Events

FISA 2006

Conference on
EU Research and Training in Reactor Systems

Pre-proceedings (draft papers)

Monday 13 March 2006

Morning session: Introduction

• European Community role in nuclear fission research: towards the 7th Framework Programme
  - Zoran STANČIČ, EC, Deputy Director-General DG RTD
  - Paper - Slides (~2 MB)
• Euratom and GIF Collaboration on Innovative Nuclear Systems
  - Roland SCHENKEL, EC, Director-General DG JRC
  - Paper
• A European utility opinion about a long-term nuclear strategy - need for an objective, consistent and predictable environment
  - Jean-Michel DELBECQ, EDF R&D
  - Paper - Slides (~2.2 MB)
• Regulator's opinion about the impact of the European Research Area - consequences for plant operation and maintenance of competence
  - Peter STOREY, HSE/NSD
  - Paper - Slides
• The high temperature reactors, a key component of next generation nuclear systems - an industrial view on the role of EC co-sponsored research
  - Jean-Claude GAUTHIER, Framatome ANP, et al.
• IAEA programmes in nuclear fission safety, research and training - common needs, shared vision and implementation instruments
  - Mamdouh EL-SHANAWANY, IAEA - Paper - Slides

Afternoon session: Safety of Existing Installations

• Meeting Europe's energy needs through new NPP construction - public versus private research in the international collaboration
  - Jari TUUNANEN, TVO R&D
  - Paper
• COVERS     VVER Safety Research
  - Ivo VASA, NRI Rez, et al.
  - Paper- Slides
• PERFECT     Prediction of Irradiation Damage Effects on Reactor Components
  - Jean-Paul MASSOUD, EDF, et al.
  - Paper- Slides
• NURESIM     European Platform for Nuclear Reactor Simulation
  - Christian CHAULIAC, CEA, et al.
  - Paper (~1.7 MB) - Slides (~2.3 MB)
• SARNET     Network of Excellence for a Sustainable Integration of European Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology
  - Jean-Claude MICAELLI, IRSN, et al.
  - Paper
• EURANOS     European Approach to Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Management and Rehabilitation Strategies
  - Wolfgang RASKOB, FZK, et al.
  - Paper - Slides

Tuesday 14 March 2006

Morning session: Innovative Reactor Concepts

• Engineering and training challenges of evolutionary Generation III reactors - impact of international research on competitiveness and enhanced safety
  - Maria Teresa DOMINGUEZ, Empresarios Agrup.
  - Paper - Slides
• Integration of international research in innovative Generation IV systems - impact of international research on nuclear sustainability and cogeneration
  - Tim ABRAM, Nexia Solutions BNFL
  - Paper
• RAPHAEL     Development of advanced technologies for high and very high temperature reactors (FP6 Project, VHTR)
  - Dominique HITTNER, Framatome ANP, et al.
  - Slides (~4.5 MB)
• GCFR     Gas Cooled Fast Reactor (FP6 Project)
  - Colin MITCHELL, NNC, et al.
  - Paper (~1.7 MB) - Slides
• SFR     Sodium Fast Reactor
  - Jean-François BABELOT, EC, DG JRC/ITU, et al.
  - Paper (~2.4 MB) - Slides (~2.5 MB)
• LFR     Lead Fast Reactor
  - Luciano CINOTTI, Ansaldo Nucleare, et al.
  - Paper
• MSR     Molten Salt Reactor
  - Miloslav HRON, NRI Rez, et al.
• SCWR     Super-Critical Water Reactor research in the GIF context: status and future prospects with emphasis on European activities
  - Thomas SCHULENBERG, FZK, et al.
  - Paper (~3.4 MB)

Afternoon session: Partitioning and Transmutation

• An integrated approach to partitioning research - challenges left on the way to industrial applications
  - Dominique WARIN, CEA
  - Paper - Slides (~4.1 MB)
• An integrated approach to transmutation research - challenges left on the way to industrial applications
  - Juan A. RUBIO-RODRIGUEZ, Ciemat
  - Paper
• ACTINET     Network for Actinide Sciences
  - Pascal CHAIX, CEA, et al.
  - Paper
• EUROPART     European Research Program for Partitioning of Minor Actinides from High Active Wastes Issuing from the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuels
  - Charles MADIC, CEA, et al.
  - Paper - Slides (~2.4 MB)
• EUROTRANS     European Research Programme for the Transmutation of High Level Nuclear Waste in an Accelerator Driven System
  - Joachim U. KNEBEL, FZK, et al.
  - Paper (~2.9 MB)
• RED IMPACT     Impact of Partitioning, Transmutation, and Waste Reduction Technologies on the Final Nuclear Waste Disposal
  - Waclaw GUDOWSKI, KTH Stockholm, et al.
  - Paper

Wednesday 15 March 2006

Morning session: Education and Training - Infrastructures

• Role of international programmes in knowledge transfer, education, and training - synergies with national programmes and impact on recruitment of new staff
  - Gustaf LÖWENHIELM, SKI
  - Paper - Slides (~1.7 MB)
• NEPTUNO     Nuclear European Platform of Training and University Organisations
  - Joseph SAFIEH, CEA-INSTN Saclay, et al.
  - Paper
• PETRUS     Integration of E&T Actions in Underground Storage: end-users' requirements, Euromaster curriculum, long-term implementation
  - Behrooz BAZARGAN-SABET, INPL-École des Mines de Nancy, et al.
  - Paper - Slides
• ENETRAP     European Network on E&T in Radiological Protection: "A response to the European requirements for Qualified Experts"
  - Michèle COECK, SCK-CEN Mol, et al.
  - Paper - Slides
• Renewal of large nuclear infrastructures for research and training - integration of national programmes and impact on future European RTD
  - Ivo VASA, et al, NRI Rez
• JHR     Jules Horowitz Reactor Coordination Action
  - Daniel IRACANE, CEA, et al.
  - Paper (~2.5 MB)
• HOTLAB     European Network on Hot Laboratories
  - Jean-Yves BLANC, CEA, et al.
  - Paper (~1.6 MB)
• NUDAME     Nuclear Data Measurements in Europe
  - Peter RULLHUSEN, EC, DG JRC, IRMM, et al.
  - Paper

Afternoon session: Conclusion

• EU Nuclear Energy Research Policy: stakeholders' needs, EU vision, and implementation instruments
  - Pablo FERNÁNDEZ-RUIZ, EC, DG RTD, Director of Directorate J "Energy"
  - Paper - Slides (~1.7 MB)
• Towards a common vision of policy makers, industry, regulators and researchers for future nuclear fission systems
  - Konstantin FOSKOLOS, PSI
  - Paper - Slides
• Quality, adequacy, and completeness of the research presented and suggestions to further improve international collaboration (production of knowledge)
  - Massimo SALVATORES, CEA
  - Paper - Slides
• Stakeholders' expectations and ways to stimulate innovation resulting from FP6 research (dissemination and exploitation of knowledge)
  - Jozef MISAK, NRI Rez
  - Slides (~2.9 MB)

Thursday 16 March 2006

Workshops

1. High Temperature Reactors for Combined Heat/Electricity and Hydrogen Production
   Co-ordinators: W. von Lensa (FZJ) and M.T. Dominguez (EA)
   
   • Introduction (~1.9 MB)
   • Industrial Process Heat Application (~3 MB)
   • Hydrogen Generation: State of the art and future needs
   • Market Potential & Economic Analysis for Nuclear Hydrogen Production
   • Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) Research Plan (~1.5 MB)
   • Fuel processing and synfuels (~4.9 MB)
   • A strategy for the development of HTR/VHTR in Europe (~1.5 MB)
   • Conclusion (~1.8 MB)
2. Commonalities between Fission and Fusion Research (achievements and prospects)
   Co-ordinators: G. Benamati (ENEA) and P. Howarth (BNFL)
   
   • Fission and Fusion programs in the HFR, Petten
   • Critical and Sub-Critical Fission Systems: Main R&D Issues and Present Activities
   • Materials Corrosion in Heavy Liquid Metals Systems (~2.7 MB)
   • Round table discussion
   • Synergies between Fission and Fusion Nuclear Systems: Common R&D Issues and Possible Cooperation (~1.8 MB)
   • The Fusion-Fission Hybrid concept
   • Synergy between fission and fusion
   • AREVA NP Technological Activities
   • Concluding Remarks
3. Integration of Nuclear Education and Training (common needs, vision, instruments)
   Co-ordinators: J. Safieh (CEA-INSTN) and A. Schaeffer (ISaR)
   
   • Education and Training in Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Protection in a European Context
   • EUR course Helsinki June 2005 - lessons learnt, short term vision of needs
   • Strategic needs in Education and Training in Europe
   • Maintaining education and competence in nuclear technology - A view from industry
   • WNU and ENEN actions in the field of education and training
4. Qualification of Advanced Numerical Simulation Platforms
   Co-ordinators: J.F. Hamelin (EDF) and M. Scheuerer (GRS)
   
   • Qualification of Thermal hydraulic codes within NURESIM
   • Qualification of Core Physics - Codes within NURESIM
   • Feedback from the SALOME initiative
   • International / European Know-how and Methodologies in Nuclear Simulation and Nuclear Data Validation (~4 MB)
   • Validation / Qualification issues in simulation for the aerospace industry
   • Considerations on the qualification of the codes used in the PERFECT platform
5. Research and Training Programmes with non-EU Countries: Selected Topics and Main Achievements
   Co-ordinators: S. Chakraborty (CENS) and M. Khatib Rahbar (ERI)
   
   • Future prospects for European cooperation in nuclear safety research (~3.9 MB)
   • Needs and Expectations Regarding International Cooperation Within the EC Nuclear Safety Research Strategy - TSO Perspective
   • International Knowledge Exchange Within Gen IV (VHTR) - Lessons Learned
   • Role of Collaborative Research in the continuing Development of Source Terms for Safety Regulation of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
   • ISTC: International Collaboration in Nuclear Technologies Research - Results, Trends and Prospective (~3.4 MB)
6. Clustering of Partitioning and Transmutation Activities
   Co-ordinators: M. Salvatores (CEA) and M. Hudson (Reading University)
   
   • Waste minimisation and objectives of the Gen IV reactors : a new perspective (~3.1 MB)
   • French P and T Research : potential impact of the results for future waste management (~1.8 MB)
   • EUROPART: European Research Programme for Partitioning of Minor Actinides within High Active Wastes Issuing the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuels (~2.4 MB)
   • Round Table
   • Panel
   • Towards FP7 (~2.1 MB)
   • Data Needs for Transmutation (~1.6 MB)
7. Towards Harmonisation of Level 2 Probabilistic Safety Assessment in Europe
   Co-ordinators: M.L. Ang (AMEC-NNC) and G. Hultqvist (Forsmark Kraftgrupp)
   
   • Introduction
   • Swedish praxis and demands concerning development and use of Level 2 PSA
   • Spanish Praxis and Demands Concerning the Development and Use of Level 2 PSA (~2.3 MB)
   • Level 2 PSA for the Loviisa NPP
   • Application of Level 2 PSA to Sizewell B: from Design to Operation
   • Methodology and feedback of level 2 PSA in France
   • Background and Goals of the German Level 2 PSA Methodology Guide
   • Activities and results from the SARNET sub-project on level 2 PSA
   • PSA-2 and SAM Development - Where do we go from here?
   • Recent and Planned IAEA Activities on Level 2 PSA