Agenda for IAEA’s Second Research Coordination Meeting on the CRP on Natural Circulation Phenomena, Modelling, and Reliability of Passive Safety Systems that Utilize Natural Circulation
Monday, 29 August, 2005
| Session I: Opening of the Meeting and Overview of Status of CRP | ||
| 09:30 | Opening Remarks | J. Cleveland, IAEA |
| 09:40 | Welcoming Remarks | E. Ray, President OSU |
| 09:50 | Self-introduction of participants | all participants |
| 10:00 | Introduction of Chairman | J. Cleveland, IAEA |
| 10:05 | Opening Statement by Chairman | N. Aksan, PSI |
| 10:10 | Adoption of the Agenda | all |
| 10:15 | Overview of OSU’s Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics | J. Reyes, OSU |
| 10:45 | Overview of IAEA’s Activities in Technology Development for Water-Cooled Reactors | J. Cleveland, IAEA |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| Session II: Reference Systems addressed within the CRP | ||
| 11:40 | Descriptions of Reference Systems (see Annex 1):Status of Preparation and Plans for Completion | J. Reyes and K. Gray, OSU all |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 | (continue) Descriptions of Reference Systems (see Annex 1) | |
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Session III: Data and Code Assessments (according to phenomena in PIRT Table and Associated Action Plan – see Annex 2 - which was prepared during the 1st RCM). Note: participants are asked to present summaries of their full papers, highlighting the most important aspects. The full papers are available to download through the following links | ||
| 15:00 | Phenomena 1: Behaviour in large pools of liquid (approx: _____ minutes per presentation) note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
M. Ishii, Purdue J.Reyes, OSU E.Krepper, FZ Rossendorf N.Aksan, PSI P. Vijayan, BARC |
| 17:30 | Close of Business for Day 1 | |
| 17:45 | Wine and Cheese Reception (jointly hosted by IAEA and OSU) | |
Tuesday, 30 August, 2005
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Session III (continued): Data and Code Assessments (according to phenomena in PIRT Table and Associated Action Plan – see Annex 2 - which was prepared during the 1st RCM). Note: participants are asked to present summaries of their full papers, highlighting the most important aspects. The full papers are submitted to IAEA and available to download through the following links | ||
| 09:00 | Phenomena 2: Tracking of non-condensibles (essentially H2, N2, and air) note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
J.C. De la Rosa, UPV P. Vijayan, BARC N.Aksan, PSI O.Yesin, METU K.Korotaev, Gidropress |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20 | Phenomena 3: Condensation on the Containment Structures note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
J.C. De la Rosa, UPV J.Reyes, OSU J.Macek, NRI |
| 12:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 | Phenomena 4: Behaviour of containment emergency systems note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
M. Ishii, Purdue N.Aksan, PSI J.Macek, NRI T.Yonomoto, JAERI |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Phenomena 5: Thermo-fluid dynamics and pressure drops in various geometrical configurations note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
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| Phenomena 6: Natural Circulation note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
F. D’Auria, Univ. of Pisa M. Ishii, Purdue T. Yonomoto, JAERI |
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| 17:30 | Close of Business for Day 2 | |
Wednesday, 31 August
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Session III (continued): Data and Code Assessments (according to phenomena in PIRT Table and Associated Action Plan – see Annex 2 - which was prepared during the 1st RCM). Note: participants are asked to present summaries of their full papers, highlighting the most important aspects. The full papers are submitted to IAEA and available to download through the following links | ||
| 09:00 | Phenomena 6: Natural Circulation (continued) note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
J. Reyes, OSU P. Vijayan, BARC P.Matejovic, IVS Y.-J. Chung, KAERI |
| 10:30 | Phenomena 7: Steam-liquid interaction note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
J. Macek, NRI (N. Aksan, PSI) |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | Phenomena 8: Gravity driven cooling note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
K. Korotaev, Gidropress N. Aksan, PSI P. Matejovic, IVS |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:15 | Visit to OSU’s APEX and MASLWR facilities | |
| 17:00 | Close of Business for Day 3 | |
Thursday, 1 September
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Session III (continued): Data and Code Assessments (according to phenomena in PIRT Table and Associated Action Plan – see Annex 2 - which was prepared during the 1st RCM). Note: participants are asked to present summaries of their full papers, highlighting the most important aspects. The full papers are submitted to IAEA and available to download through the following links | ||
| 09:00 | Phenomena 9: Liquid temperature stratification note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
E. Krepper, FZR J.C. De la Rosa UPV J. Macek, NRI (J. Reyes, OSU) B. Williams, ISU |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | Phenomena 13: Behaviour of emergency / isolation condenser note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
(N. Aksan, PSI) E. Krepper, FZR K. Korotaev, Gidropress (J. Reyes, OSU) |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:15 | Phenomena 14: Stratification of boron note: links to the full papers (to be provided to IAEA 2 months prior to the RCM) will be established here |
E. Krepper, FZR K. Korotaev, Gidropress |
| 14:00 | Finalization of PIRT | all |
| 14:30 | Discussion of possible additional open experimental data including potential single/two-phase flow instability experiments at OSU | all B. Woods, OSU |
| Session IV: Application to Design and Safety | ||
| 15:00 |
Discussion of the following topics, including planning of future activities leading to presentations at 3rd RCM:
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H. Khartabil, AECL all |
| Session V: R & D on Reliability | ||
| 16:00 | Advances in RMPS methodology and results
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Joint presentation by CEA, JRC, ENEA Joint presentation by CEA, JRC Joint presentation by ENEA, JRC Joint presentation by CEA, JRC, ENEA |
| 17:30 | Close of Business for Day 4 | |
Friday, 2 September
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Session V: R & D on Reliability (continued) | ||
| 09:00 | Application of RMPS methodology to a reference system and specific accident scenario
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all CSIs who submitted proposals M. Marques (CEA) all all |
| 10:00 | Discussion of possible data base on Passive System Component Failure Probability (including discussion of questionnaire on Failure Probability of Components of Passive System) |
C. Kirchsteiger, JRC all |
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Session VI: Updating of the CRP’s Integrated Research Plan | ||
| 11:00 | Brief comments on accomplishments to date within CRP | Chairman |
| 11:15 | Discussion and Updating of Integrated Research Plan: (Roadmap and Actions)See CRP Roadmap (Annex 3) | all |
| Other open items | all | |
| 11:45 | Closing Remarks |
Chairman J. Cleveland, IAEA |
| 12:00 | Adjourn RCM | |
Natural circulation TECDOC
Natural circulation in water cooled nuclear power plants
Annexes
- ANNEX 1 Overview of global developments of advanced nuclear power plants (J. Cleveland)
- ANNEX 2 Overview on some aspects of safety requirements and considerations for future nuclear reactors (N. Aksan)
- ANNEX 3 Natural circulation systems: advantages & challenges (P.K. Vijayan and A.K. Nayak)
- ANNEX 4 Applications of natural circulation systems: advantages and challenges (N. Aksan)
- ANNEX 5 Local phenomena associated with natural circulation (P. Vijayan)
- ANNEX 6 Governing equations in two-phase natural circulation flows (J. N. Reyes, Jr.)
- ANNEX 7 Introduction to instabilities in natural circulation systems (P.K. Vijayan and A.K. Nayak)
- ANNEX 8 Insights into natural circulation stability (F. D’Auria, A. Del Nevo, N. Muellner)
- ANNEX 9 Stability analysis of NC based systems: pressure tube type BWR and steam generators (P.K. Vijayan and A.K. Nayak)
- ANNEX 10 The boiling water reactor stability (F. D’Auria, A. L. Costa, A. Bousbia-Salah)
- ANNEX 11 Integral system experiment scaling methodology (J.N. Reyes, Jr.)
- ANNEX 12 AP600 and AP1000 passive safety system design and testing in APEX (J.N. Reyes, Jr.)
- ANNEX 13 Experimental validation and database of simple loop facilities (P.K. Vijayan and A.K. Nayak)
- ANNEX 14 Overview on PANDA test facility and ISP-42 PANDA tests data base (N. Aksan)
- ANNEX 15 Flow stagnation and thermal stratification in single and two-phase natural circulation loops (J.N. Reyes, Jr.)
- ANNEX 16 Examples of natural circulation in PHWR (P. Vijayan)
- ANNEX 17 Selected examples of natural circulation for small break LOCA and some severe accident conditions (N. Aksan)
- ANNEX 18 Use of natural circulation flow map (F. D’Auria, D. Araneo, B. Neykov)
- ANNEX 19 Coupled 3D neutron kinetics and thermal-hydraulics techniques and relevance for the design of natural circulation systems (F. D’Auria, A. Bousbia-Salah)
- ANNEX 20 Computational fluid dynamics for natural circulation flows (B. Smith)
- ANNEX 21 The CSNI separate effects test and integral test facility matrices for validation of best-estimate thermal hydraulic computer codes (N. Aksan)
- ANNEX 22 Reliability of passive safety systems that utilize natural circulation (M. Marques)