Agenda for the IAEA Training Course on
NATURAL CIRCULATION PHENOMENA AND PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN ADVANCED WATER-COOLED REACTORS
(State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center (SNPTRD)
Beijing, China, 29 June – 3 July 2015)
Course Director: Mr. Matthias Krause (M.Krause@iaea.org), Course Coordinator: Prof. W. Qiao (Qiao.Wu@oregonstate.edu )
29 June (Monday)
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 10:15
Welcome and opening
session
10:15 – 10:45
High Tea
10:45 – 11:30
30 June (Tuesday)
1 July (Wednesday)
2 July (Thursday)
3 July (Friday)
09:30 – 10:30
L 06: Governing
Equations in TwoPhase Natural
Circulation Flows,
Q. Wu
09:30 – 10:30
L 12: Integral System
Experimental Scaling,
Q. Wu
09:30 – 10:30
L 18: The CSNI
Separate Effects Test
and Integral Test
Facility Matrices for
Validation of BestEstimate Thermal
Hydraulics Computer
Codes,
N. Aksan
9:30 – 10:30
Group Discussion and
Preparation of Exam
Presentation (Completed
exams are due at 14:00 PM)
Introduction of
Lecturers SelfIntroduction of
Participants
Objectives/Schedule
10:30 – 11:30
L 07: Introduction to
Instabilities in Natural
Circulation Systems,
P. K. Vijayan
10:30 – 11:30
L 13: AP600 and
AP1000 Passive Safety
System Design and
Testing in APEX,
Q. Wu
10:30 – 11:30
L 19: Natural
Circulation Situations
Relevant to Nuclear
Power Plants,
F. D’Auria
10:30 – 11:30
Preparation of Exam
Presentation
11:30 – 12:15
L 01: Overview of
Global Developments of
Advanced Nuclear
Power Plants,
Matt. Krause
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:15 – 13:00
L 02: Applications of
Natural Circulation
Systems,
N. Aksan
12:00 – 13:00
L 08: Insights into
Natural Circulation
Instability,
F. D’Auria
12:00 – 13:00
L 14: Overview on
PANDA Test Facility
and ISP-42 PANDA
Test Data,
N. Aksan
12:00 – 13:00
L 20: Reliability of TH
Passive Safety Systems,
F. D’Auria
12:00 – 13:00
Preparation of Exam
Presentation
14:00 – 14:45
L 03: Natural
Circulation Systems:
Advantages &
Challenges,
P. K. Vijayan
14:00 – 15:00
L 09: The Boiling
Water Reactor
Stability-I,
F. D’Auria
14:00 – 15:00
14:00 – 15:00
14:00 – 14:15
Submission of Completed
Exams
14:15 – 16:00
Exam Presentations
14:45 – 15:45
L 04: Local Phenomena
Associated with Natural
Circulation-I,
P. K. Vijayan
15:00 – 16:00
L 10: The Boiling
Water Reactor
Stability-II,
F. D’Auria
15:00 – 15:45
L 16: Selected
Examples of Natural
Circulation for Small
Break LOCA and
Some Severe Accident
Conditions,
N. Aksan
15:00 – 16:00
L 21: Computational
Fluid Dynamics for
Natural Circulations –
Needs and V&V-I,
Y. Hassan
L 22: Computational
Fluid Dynamics for
Natural Circulations –
Needs and V&V-II,
Y. Hassan
17:10 – 17:25
Completion of course
evaluation feedback form
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break/Exam Evaluation
16:15 – 17:15
L 05: Local Phenomena
Associated with Natural
Circulation-II,
P. K. Vijayan
16:30 – 17:30
16:15 – 17:15
L 17: Experimental
Validation and Data
Base of Simple Loop
Facilities,
P. K. Vijayan
16:30 – 17:45
Discussion and
assignment of tasks for
exam.
16:30 – 17:00
Presentation of Course
Certificates
17:15 – 17:45
Discussion
L 11: Flow Stagnation
and Thermal
Stratification in Single
and Two-Phase Natural
Circulation Loops,
Q. Wu
17:15 – 17:30
Discussion
17:00 – 17:10
Closing Remarks
19:00
Welcome Reception
Dinner
17:30 – 17:45
Discussion
19:00
Banquet Dinner
17:25
Adjourn Course
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
L 15: Use of Natural
Circulation Flow Map,
F. D’Auria