GMS Linkage with FRAMES

1. GMS Linkage with FRAMES Workshop U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rockville, Maryland Pacific Northwest National Laboratory November 15-17, 2005

2. Objectives • Provide NRC/NMSS with a more science-based dose assessment tool for licensing decisions • Where appropriate, leverage limited resources with EPA, DoD, and DOE. • Reproducibility means Credibility 2

3. FRAMES 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 3

4. GMS Using MT3DMS Three-dimensional aquifer modeling of contaminant transport through heterogeneous porous media ←Back 4

5. 1 3 2 = Data processor = Modules Model Type 2 (e.g., Aquifer from GMS ) Model Type 1 (e.g., Source Model) FRAMES 1 1 Simple FRAMES 2 2 Medium 3 3 Complex Model Type 3 (e.g., Risk Model) Forward→ ←Back 5

6. Select Editors Menu Choose Module Editor Register the GMS Import, as a system tool 6

7. 1 3 2 4 Register the GMS Import Tool as a System Tool within FRAMES-2 7

8. 1 Choose “Editors,” choose “Module Editor” Choose “Open Module,” which 1) opens to the C:\program files\FramesV2\GMS directory and 2) is used to register existing modules 3 2 4 Click on “System,” “System” 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. 8

9. Select Tools Menu Select the Pre-Defined GMS Project File from the “Tools” Menu Bar 9

10. Select the Pre-Defined GMS Project File from the “Tools” Menu Bar • Select Tools from the menu (not shown) • Select GMSImport… (not shown) • 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). 10

11. Documents How the Module will Communicate With the User when Chosen as the Aquifer Model in the CSM 1 2 • Identify the Name of the Module in FRAMES-2, representing the RT3D calibrated, baseline simulation • Define RT3D Input Options • Identify the Chemical: JP-4 as surrogate to BTEX • Identify upstream RT3D boundary conditions to be changed • Identify the form of the Output and the RT3D location of output 3 4 5 11

12. Simulation Editor 1. Construct the Conceptual Site Model (CSM) 2. Choose the GMS project file simulation, titled GWTest1 3. Fill-in Input Requirements, related to Options from the Tools menu 12

13. Vadose Zone Illustrative Example Dose Forward→ ←Back 13

14. Construct the Conceptual Site Model Hazard /Risk Human Intake Human Exposure Choose the RT3D GMS Run, representing the Aquifer Model Source 14

15. Right Click General Info 15

16. Right Click User Input Meet User-Defined Input Requirements for Dispersivities 16

17. Summary • 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. 17