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Technical Meetings and Conferences

Workshop on Erosion-Corrosion (E/C) including Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) and Environmentally Assisted Cracking (EAC) Issues in Nuclear Power Plants

21-23 April 2009, Renaissance Moscow Hotel
Moscow, Russian Federation

Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency

Hosted by the JSC Concern Energoatom, Russian Federation

(Last updated: 2009-05-05)

This page contains the most up-to-date information and materials regarding the Workshop to assist workshop participants in their preparations. Please visit this page regularly, as new and revised materials will be uploaded here as they become available.

• Announcement and call for papers

• Agenda

• List of participants

• Information for participants

Technical Topics

Topic 1: Report of Operating Experience Feedback on EC including FAC/EAC

Topic 2: Scientific Basis and Practical Measures to prevent FAC/EAC Damage

Topic 3: Managerial Issues

Topic 4: Regulatory Aspects

Presentations made during the Workshop

• IAEA-FAC activities summary

• Improvement of erosion-corrosion resistance of equipment & pipelines at Russian NPPs
  DAVIDENKO, Nikolai
  JSC "Concern Energoatom", Russia

• Scientific Grounds and Practical Methods for Prevention of Local Erosion-Corrosion (LEC) of NPP Pipelines and Components
  TOMAROV, Grigoriy
  "Geoterm-EM", Russia

• The COMSY - code for the Detecting of Piping Degradation due to Flow-accelerated Corrosion
  ZANDER, André
  AREVA, France

• FAC PREDICTION AT EDF : A COMPARISON OF THE VERSIONS 2 AND 3 OF BRT-CICERO^TM
  TREVIN, Stéphane
  Electricité de France

• Secondary Circuit Mapping of FAC and High Velocity - Two Phase Flow Mechanical Degradation Effects
  DUCA, Jorge
  Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A.

• Numerical Modeling of Metal Local Erosion-Corrosion using RAMEK-1 Software Complex
  SHIPKOV, Andrey
  "Geoterm-EM", Russia

• Methodology of NPP elements' FAC problem solving taking into account experience gained in Russia and Overseas
  BAKIROV, Murat
  CMSLM Ltd., Russia

• Flow Accelerated Corrosion Programme in Angra NPP Units 1 and Angra 2
  COSTA, Tomas
  Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A. - Eletronuclear, Brazil

• FAC Management and operation experience feedback in China NPP
  GUI, Chun
  Research Institute of Nuclear Power Operation, China

• Flow Accelerated Corrosion Program of Korean Nuclear Power Plants
  LEE, Sung Ho
  Korea Electric Power Research Institute

• The KKL Program for the Prevention of Piping Degradation due to FAC Phenomena
  ZANDER, André
  AREVA, France

• Erosion-Corrosion Wear of Pipelines with One-stage and Two-stage Environment at NPPs in Different Operation Periods
  BARANENKO, Valery
  VNIIAES, Russia

• Methodical aspects of studies of a multifactor E/C process with assessment of the external factors influencing on the corrosion phase of the process and the uncertainties related to the nature and degree of damage while performing diagnostics by ultrasonic methods
  DOUB, Alexey
  SPA "TsNIITMASh" Co., Russia

• Development and Implementation of NPP Pipelines Corrosion Diagnostic System (SDKT-AES) Based on Electromagnetic-Acoustic Transducers
  SOROKIN, Andrey
  KTPI "Gazproekt", Russia

• Japanese Pipe Wall Thinning Management Based on JSME Rules and Recent R&D Studies to Enhance the Rules
  INADA, Fumio
  Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan

• Flow Accelerated Corrosion of Pipelines and Equipment at Russian NPPs: Problems and Solutions
  YURMANOV, Victor
  Engineering Center of Nuclear Equipment Strength (ENES), Russia

• Flow accelerated corrosion in cooper-nickel 90-10 in sea water
  CARLOS R., Arganis-J. / VERONICA, Vergara
  Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares / Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexico

• Management of Secondary System Piping on FAC in China
  XU, Xuelian
  Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, China

• Personnel support integrated application programs as a way to better erosion-corrosion resistance of NPP equipment and piping
  USANOV, Alexander / PROKOPENKO, Anatoly
  VNIIAES, Russia

• Regulatory Perspective on CANDU Feeder Pipe Degradation due to FAC and IGSCC
  AWAD, Raoul /JIN, John C.
  Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada

• Olkiluoto 3 FAC-Program
  VIRTANEN, Matti S.
  Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, Finland

• On Development and Implementation of Normative Documentation on Evaluation of Technical Status and Residual Life of NPP Pipelines Subjected to Erosion-Corrosion Wear
  BARANENKO, Valery
  VNIIAES, Russia

• Corrosion Monitoring Programs of NPP Safety Related Components
  BREZINA, Martin / KUPCA, Ludovit
  VUJE Inc., Slovakia

• Research on Corrosion Fatigue of Structure Materials in LWR Environment
  XU, Xuelian
  Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, China

• Conclusions

Please contact Mr. Ki-Sig Kang if you have any questions.