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Published on 26 February 2024

​CATHARE, more than 40 years of history

1979

 

Launch of CATHARE 1 development project,
creation of a joined team between CEA and EDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​​1983
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1984
​Launch of CATHARE SIMU, a simplified CATHARE 1 version suitable for simulator applications

 

First CATHARE Users Club (CUC)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1984

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1986
Qualification of revision 2 of the physical closure laws
 
First tests on the BETHSY experimental facility,
basis of CATHARE VV&Q process
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1986
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1987
​Qualification of revision 3 of the physical closure laws
 
​Release of CATHARE 1 V1.3L,
first validated version of the code
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1987
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1988
​​Qualification of revision 4 of the physical closure laws
 
​Launch of CATHARE 2 V1.3 development

 

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​1991
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1993
​CATHARE SIMU is integrated into the SIPA engineering simulator at EDF & IRSN
​​The 6th NURETH, International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics,
is organised in Grenoble, France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1994
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1994
​Qualification of revision 5 of the physical closure laws
 
​​Launch of CATHARE 2 V2.5 development

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1996
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1996
​First computation with the two-phase flow in the 3-D module of CATHARE 2
 
​CATHARE SIMU is integrated into the SIPACT training simulator set up on the 19 French nuclear power plants operated by EDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

​1996
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1997
​​​​Release of the CATHARE 2 V1.3L industrial version

 

​​​Launch of SCAR (Simulator CAthare Release) project associated with CATHARE 2 V2.5 development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2002
​​Begining of partnership with TechnicAtome
 for nuclear propulsion application
 
​​​​Launch of NEPTUNE-System & NEPTUNE-CFD development in the frame of the NEPTUNE project
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

​2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004
​Qualification of revision 6 of the physical closure laws
 
​​​Begining of partnership for space applications
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
​First version of GUITHARE, the graphical user interface
 

​​​​​Launch of CATHARE 3 development in the frame of the NEPTUNE project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
​​​​Realease of CATHARE 2 V2.5_2 industrial version,
a single version for various applications

 

​​CATHARE 2 is integrated into
the engineering simulator SOFIA at IRSN

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010

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After 31 years in Grenoble, thermal-hydraulic activities, including CATHARE development, are transferred to Saclay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
​​CATHARE 2 is integrated into the EPR FA3 training simulator TREFLE at EDF
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​2014
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2015
​First calculation of latent heat storage with CATHARE
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​2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
​​​CATHARE 2 is integrated into the engineering & training simulator SIRENE at EDF and progressively integrated into the CP1/CP2 SIROCCO full scope training simulator in nuclear power plants
​​Release of CATHARE 3 V2.1alpha,
first CATHARE version with a source code in C++

 

 

 

 

 

 

​2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
​2019

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​​​Rele​ase of CATHARE 3 V2.1, first validated version for PWR applications of the CATHARE 3 code
 







2021







​2023
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​Release of CATHARE 3 V3.0, first version for use in real time simulators