Case Study: Oak Ridge National Laboratories automates nuclear software quality assurance with COMSOL Simulation Apps

Oak Ridge National Laboratories automates nuclear safety SQA in under 24 hours with Comsol

Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) faced a significant challenge in meeting rigorous nuclear safety software quality assurance (SQA) compliance standards. Their process for verifying that installations of COMSOL Multiphysics® performed as intended was highly manual, requiring researchers to run sizable applications and compare results by hand with product documentation, a task that could take months to complete.

Using the Application Builder from COMSOL, researchers at ORNL built a custom "Model Tester" app. This solution automated the entire verification process, running a host of models and comparing results with documented values. The app from COMSOL generated an automated report upon completion, which slashed the verification time from months to under 24 hours, providing a massive efficiency gain and ensuring compliance.

Oak Ridge National Laboratories