Final Announcement College Station, Texas March 31 – April 4, 2014 Seminar and Training on Scaling Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology http://nrgspg.ing.unipi.it/3dsuncoptx in cooperation with Department of Nuclear Engineering of Texas A&M PROGRAMME OUTLINE Objective of the Seminar/Training To transfer to the participants competence and experience in uncertainty methodologies and 3D coupled code calculations from activities carried out over the last two decades by a group of experts from different organizations (university professors, researchers and industrial experts) through participation in benchmarks, International Standard Problems and international cooperation. The Nuclear Research Group of San Piero a Grado (GRNSPG) of the University of Pisa (UNIPI) will be the leader of the planned activities. Managers and research strategists would also benefit from attending the Seminar. Organization The Nuclear Research Group of San Piero a Grado (GRNSPG) of the University of Pisa (UNIPI), the Department of Nuclear Engineering of Texas A&M (Texas A&M), the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) of University of Zagreb are jointly organizing a Seminar and Training to transfer competence, knowledge and experience in the area of Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations. The seminar will take place in College Station, Texas (USA) from March 31 to April 4, 2014. The seminar is open to universities, vendors, national laboratories and regulatory bodies. At least two years’ experience in the use of a thermal-hydraulic system code is needed to participate in the course. A minimum of twenty participants is required to organize the seminar. A maximum of 50 persons will be accepted. Further information about participation and registration as well as useful practical information can be obtained from Alessandro Petruzzi at the following email address: alessandro.petruzzi@nnees.sk. Special accommodation will be offered on a separate sheet. The Network of Nuclear Engineering and Energy Services (NNEES) is in charge of the financial management of 3D SUNCOP. An internet website with the latest news is available at: http://nrgspg.ing.unipi.it/3dsuncoptx History of the Seminar The 3D S.UN.COP 2014 in College Station will be the sixteen seminar of its kind organized since 2004. The previous fifteen seminars were successfully held at: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – The University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy), 5 – 9 January 2004 (6 participants) and 14 – 18 June 2004 (11 participants); The Pennsylvania State University (PA, USA), 24 – 28 May 2004 (15 participants); The University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia), 20 June – 8 July 2005 (19 participants); The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain), 23 January – 10 February 2006 (33 participants); The Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), the Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A (NA-SA) and the Universidad Argentina De la Empresa (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2 – 14 October 2006 (37 participants); The Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas, USA), 22 January – 9 February 2007 (26 participants); The McMaster University, the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), 8 – 26 October 2007 (33 participants); The Institute for Energy (IE) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of EC, 13 – 31 October 2008 (35 participants) The Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), 12 – 30 October 2009 (38 participants) The Institute for Energy (IE) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of EC, 18 October – 5 November 2010 (23 participants) The General Electric Hitachi (GEH), Wilmington (NC, USA), 28 March – 8 April 2011 (22 participants) The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, South Korea, 16 April – 4 May 2012 (26 participants) The University of Zagreb (FER), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 5 – 23 November 2012 (31 participants) The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain), 7 - 25 October 2013 (26 participants) Expected Products The Seminar will provide a transfer of experience and know-how from recognized experts in the respective fields. It will thus contribute to maintaining and increasing technical competence and to ensuring the sustainable development of nuclear technology. CDs containing all lectures will be distributed to the participants. Organizing Committee A. Petruzzi B. Schembri (GRNSPG) (GRNSPG) Scientific Committee F. D’Auria Y. Hassan F. Reventos D. Grgić N. Aksan (UNIPI) (Texas A&M) (ETSEIB) (FER) (Switzerland) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE LECTURERS N. Aksan D. Aumiller T. Bajs D. Bestion F. D’Auria M. Dzodzo C. Frepoli H. Glaeser Y. Hassan T. Kozlowski R. Martin J. Mišák A. Petruzzi N. Popov F. Reventos R. Schultz J. Vedovi Nuclear Research Group San Piero a Grado (GRNSPG-UNIPI), Switzerland Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (Bettis), USA Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), Croatia Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France Nuclear Research Group San Piero a Grado (GRNSPG-UNIPI), Italy Westinghouse Electric Co. (Westinghouse), USA FpoliSolutions LLC, USA Gesellschaft für Anlagen-und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS), Germany Texas A&M University (Texas A&M), USA University of Illinois (UIUC) USA Generation mPower (mPower), USA Nuclear Research Institute (UJV Rez), Czech Republic GRNSPG-UNIPI, Italy McMaster, Canada School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB), Spain INL, USA GEH, USA ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE TIME SCHEDULE WEEK 31/03/2014 8:30 – 9:15 Welcome 01/04/2014 02/04/2014 9:15 – 10:45 Sessions I to XI 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Breaks 11:00 – 12:30 Sessions I to XI 12:30 – 13:30 Lunches 13:30 – 15:45 Sessions I to XI 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Breaks 16:00 – 17:30 Sessions I to XI 17:30 – 18:00 19:30 – 22:00 Questions and Answers 03/04/2014 04/04/2014 Closing Official Dinner ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE About 40 hours teaching will be delivered. Each presentation lasts about 45 minutes. A session for Questions and Answers is foreseen every day (about 30 minutes). A minimum of 20 participants is required to provide the training. Session I Welcome and Objectives of the Seminar Representatives of Local Institution, Y. Hassan (Texas A&M) Presentation of the Activities and Introduction to the Seminar F. D’Auria (GRNSPG), Y. Hassan (Texas A&M), A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG), F. Reventos (UPC), T. Bajs (FER) • Session II Session III Session IV Lecture 0A: Presentation of the Topics of the Seminar A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) System Codes: Evaluation, Application and Modelling • Lecture 1: System Code Models and Capabilities R. Martin (B&W mPower, USA) • Lecture 2: Role and Features of Thermal-hydraulic System Codes in Nuclear Reactor Safety F. D’Auria (GRNSPG, Italy) Scaling Analysis • Lecture 3: The scaling Issue - F. D’Auria (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 4: Scaling of Thermal-hydraulic Phenomena: Addressing the Scaling Issue - F. D’Auria (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 5: EMDAP Method for Scaling Analysis M. Dzodzo (Westinghouse, USA) • Lecture 6: Scaling of thermal-hydraulic phenomena and contribution of UPTF experiments to resolve some scale-up uncertainties - H. Glaeser (GRS, Germany) • Lecture 7: Scaled Calculations for 3 Loop PWR F. Reventos (ETSEIB, Spain) Experimental Campaign for System Thermal-Hydraulics Codes • Lecture 8: Lesson Learned from OECD/CSNI International Standard Problems - N. Aksan (Switzerland) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE Session V Session VI • Lecture 9: Characterization and Results from ISP-26 ROSA IV LSTFT Cold Leg Small Break LOCA Experiment N. Aksan (Switzerland) • Lecture 10: Characterization and Results from ISP-27 BETHSY Test 9.1.b (BDBA Multiple Failure Test) Experiment T. Bajs (Enconet, Croatia) • Lecture 11: Overview of Experimental Program for Assessing System Thermal-Hydraulics Codes R. Schultz (INL, USA) Computer Code Verification and Validation • Lecture 12: Overview of CSNI Separate Effects Test Facility Matrices for Validation of Best Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic Computer Codes - N. Aksan (Switzerland) • Lecture 13: Overview of CSNI Integral Effects Test Facility Matrices for Validation of Best Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic Computer Codes - N. Aksan (Switzerland) • Lecture 14: V&V for RELAP5-3D R. Schultz (INL, USA) • Lecture 15: Computer Code Validation and Safety Culture N. Popov (McMaster) Sensitivity and Uncertainty Methods for Reactor Safety Analysis • Lecture 16: The Origin of Uncertainties A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 17: Approaches to Calculating Uncertainty A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 18: Topics Relevant for Uncertainty Evaluation (TRUE) F. D’Auria (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 19: The Features of the UMAE Methodology F. D’Auria (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 20: CSAU and EMDAP (RG 1.157 and RG 1.203) Methodologies with particular emphasis to the PIRT Process C. Frepoli (FpoliSolutions LLC, USA) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE Session Session VII VI Session VIII • Lecture 21: Overview of Uncertainty Methods and Comparison with CSAU Methodology F. D’Auria (GRNSPGI, Italy) • Lecture 22: CIAU Method for Uncertainty Evaluation of Code Results A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 23: GRS Method for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation of Code Results and Applications H. Glaeser (GRS, Germany) User Effect and Procedures for Qualifying System ThermalHydraulic Calculations • Lecture 24: User Effect on the Thermalhydraulic Transient System Codes Calculations: Sample Cases N. Aksan (Switzerland) • Lecture 25: Qualifying, Validating and Documenting a TH Input Deck F. Reventos (GRNSPG, Spain) • Lecture 26: Procedures for Nodalization Qualification (at Steady State and at Transient Level) A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 27: The FFTBM for Accuracy Evaluation: A Supporting Method for Uncertainty Tools A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) Applications of Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty Methodologies • Lecture 28: Evaluation of Safety Margins of Operating Reactors Using “Best Estimate” Methods Including Uncertainty Analysis H. Glaeser (GRS, Germany) • Lecture 29: The BEMUSE Programme (Best Estimate – Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation) F. Reventos (ETSEIB, Spain), A. Petruzzi (GRNSPG, Italy) • Lecture 30: Industrial Methods to combine Uncertainties C. Frepoli (FpoliSolutions LLC, USA) • Lecture 31: A Paradigm for Realistic Large Break LOCA Methodology R. Martin (mPower, USA) • Lecture 32: Best Estimate and Uncertainty Analysis for CANDU Reactors N. Popov (McMaster, Canada) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 PROGRAMME OUTLINE Session IX Session X • Lecture 33: GEH Techniques for Establishing and Confirming Uncertainties for Transient and Accident Applications J. Vedovi (GEH, USA) • Lecture 34: Use of Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty Methods for BWR Stability Evaluations J. Vedovi (GEH, USA) • Lecture 35: Application of the UMAE Methodology for the Uncertainty Evaluation in Support to the SEOP Background Analysis T. Bajs (Enconet, Croatia) 3D Neutron-Kinetics/Thermal-Hydraulics (NK-TH) Coupling • Lecture 36: Procedures and Codes for XS Generation T. Kozlowski (UIUC, USA) • Lecture 37: Basis for Coupling 3D Neutron-Kinetics/ThermalHydraulics Codes T. Kozlowski (UIUC, USA) • Lecture 38: Numerical concerns associated with use of coupled thermal-hydraulic analyses D. Aumiller (Bectel-Bettis, USA) • Lecture 39: PWR/WWER 3D NK-TH Coupled Analysis T. Kozlowski (UIUC, USA) • Lecture 40: Uncertainty Quantification for Strong Coupled Phenomena D. Aumiller (Bectel-Bettis, USA) 3D Neutron-Kinetics/Thermal-Hydraulics (NK-TH) Coupling • Lecture 41: Models and Capabilities of CFD Codes Y. Hassan (Texas A&M, USA) • Lecture 42: Validation Activities for CFD Codes Y. Hassan (Texas A&M, USA) • Lecture 43: Two-phase CFD activities in CSNI-GAMA-WG3 and in EC Projects D. Bestion (CEA, France) • Lecture 44: Two-phase CFD application to boiling flows and CHF investigations D. Bestion (CEA, France) Lecture 45: Two-phase CFD application to stratified flow, DCC and PTS D. Bestion (CEA, France) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 • PROGRAMME OUTLINE Session XI Relevant Topics in Best Estimate Licensing Approach • Lecture 46: Comprehensive Set of Acceptance Criteria for Deterministic Safety Analysis J. Misak (UJV, Czech Republic) • Lecture 47: Approaches to Safety Analysis for Licensing of NPPs according to IAEA Safety Standards J. Misak (UJV, Czech Republic) • Lecture 48: Safety Analysis Issues Associated with Implementation of New Generation Reactors J. Misak (UJV, Czech Republic) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3D S.UN.COP 2014: 16th Seminar March 31 – April 4, 2014 Seminar and Training on Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology March 31 – April 4, 2014, College Station, Texas, USA REGISTRATION FORM (Please use block letters) To be returned by 16 March 2014 Last name: .................................................... First name: ..................................................................................... Sex: ................... Title:.........................Organization:.................................................................................................V.A.T # …………….................. Organization Address:........................................................................................................................................................................ City: ............................................. 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