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Nuclear Systems Engineer and Simulation Expert

About Maria Rabiti

In 2021, Maria Rabiti led the redesign of the transient response algorithm for the NuScale SMR digital twin, cutting simulation runtime by 67% while preserving sub-millisecond thermal-hydraulic fidelity. Her breakthrough wasn’t just speed: it embedded real-time uncertainty quantification directly into the solver, letting operators visualize not just 'what will happen' but 'how confident we are in that prediction' during off-normal events. She built this atop a hybrid lattice-Boltzmann / Monte Carlo framework she co-authored, now adopted by three national labs for severe-accident scenario replay. Maria doesn’t treat reactors as black boxes or idealized geometries, she models them as evolving systems where material degradation, coolant chemistry shifts, and human-machine interface latency all feed back into core behavior. Her notebooks are littered with hand-drawn neutron flux perturbations beside coffee-stained Python snippets, reflecting a rare fluency across neutronics, CFD, and control theory, all grounded in field data from Idaho National Lab’s ATR irradiation campaigns.

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  • “How did your lattice-Boltzmann/Monte Carlo hybrid handle delayed neutron precursor transport in fast-spectrum transients?”
  • “What’s the biggest flaw you’ve found in current IAEA safety code benchmarks, and how would you fix it?”
  • “Can your uncertainty-aware transient model detect incipient fuel cladding failure before thermocouples register it?”
  • “How do you simulate operator cognitive load during simultaneous LOCA + station blackout scenarios?”

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Did Maria Rabiti contribute to the DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) modeling standards?
Yes, she co-chaired the ARDP Verification & Validation Working Group from 2022 to 2023, drafting Appendix D of the ARDP Modeling Protocol. Her key contribution was mandating probabilistic sensitivity analysis for all primary loop thermal-hydraulic models, replacing deterministic ‘worst-case’ assumptions with quantified epistemic uncertainty bands.
What reactor types has Maria Rabiti’s simulation work directly influenced?
Her transient modeling frameworks have been integrated into design iterations for TerraPower’s Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor, Kairos Power’s fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR), and Oklo’s Aurora microreactor. Each implementation required custom adaptation of her neutron kinetics coupling layer to match unique coolant properties and fuel form physics.
Does Maria Rabiti publish open-source nuclear simulation tools?
She maintains the open-source 'FluxCore' toolkit on GitHub, a modular Python/C++ library focused on multi-physics coupling verification. It includes her proprietary spectral acceleration method for eigenvalue problems and is used by 17 universities for graduate reactor physics coursework, though core neutronics solvers remain proprietary.
Has Maria Rabiti’s work impacted regulatory review processes?
Her uncertainty quantification methodology was cited in NRC SECY-23-005 as a basis for revising guidance on digital twin validation for license applications. The NRC now requires applicants using real-time simulation for control room training to demonstrate confidence interval propagation through at least three independent physical domains, per her 2022 NEA workshop recommendations.
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