A MULTI-NATIONAL PRACTICAL
TRAINING COURSE FOR NUCLEAR
CANDIDATE COUNTRIES ORGANIZED
BY EERRI
•H. BÖCK, M. VILLA Vienna University of Technology,
Atomic Institute of the Austrian Universities ,Austria
•E. BRADLEY, A. SOARES, P. ADELFANG, I. GOLDMAN
IAEA Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste
Technology/Research Reactor Group
•S. TOZSER Atomic Energy Research Institute, KF KI
Hungary
•A. ASZODI Institute of Nuclear Technology,
Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
•M. RAVNIK, L. SNOJ, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
RRFM 2009, Vienna, Austria
What is EERRI?
• Eastern European Research Reactor Initiative
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Members:
Austria: Vienna University of Technology/ Atominstitut,
Czech Republic: Czech Technical University and Rez Nuclear
Research Centre
Hungary: KFKI Budapest Research Reactor and Budapest
University of Technology and Economics
Poland: Institute of Atomic Energy Maria Research Reactor
Romania: INR Pitesti Triga Reactor
Slovenia: Joszef Stefan Institute
Objectives
• Member States (MS) request IAEA assistance to develop
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nuclear skills and resources in support of national
nuclear power programmes under development.
Some of these MS plan to construct a research reactor
as a first step to develop nuclear competence and
infrastructure.
Countries with little or no existing nuclear infrastructure,
human resources and skills must be developed to
support these planning activities
EERRI was approached by the IAEA to organize and
implement a Group Fellowship Training Program on
Research Reactors (GFTPRR) to satisfy the increasing
demand for that skill development.
The GFTPRR will be offered to participants from MS who
have expressed interest in this subject to the IAEA.
Objectives
• Course is organized in collaboration with the Vienna
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University of Technology/Atominstitute (VUT/ATI).
The first iteration will involve VUT/ATI, two Hungarian
Nuclear Research Institutes, and staff members from
the Jozef Stefan Institute's/Ljubljana (IJS), Slovenia as
well as the IAEA.
The duration of the training program will be 6 weeks
and cover about 30 topics ranging from theoretical
lectures to practical experiments :
1. Organisational Matters
2. Research Reactor Operation and Maintenance
3. Radiation Protection
• The first training course is planned for spring 2009 with
six participants.
Vienna University of
Technology/Atominstitute (VUT/ATI),
Austria
• Practical Exercises in Reactor Physics and
Kinetics
• Practical exercises in Reactor
Instrumentation and Control
• Practical Exercises in Radiation Protection
and Dosimetry
250 kW TRIGA Mark II reactor
Vienna
KFKI Budapest, Hungary
• Research Reactor operation and utilization
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matters
Water chemistry in general and in practice at
BRR
Emergency procedures
QA issues at a research reactor and practical
approaches of nuclear project planning and
implementation
10 MW KFKI Reactor Budapest
Budapest University of Technology,
Hungary
• Thermal hydraulics
• Radiation protection and waste
management
• Site requirements
• Public information
100 kW training reactor
Techical University of Budapest
Jozef Stefan Institute,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Reactor calculation of TRIGA Mark II research reactor
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cores, TRIGLAV-W (http://www.rcp.ijs.si/triglav/),
Validation and verification of modern Monte Carlo
computer codes, such as MCNP,
WIMS-D computer code together with other homedeveloped codes
Calculation of various research reactor physics
parameters and models
Basics of burn-up calculations and core optimization.
250 kW TRIGA reactor
Jozef Stefan Institut Ljubljana
1st week Vienna
IAEA
Day 1: Admin.Procedures, Strategic planning for RR
Day 2: Code of Conduct for RR, Regulatory requirements
Day 3: Safety requirements for RR, IAEA standards
Day 4: Review & Evaluation of RR Safety Documents,
Preparation of SAR
Day 5:Test and discussion on week no 1,Visit to the
Atominstitut & Admin Procedures
2nd week Vienna
ATI
Day 6: Radiation Protection Procedures at a RR, Reactor
Physics 1, Determination of the thermal neutron
flux density in the TRIGA reactor
Day 7:Reactor Physics 2, Power calibration and temperature
coefficient
Day 8:Critical experiment, Calibration of control rods,
determination of reactivity worth and excess
reactivity
Day 9:RR I&C systems, Demonstration of I&C Detectors
Day 10:Demonstration of fuel handling, Safeguarding RR,
Test and discussion on week no 2
3rd week Vienna
ATI
Day 11:RR Overview, RR Utilization, RR
maintenance and in-service inspections,
RR Decommissioning
Day 12:Waste management in RR, NPP-PWR
overview
Day 13:NPP-BWR overview, Other NPP
(HTR,LMFBR,GEN IV)
Day 14:Public Information, Physical security
Day 15:Demonstration of prompt criticality,
Test and discussion on week no 3
4th week Vienna
with staff from Ljubljana
Day 16: Introduction to reactor calculations, Introduction to
computer codes WIMS (demonstration and computer
exercises)
Day 17:RR reactor physics parameters and models, Introduction to
computer codes - TRIGLAV (demonstration and computer
exercises)
Day 18:Calculation of RR safety parameters, Introduction to
computer codes MCNP (demonstration and computer
exercises)
Day 19:Burn-up calculations and core optimization, Questions and
problems from the participants (discussion and computer
exercises)
Day 20:Questions and problems from the participants (discussion
and computer exercises), Questions and problems from the
participants (discussion and computer exercises), Test and
discussion on week 4
5th week Budapest
KFKI&TU Budapest
Day 21: The BRR (VVR-10 MW) reactor as a tank type
RR reactor, Site visit BRR’s utilization
Day 22: RR management (operation and utilisation
issues), Emergency procedures
Day 23: Water chemistry in general and in practice at
BRR Personal monitoring Environmental
monitoring
Day 24: Quality assurance in practice at a research
reactorNuclear project planning and
implementation
Day 25: Site visit requirements, Public information
– Test and discussion on week 5
6th week
Budapest TU and Final Vienna,
IAEA
Day 26: Thermal Hydraulics
Day 27: Waste Management Radiation
Protection
Day 28: Practical course in Radiation
Protection and Dosimetry, Test and
discussion on week 6
Day 29: Transfer from Budapest to Vienna
Day 30: Final Course Discussion at the IAEA
Conclusions
• The EERRI course is an excellent example
of a multi-national coalition with the aim
to transfer knowledge from one region
into another region
• It also shows the efficient cooperation
between institution of different structure
across borders in Central and Eastern
Europe