October 2002 - Slide 1/15 Author GVG/NCP.PPT NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS FOR EURATOM Brussels, 16 th October 2002 Nuclear Energy Research and Training Programme

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]


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


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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

http://www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/home.htmlhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html

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NURBIMSPI - VRIMOR

VERSAFE - VERLIFE IMPAM VVER - EUROSAFE

EU/CEEC - Harmonisation of Practices - VVER safety

LEARNSAFEKnowledge Management

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PHEBEN 2 EVITA SAMOS

By-Pass Sequences SGTR OPTSAM

Code Development

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LISSAC ARVI

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ASTERISM IIICHEMM

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Reactor Pressure Vessel

Source Term

Hydrogen/Containment


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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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


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.


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.


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”.


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


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)


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


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 !)


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


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