Related Communities & Networks
CCP-NTH works closely with national and international communities that support research, collaboration, and capability development in nuclear thermal hydraulics, research software engineering, and high-performance computing.
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These communities and networks provide valuable support for collaboration, knowledge exchange, training, software sustainability, and access to advanced computational methods and infrastructure. Together, they help strengthen the wider ecosystem in which CCP-NTH operates, from core nuclear thermal hydraulics research through to software development and large-scale computational capability.
NTH-relevant Communities
UK Fluids Network – SIG Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics
Community forum for UK researchers working in nuclear thermal hydraulics and related fluid and heat-transfer topics.
IAEA Coordinated Research Projects (CRP)
International collaboration platform supporting research on advanced reactor thermal hydraulics, safety, and validation.
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
International programmes and expert groups supporting thermal hydraulics benchmarks, safety studies, and reactor analysis.
Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP)
European network supporting research and innovation in nuclear energy technologies.
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Global professional society covering nuclear engineering, reactor safety, and thermal hydraulics.
RSE-relevant Communities
CoSeC Communities
A collection of UK research communities supported by CoSeC, spanning computational science, software, data, and digital research infrastructure.
CAKE – Computational and Advanced Knowledge Exchange
UKRI initiative supporting digital research capability, knowledge exchange, and cross-community collaboration.
Society of Research Software Engineering
Professional body for research software engineers, supporting training, careers, and software best practice.
Software Sustainability Institute
Promotes sustainable, reusable, and high-quality research software for the wider research community.
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
UK framework for assessing research quality and impact, including recognition of software and broader research outputs.
The Hidden REF
Initiative recognising often-overlooked contributions to research, including software, data, and infrastructure.
HPC-relevant Communities
UK Turbulence Consortium
National network advancing turbulence research, numerical modelling, and high-performance computing in the UK.
ARCHER2 National Supercomputing Service
UK national HPC facility supporting large-scale computational science and engineering.
Isambard
Isambard HPC Service
UK national HPC system based on Arm architecture, supporting large-scale computational science, engineering
simulations, and emerging heterogeneous computing workflows.
UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI)
UK national programme supporting advanced computing, data, and software infrastructure for research and innovation.
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
European initiative developing world-class supercomputing and HPC capabilities to support scientific and industrial applications.
PRACE – Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe
European HPC infrastructure supporting large-scale computational research and providing access to leading supercomputing resources.
WHPC
Women in HPC
International community supporting diversity, inclusion, mentoring, and career
development in high-performance computing.
