Nuclear Fission Safety - research on severe accidents
17 November 1997 - 17 November 1997
FISA'97, the Second International Workshop on EU Research on Severe Accidents, is being held in Luxembourg from 17 to 19 November 1997. The workshop, organized by the European Commission, will be a mid-term review of the shared-cost and concerted actions launched in 1996 and 1997, under Areas A.1 and B of the Nuclear Fission Safety research programme.
Area A.1 covers innovative approaches such as passive decay heat removal systems, while Area B consists of five sections covering phenomenological studies as well as prevention and mitigation measures relevant to severe beyond-design-basis accidents in light water reactors (LWRs). The workshop will discuss the strategy and the main achievements of the EC research programmes in the area of severe accident analysis, as well as some applications for plant assessments.
The expense and complexity of research on severe accidents in LWRs means that international cooperative research is needed to reach firm conclusions. The current research under the Nuclear Fission Safety programme follows the work done between 1990 and 1994 in the reinforced concerted action, which concluded at the FISA'95 workshop in November 1995.
Many aspects of severe accident analysis are addressed in projects supported under these two programmes, ranging from early accident progression in the primary coolant system to severe damage to the containment integrity, assuming that safety systems are not working satisfactorily. Representatives of the 51 current projects will present outlines of their results at FISA'97. In addition, results relating to the supporting activities on reactor materials ageing will also be presented, and there will be invited lectures on generic issues of reactor safety for present and future LWRs.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
DG XII - Science, research and development
Dr. G. Van Goethem
Unit F/5
200 rue de la Loi (MO-75 5/27)
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-2951424; Fax +32-2-2954991
E-mail: research@ec.europa.eu
Area A.1 covers innovative approaches such as passive decay heat removal systems, while Area B consists of five sections covering phenomenological studies as well as prevention and mitigation measures relevant to severe beyond-design-basis accidents in light water reactors (LWRs). The workshop will discuss the strategy and the main achievements of the EC research programmes in the area of severe accident analysis, as well as some applications for plant assessments.
The expense and complexity of research on severe accidents in LWRs means that international cooperative research is needed to reach firm conclusions. The current research under the Nuclear Fission Safety programme follows the work done between 1990 and 1994 in the reinforced concerted action, which concluded at the FISA'95 workshop in November 1995.
Many aspects of severe accident analysis are addressed in projects supported under these two programmes, ranging from early accident progression in the primary coolant system to severe damage to the containment integrity, assuming that safety systems are not working satisfactorily. Representatives of the 51 current projects will present outlines of their results at FISA'97. In addition, results relating to the supporting activities on reactor materials ageing will also be presented, and there will be invited lectures on generic issues of reactor safety for present and future LWRs.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
DG XII - Science, research and development
Dr. G. Van Goethem
Unit F/5
200 rue de la Loi (MO-75 5/27)
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-2951424; Fax +32-2-2954991
E-mail: research@ec.europa.eu