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October 2002 - Slide 1/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS FOR EURATOM
Brussels, 16th October 2002
Nuclear Energy Research and Training Programme
Nuclear Fission 2002-2006
« Other activities in the field of nuclear technologies and safety:
(ii) - Education and training
(iii) - Safety of existing nuclear Installations »
G. Van Goethem
EC, DG RTD, Directorate J : Energy, Unit 4: Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection
Building MO 75 5/34 - B-1049 Brussels
Tel: (32-2) 295.14.24 - Fax: (32-2) 295.49.91 - email: [email protected]
October 2002 - Slide 2/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
FP-5 / Operational Safety of Existing Installations
Plant Life Extension and Management:
Effects of ageing; On-line monitoring, inspection and maintenance; Organisation and management of safety; Risk informed approach to plant modernisation
Severe accident management:
Severe accident management measures; Assessment of severe accident risks (eg. corium behaviour, melt coolability, hydrogen risks, and source term)
Evolutionary concepts:
Evolutionary safety concepts; High burn-up and MOX fuel
October 2002 - Slide 3/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
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Integrity of equipment and structures
On-line monitoring and maintenance
Organisation and management of safety
RETROSPEC - RENIONPISA - FEUNMARR -FRAME
BESECBS - CEMSIS
Embrittlement - Research Reactors
Corrosion -Thermalhydraulics
Safety Margins -Welds
Risk Assessment -Virtual Reality
Concrete Ageing
Digital Instrumentation
ADIMEW - VOCALISTSMILE - THERFAT
CASTOC-PRISINTERWELD- FLOMIX-R
WAHALOADS LIRES
GRETE - SPIQNARREDOS
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MAECENAS - CONMOD
ENPOWER
NURBIMSPI - VRIMOR
VERSAFE - VERLIFE IMPAM VVER - EUROSAFE
EU/CEEC - Harmonisation of Practices - VVER safety
LEARNSAFEKnowledge Management
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October 2002 - Slide 4/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
PHEBEN 2 EVITA SAMOS
By-Pass Sequences SGTR OPTSAM
Code Development
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Assessment of SA Risk Assessment of SA Risk SAM Measures SAM Measures
COLOSS - ENTHALPYPLINIUS - LACOMERA
ECOSTAR EUROCORE
LISSAC ARVI
LPP - THENPHEBISP
ASTERISM IIICHEMM
HYCOM SCACEX THINCAT
PARSOAR
Corium
Reactor Pressure Vessel
Source Term
Hydrogen/Containment
October 2002 - Slide 5/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Evolutionary Concepts under FP-5Evolutionary Concepts under FP-5
Evolutionary SafetyConcepts
Nuclear Fuel(High Burn-up / MOX)
Analytical Tools(codes, methodologies)
Operational Practicesand Design Improvement
Databases andEducation & Training
ASTAR - ECORARMPS - VALCO - CRISSUE-S
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CERTA EUROFASTNET
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October 2002 - Slide 6/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
FP-6 / Area n° 3. Other activities in the field of nuclear technologies and safety
Objectives of FP-6 / Area n° 3The objectives are to support EU policies in the fields of health, energy and the environment, to ensure that European capability is maintained at a high level in relevant fields not covered by the thematic priorities and to contribute towards the creation of the European Research Area.
Research Priorities
i) Innovative concepts (not treated here)
ii) Education and training
iii) Safety of existing installations
October 2002 - Slide 7/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Research topic (ii) Education and Training
Specific programme for research and training on nuclear energy
Objectives of “Education and Training”
The aim is to better integrate European education and training in nuclear safety and radiation protection to combat the decline in both student numbers and teaching establishments, thus providing the necessary competence and expertise for the continued safe use of nuclear energy and other uses of radiation in industry and medicine.
October 2002 - Slide 8/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Activities of “Education and Training”
Develop a more harmonised approach for education in the nuclear sciences and engineering in Europe and implement it, including the better integration of national resources and capabilities.
This will be complemented by support for fellowships, special training courses, training networks, grants for young research workers from the NIS and CEE countries, and transnational access to infrastructures. As regards infrastructures, transnational access to installations will be promoted. A further step will be to initiate a common analysis of the future EU needs in human resources and competencies and experimental tools in the mid-term.
October 2002 - Slide 9/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
BACKGROUND OF FP-6 RESEARCH IN “Education and training”
Objectives of the end-users:
create a secure skill and knowledge base of value to the EU
“Reflection Paper” prepared in 2000 by the CCE-FISSION Working Group on Nuclear Education, Training and Competence.
Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern? OECD / Nuclear Energy Agency, ISBN 92-64-18521-6.
“Although the number of nuclear scientists and technologists may appear to be sufficient today in some countries, there are indicators that future expertise is at risk. In most countries, there are now fewer comprehensive, high quality nuclear technology programmes at universities than before. The ability of universities to attract top quality students, meet future staffing requirements of the nuclear industry, and conduct leading-edge research is becoming seriously compromised”.
October 2002 - Slide 10/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Key issues in education
Concerns of universities
How can they attract young and brilliant students ? e.g. through challenging subjects, links with research (centres)
How can universities be convinced to recruit new academic members for key areas ? impact of life long learning ?
Role of the EU
Promote international co-operation, mobility of students and researchers, including central and eastern Europe, new architecture of nuclear “European Area” (search for EU excellence !)
Set the conditions to create added value through university-industry collaboration
October 2002 - Slide 11/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Key issues in training
Concerns of industry conserve the nuclear knowledge and improve the expertise define the goals, set up the criteria for professional recognition organise the courses, supply lecturers, supply money offer project works, welcome internship
Role of the EU ensure quality assurance of the courses (accreditation, ranking, etc) construct the nuclear “European Education and Training Area” (under
competitive conditions, i.e. quality and cost)
October 2002 - Slide 12/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Research topic (iii) Safety of Existing Nuclear Installations
Specific programme for research and training on nuclear energy
Objectives of “Safety of Existing Nuclear Installations”
The aim is to improve safety in existing nuclear installations in Member States and candidate countries during their remaining operational lifetimes and subsequent decommissioning, making use of the considerable knowledge and experience gained internationally from experimental and theoretical research. Research will focus on:
Activities of “Safety of Existing Nuclear Installations”
Plant management including effects of ageing and fuel performance; severe accident management, including the development of advanced numerical simulation codes; integration of European capabilities and knowledge from practical decommissioning; developing scientific bases for safety and best practice
October 2002 - Slide 13/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
BACKGROUND OF FP-6 RESEARCH IN “SAFETY OF EXISTING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS”
Objectives of the end-users:
Contribute to the improvements of Safety and performance linked to the modernisation of ageing nuclear power plants European research can help, be it of the operational, promotional, regulatory (confirmatory or anticipatory), or societal type
Stakeholders of nuclear fission safety = utilities, manufacturers, regulatory bodies, and decision makers + research institutions (each with strong budget reductions, each with their own needs !)
“Think globally, act locally” : EU internal market (i.e. increased competitiveness, merger of industries, deregulation of electricity market, etc) + CEE enlargement (i.e. candidate countries in 2004 !)
October 2002 - Slide 14/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
Defense-in-depth strategy for reactor safety
Technical support or crisis teams
Control room staff
Authorities
Beyond-design-basis accidents
Design-basis accidents
Accident correction
Limit of operational conditions
protective systems
emergency operating procedures
severe accident management guidance
Off-Site Emergency Planning
October 2002 - Slide 15/15Author • GVG/NCP.PPT
TOWARDS A EU SERVICE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTTOWARDS A EU SERVICE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
(i.e. acquisition, formalisation, retrieval and sharing of nuclear safety knowledge and expertise)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/energy/fi/fi_en.html
= DG Research / Directorate J “Energy” Unit 4 “Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection” ( current FP-5 1998-2002 projects)
http://www-is.ike.uni-stuttgart.de/jsri/
= Joint Safety Research Index ( information about more than 350 reactor safety research projects in the EU and CEECs
http://lunar.jrc.it/stresaWebSite/
= Storage of Research Documents and Analyses ( T/H data from 10 experimental installations in the EU and CEECs)
http://europa.eu.int//comm/research/fp6/index_en.html
= all the Commission decisions and other relevant documents (e.g. about NoE and IP) for future FP-6 2002-2006 projects