: A design of a Small and Modular Reactor in 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
Above bottom: A Nuclear Rector System Modeling with 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
Olivier Audelan Dassault Systèmes 10 rue Marcel Dassault 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay
E:
Olivier.audelan@
3ds.com W:
www.catia.com
www.neimagazine.com | WNE Special Edition
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108
