a polish-french initiative of teacher’s training in nuclear engineering

1Claude Guet and Tomasz Nowacki IAEA TM/WS on Nuclear Infrastructure 2010 -02- 10

A Polish-French Initiative of Teacher’s training in Nuclear Engineering

Tomasz NOWACKIMinistry of Economy

Poland

Claude GUETCommissariat à l’Energie Atomique

France


CONTEXT•A New Energy Policy : On January 13 2009, the following resolution has been adopted by the

Government of the Republic of Poland : to ensure the national energy security, and taking into account the economic development, a Polish nuclear power program shall be developed and implemented.

Towards first NPP’s in 2020

•Build up the human ressources Poland is convinced of the necessity to build and secure an

appropriate skills environment to ensure a safe and efficient implementation of its nuclear programme.

•A solid scientific and technological background


•20 professors from universities of technologyPoland has selected 20 highly motivated university professors to

become the cornerstone of the Polish nuclear educational system. These experienced professors have expertise in several technical or scientific domains relevant to nuclear technologies and France has been asked to propose a training offer ensuring that the selected professors acquire the necessary skills through a tailored programme in a limited time frame.


To answer the Polish requirement, France, under the coordination of the French International Nuclear Agency (AFNI) has prepared a training offer ensuring dedicated training with maximum interactivity with French stakeholders. Research & educational communities, safety authorities, industry members and operators are all involved in this offer.

The proposed training path is structured in two main phases covering the October 2009 to June 2010 period.


Cooperation between France and Poland.

Partnership between all French nuclear energy stakeholders.

• Phase 1. A six weeks nuclear Tour de FranceTo get well acquainted with a broad nuclear contextTo visit Technical sites: NPP, fuel cycle, wasteTo meet and exchange with French education networkTo learn and exchange about communication and public acceptance

• Phase 2. twelve weeks intense advanced training Fundamental nuclear science Applied courses (safety, radioprotection, NPP’s, waste,…Access to experimental facities: ISIS, irradiation and characterizationAccess to simulatorsFocus on pedagogical issues


Phase I. Nuclear Introductory « Tour »

Aix en Provence

CadaracheMarcoule

Bagnols / Ceze

Pierrelatte Cruas

PierrelatteRomans

Cluny

Châlon sur SaôneSaint Marcel

Soulaines d’Huis

Paris

SaclayFontenay

Caen

La Hague

Flamanville

Tihange


Date Day Subject Location Sunday 1 Welcome participants in Aix en Provence Aix en Provence Monday 2 Nuclear history and nuclear renaissance Aix en Provence Tuesday 3 Overview of nuclear activities and actors Aix en Provence Wednesday 4 Nuclear installations and technological issues Aix en Provence Thursday 5 Technical visit in Cadarache (INSTN 1/2 day, AREVA TA 1/2 day) Cadarache Friday 6 Technical visit in Cadarache (CEA day) Cadarache Saturday 7 Transfer to Orange Orange Sunday 8 Free Pierrelatte Monday 9 Introduction to fuel cycle and short focus on Front End Pierrelatte Tuesday 10 Technical site visit chemistry & enrichment Pierrelatte Wednesday 11 Technical visit of an operating NPP Pierrelatte Thursday 12 Technical visit Fast Breeder Reactors & Fuel research installations Marcoule Friday 13 Technical visit Vitrification & MOX fabrication Marcoule Saturday 14 Transfer to Valence Valence Sunday 15 Free Valence Monday 16 Technical visit - Fuel fabrication / Mobile exhibition on radioactivity Romans Tuesday 17 Technical visit research installations, simulators, educational premises Grenoble

Wednesday 18 Technical visit forging & large components manufacture Le Creusot / Saint Marcel

Thursday 19 Technical visit training centre and educational premises Le creusot Friday 20 Technical visit radioactive wastes storage Soulaines-Dhuis Saturday 21 Free Paris Sunday 22 Free Paris Monday 23 History of NPPs and route to Gen III reactor - Overview of NPPs La Défense Tuesday 24 Overview of NPP systems & equipment and prospective subjects La Défense Wednesday 25 Overview of research reactors around the world - prospective subjects La Défense Thursday 26 Technical visit NPP under construction Flamanville

Friday 27 Introduction to wastes processing, perspectives, technical issues, environment protection La Hague

Saturday 28 Free Cherbourg Sunday 29 Free Cherbourg Monday 30 Technical visit wastes processing La Hague Tuesday 31 Technical visit fundamental research Caen Wednesday 32 Introduction to nuclear safety & radiation protection Fontenay aux roses Thursday 33 Introduction to nuclear safety & radiation protection Fontenay aux roses Friday 34 Technical visit radiation protection Fontenay aux roses Saturday 35 Free Orsay Sunday 36 Free Orsay Monday 37 Technical visit nuclear research Saclay Tuesday 38 Technical visit nuclear research Saclay Wednesday 39 Understanding nuclear environment Paris La Défense

Thursday 40 Skills & jobs in nuclear - Meeting with French Technical & Scientific Universities Paris

Friday 41 Meeting with French Technical & Scientific Universities - Closure session Paris Saturday 42 Departure from Paris


Phase 2: Nuclear Engineering Course organised by CEA-INSTNApril –July 2010


First Module: Fundamental Courses

Introductory nuclear physics – 1 week

Neutron Physics for Light Water Reactors (basics and

advanced) – 2 weeks

Thermal Hydraulics (basics and advanced) – 2 weeks

Nuclear Materials – 40 hours

Computer codes – Modelling in Neutron Physics and

Thermal Hydraulics – 1 week


Radiation Protection and Shielding – 1 week

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste management – 1 week

Safety – Criticality - 1 week

Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) – Functional

description and operation - 1 week

Nuclear reactors systems – 24 hours

Second Module: Applied Courses


2 - Neutron Physics for Light Water Reactors

60 hours, (36 hours courses, 12 hours lab sessions, 12 hours exercise sessions)

ISIS Training reactor (6h): Approach to criticality, reactor start-up, divergence, doubling time, delayed neutron influence, reactivity control

SIREP Simulator (3h): PWR start-up, approach to criticality, reactivity control, load Follow. Different temperature and poisoning effects during

start-up and operation,

PC simulators (3h): Point reactor kinetics equations, resolution, one or two groups model of precursors


Modelling Neutron Physics & Thermal Hydraulics

Duration: 1 week

Computer codes used to analyze physical phenomena. Realistic studies carried out by computation.

• Apollo2 (lattice physics deterministic code),• Tripoli4 (Monte Carlo code calculation),• Cathare ( TH system code), • Flica4 (core TH).

mini-project (4 days) with sensitivity studies and interaction

between the different codes.


Radiation Protection and Shielding 30 hours – 24 h conferences and 6 h exercise sessions

Course contents:

Fundamental physics behind radiological health engineering

Radiation units and monitoring methods

Shielding principles and calculations

Exercise sessions: (6 hours)

- shielding by anisotropic medium: line cylindrical and disc sources

- multilayered shields

- shielding of gamma rays sources, calculation of source strength,

attenuation calculations

- heating in shields: by neutrons, by gamma rays.


Nuclear Fuel Cycle for LWR – Waste Mangement30 h, 15 h courses, 6 h exercices, 9 h conferences

Course contents:

Main features of uranium

Front-end: Mining, Milling, Conversion, Enrichment steps

Fuel fabrication

Back-end: criteria for different options – spent fuel treatement – End products elaboration FP vitrification

Lectures:

French experience in spent fuel & HLW interim storage technologies (AREVA).

R&D in the field of the long-live nuclear waste management: the transmutation (CEA)


Safety & Criticality

30 hours courses and conferences

Safety

Overall safety approach – Historical perpectives – Current international context

Risk analysis – deterministic methods – probabilistic approach – human factor consideration

Safety design – internal/external hazards

Severe accidents

Criticality

Tokaï Mura accident – Criticality calculation methods – storage of fissile materials in solution – heterogeneous fissile materials – transport of fissile materials


PWR functional description and operation24 hours courses + 6 hours on PWR simulator

Course contents

Technical and functional description of PWR reactors – Main auxiliary and safety systems – particularities of the EPR

Efficiency of boration and dilution – burnable poisons – influence of Xe over control – fuel evolution – residual heat – radiation sources

Normal power operation – free dynamics – priority to turbine – respect of the average coolant temperature set point « A » operating mode – specificities of other reactor operating modes

On Sirep Simulator Reactor free dynamics: study of Priority to turbine, reactor follower « A » operating mode : the principles. Bringing under control the axial flux distribution


Nuclear Reactors Systems

24 hours - 8 lessons of 3 hours Gas Reactors Magnox/UNGG ; AGR, Heavy Water Reactors CANDU ; SGHWR ; EL4 Reactors for nuclear-powered propulsion Light Water Reactors PWR ; VVER ; BWR…. Liquid metal cooled fast neutron reactors, Recent projects under development (ABWR ; SBWR; AP600;

S80+ ; EPR Experimental reactors High Temperature Reactors, Molten salts reactors, Projects for the future ADS ; Fusion reactors ; …..

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