GMS Linkage with FRAMESGMS Linkage with FRAMESGMS Linkage with FRAMESGMS Linkage with FRAMES

WorkshopU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Rockville, Maryland

Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryNovember 15-17, 2005

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ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives

Provide NRC/NMSS with a more science-based dose assessment tool for licensing decisionsWhere appropriate, leverage limited resources with EPA, DoD, and DOE.Reproducibility means Credibility

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FRAMES and GMSFRAMES and GMSFRAMES and GMSFRAMES and GMS

GMS is the most sophisticated and comprehensive groundwater modeling package, containing numerous numerical models and support features: ONLY GROUNDWATER

FRAMES seamlessly links user-defined disparate models, databases, and modeling systems to transfer data: Deployable system Conceptualize problem Choose most appropriate models and databases Perform sensitivity/uncertainty analyses Visualize results Document results Automatically reproduce results

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Three-dimensional aquifer modeling of contaminant transport through heterogeneous porous media

GMS Using MT3DMS

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Model Type 1(e.g., Source Model)

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Model Type 2(e.g., Aquifer from GMS

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FRAMES

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FRAMES

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Select Editors MenuChoose Module Editor

Register the GMS Import, as a system tool

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Register the GMSImport Tool asa System Tool

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Choose “GMSImport.mod,” which will place the GMSImport tool under the “List of Modules,” as “GMSImport,” and will place it in the Menu Bar, under the “Tools” listing.

Choose “Open Module,” which 1) opens to the C:\program files\FramesV2\GMS directory and 2) is used to register existing modules

Click on “System,” “System”

Choose “Editors,” choose “Module Editor”

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Select Tools Menu

Select the Pre-Defined GMS ProjectFile from the “Tools” Menu Bar

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Select the Pre-Defined GMS ProjectFile from the “Tools” Menu Bar

1. Select Tools from the menu (not shown)2. Select GMSImport… (not shown)3. Go to the directory that contains the *.gpr file (e.g.,

C:\program files\gms50\example\), and choose the appropriate *.gpr file (e.g., Ex1_GMS5_project.gpr).

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1. Identify the Name of the Module in FRAMES-2, representing the RT3D calibrated, baseline simulation

2. Define RT3D Input Options3. Identify the Chemical: JP-4 as surrogate to

BTEX4. Identify upstream RT3D boundary

conditions to be changed5. Identify the form of the Output and the

RT3D location of output

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Chosen as the Aquifer Model in the CSM

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Simulation Editor

1. Construct the Conceptual Site Model (CSM)2. Choose the GMS project file simulation, titled GWTest13. Fill-in Input Requirements, related to Options from the Tools menu

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Illustrative ExampleIllustrative ExampleIllustrative ExampleIllustrative Example

Vadose Zone

Dose

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Construct the Conceptual Site Model

Choose the RT3D GMS Run, representing the Aquifer Model

Hazard/Risk

HumanIntake

HumanExposure

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Right Click General Info

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Meet User-Defined InputRequirements for Dispersivities

Right Click User Input

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SummarySummarySummarySummary

Models and databases with varying degrees of sophistication are required.GMS provides some of the most sophisticated and accepted groundwater models.FRAMES provides the architectural framework and mechanism to include more science-based modeling.FRAMES and GMS linkage represents a template to allow communication between legacy modeling systems.NRC is coordinating development through an MOU, and benefiting from substantial financial investments by EPA, DoD, and DOE-PNNL.