Technical Programme
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The Introductory Session will contain overview presentations by keynote speakers. The subsequent parallel sessions on respectively Fuels & Materials and Man-Technology- Organisation (MTO) issues will include updates on the work performed in Halden as well as in member organisations, together with presentations covering broader aspects of the session topics. Ample time will be provided for discussion, which should focus on status reviews, research priorities and development goals in the areas being discussed. The items to be covered in the different sessions are outlined in the following:
FUELS & MATERIALS
Fuel behaviour in normal operating conditions
- Irradiation effects on fuel properties
- Fuel behaviour at high burn-up
- Properties of different fuel types (UO2, MOX, Gd, IMF)
- Modelling of fuel behaviour and code verifi cation
- Post irradiation examinations
Cladding creep, corrosion and water chemistry issues
- Cladding properties, effects of irradiation
- Creep and growth of cladding and in-core components
- Cladding corrosion (waterside), shadow corrosion
- Crud formation and deposition, PWR and BWR conditions
- Post irradiation examinations
Fuel response to transients, off-normal conditions
- Power transients
- Loss-of-coolant, coolant transients
- Behaviour of failed fuel
- Modelling of transient fuel behaviour and code verifi cation
- Post irradiation examinations
Plant lifetime extension
- Materials characterisation and irradiation techniques
- Stress corrosion cracking of core materials (IASCC)
- Stress relaxation and materials creep
- Pressure vessel embrittlement
- Post irradiation examinations
Instrumentation and measurement methods
- Measurement and determination of fast and thermal neutron flux
- Instrumentation related to in-core fuels performance
- In-core measurement of water conductivity, ECP, pH, Zry corrosion, EIS
- Instrumentation related to in-core materials performance
- Adaptation and application to Gen IV reactors
MAN-TECHNOLOGY-ORGANISATION (MTO)
Human Performance
- Human reliability, experiments to inform HRA, performing shaping factors
- Human factors in system design, work practices, teamwork automation
- Organisational factors, operational culture
Human System Interfaces and Control Centres
- Innovative HSI design and evaluation
- Control centre design and evaluation
- Integrated system validation
- Operation of future plants, automation, staffi ng
Mixed Reality Technologies
- Design, verifi cation and validation
- Maintenance, operation, training and decommissioning
Computerised Operations and Maintenance Support
- Condition monitoring and early fault detection
- Plant operation and maintenance support
- Structuring of procedures
- Advanced control
Software Systems Dependability
- Modernisation of digital I&C systems
- Requirement engineering and risk assessment
- Error propagation and common cause failures