Agenda 2009
15th International QUENCH Workshop*
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North (former FZK), November 3-5, 2009
Meeting Location: Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt (FTU), Auditorium (Aula)
Tuesday, 3.11.
8:10/20 Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)
8:45 Registration
9:00 Welcome Prof. D. Löhe,KIT Board
QUENCH PROGRAM AT KIT (Chairmen: L. Sepold, M. Steinbrück)
9:20 Lessons learned from the QUENCH Program M. Steinbrück, KIT
9:50 Update of the QUENCH Program M. Steinbrück, KIT
10:10 Experimental Results of Reflood Bundle
Test QUENCH-15 with ZIRLO™ Cladding Tubes J. Stuckert, KIT
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 The New QUENCH-LOCA Tests L. Sepold, KIT
11:30 Mechanical Tests on Claddings in the framework of the
QUENCH-LOCA Program M. Walter, KIT
11:50 Announcement: LACOMECO Project at KIT A. Miassoedov, KIT
12:10 Lunch
PARAMETER PROGRAM AT LUCH (Chairman: A. Kiselev)
13:10 Short overview on the PARAMETER program at LUCH A. Kiselev, IBRAE
13:30 Comparison results of pretest PARAMETER-SF4
numerical modeling T. Yudina, IBRAE
14:00 Post-test examination of the PARAMETER-SF4 fuel
Assembly D. Ignatiev, LUCH
14:20 Main results of RELAP/SCDAPSIM calculation analysis
of PARAMETER-SF experiments V. Shchekoldin,Gidropress
14:40 Validation of MAAP407 code based on PARAMETER
Experiments B. Maliverney, EDF
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Meeting of PARAMETER ISTC collaborators A. Kiselev, IBRAE
Discussion in small groups as needed
17:00 Bus transfer to the hotels
Wednesday, 4.11.
8:20/8:30 Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)
CODE APPLICATION (Chairman: T. Haste)
9:00 Recent improvements in RELAP/SCDAPSIM Resulting
from QUENCH and PARAMETER ExperimentalPrograms C. Allison, ISS
9:20 Simulation of the Fuel Rod Bundle Test QUENCH-03 By
Using the Integral Code ASTEC V2 P. Kruse, RUB
9:40 Benchmark MELCOR - QUENCH-06 M. Herman, Tractebel
10:00 Analysis of B4C QUENCH Experiments with MELCOR B. Jäckel, PSI
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Post-Test Calculation of QUENCH-15 with ATHLET-CD C. Bals, GRS
11:20 Preliminary analyses of QUENCH-ACM experiments
using SCDAP/RELAP5 J. Birchley, PSI
11:50 Progress in VVER-1000 Quenching Scenario Simulation
with MELCOR 1.8.6 Code in Comparison with MELCOR
1.8.3 Simulation J. Duspiva, NRI
12:20 Revisiting the QUENCH-11 Test With A New Thermal-Hydraulic
Model: Existence of a Minimum Injection Rate For Reflooding N. Chikhi, IRSN
12:40 Lunch
13:45 Bus to Nothweiler (Palatine Forest)
Guided Tour to Ore Mine and Invited Reception
ca. 22:00 Arrival at Karlsruhe (Hotels and KIT)
Thursday, 5.11.
8:20/8:30 Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)
EXPERIMENTS (Chairman: M. Veshchunov)
9:00 Recent results of KIT separate-effects tests on cladding
oxidation and AgInCd control rod failure M. Steinbrück, KIT
9:30 Nitriding behaviour of nickel basis alloys at temperatures
of 1000°C and above M. Sporn, KIT
9:50 Steam Oxidation Experiments for Study of Breakaway
Phenomena on Zirconium Surface T. Novotny, AEKI
10:10 Results of cladding hydrogenation in tube furnace at
temperatures between 500 and 1100 °C J. Stuckert, KIT
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 In-situ neutron radiography investigations of the hydrogen
uptake of cladding materials during steamoxidation M. Große, KIT
11:35 Recent Studies on the Mechanism of Zr Oxidation S. Abolhassani, PSI
12:00 New experimental data in the Ag-In-Cd thermodynamic system M. Barrachin, IRSN
12:20 Further results on high temperature liquified zircaloy cladding
interaction with irradiated fuels D. Bottomley, ITU
12:40 Lunch
13:40 Coolability of Ballooned VVER Bundles with Pellet Relocation I. Nagy, AEKI
MODELING (Chairman: J. Birchley)
14:00 Modelling of the Nitrogen Impact during Air-Ingress T. Hollands, RUB
14:20 Modelling of U-Zr-O corium/ vessel steel interactions
(ISTC Project #3876) M. Veshchunov, IBRAE
Closure of the Workshop
15:30 Bus transfer to the hotels and Karlsruhe train station
* Supported by Alliance for Competence in Nuclear Technology Germany
and EC Network of Excellence on Severe Accident Research SARNET-2
M. Steinbrück 29.10.09