QUENCH Programme

Agenda 2008

14th International QUENCH Workshop*

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, November 4-6, 2008

Meeting Location: Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt (FTU), Auditorium (Aula)

 

Tuesday, 4.11.

8:10/20

Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)

8:40

Registration

 

9:00

Welcome

W. Tromm, FZK

9:20

Need for new LOCA criteria? - Background and current Discussions

L. Heins, AREVA NP

 

 

 

QUENCH PROGRAM AT FZK (Chairman: L. Sepold)

10:00

Status of the QUENCH Program

M. Steinbrück, FZK

10:20

Test QUENCH-13 with AgInCd control rod: overview of test conduct and test results

J. Stuckert, FZK

10:50

Coffee break

 

11:10

On-line aerosol measurements in QUENCH-13 test

T. Lind, PSI

11:30

Metallographic Examination of QUENCH-13

U. Stegmaier, FZK

12:00

Analysis of the hydrogen distribution In QUENCH-13 corner rods

M. Große, FZK

12:20

Post test analysis of aerosol impactor samples taken during QUENCH-13 test

A. Pintér-Csordás, AEKI

12:45

Lunch

 

13:45

Test QUENCH-14 with M5 cladding tubes: first results and comparison with QUENCH-06 and QUENCH-12

J. Stuckert, FZK

14:10

Analytical support to QUENCH-14

T. Haste, PSI

14:40

Comparison of the hydrogen uptake behaviour of Zry-4, E110 and M5 alloys applied in the QUENCH-14 test

M. Große, FZK

15:00

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

International Projects (Chairman: M. Steinbrück)

15:30

Main results of the ISTC Project #1648.2 “Examination of VVER Fuel Behaviour under Severe Accident Conditions. Quench Stage” on irradiated fuel segments degradation

M. Veshchunov, IBRAE

16:10

Main features of the IRSN project on the degraded core Reflooding

N. Chikhi, IRSN

17:00

Bus transfer to the hotels

 

Wednesday, 5.11.

8:20/8:30

Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)

 

 

 

MODELLING (Chairman: K. Trambauer)

9:00

First Results of the Modelling of the Nitrogen Reaction during Air-Ingress

T. Hollands, RUB

9:30

Review of thermodynamics of the control rod material

M. Barrachin, IRSN

9:50

Reflooding model for "Intact rods" configuration

N. Chikhi, IRSN

10:20

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

CODE APPLICATION 1 (Chairman: T. Haste)

10:40

Simulation of QUENCH10 test with MAAP4

E. Beuzet, EDF

11:00

Final Simulation of Quench-11 Test with MELCOR 1.8.6 Code

J. Duspiva, NRI

11:30

Post-test Calculation of the QUENCH-13 Experiment with ATHLET-CD

K. Trambauer, GRS

11:50

Lunch

 

12:30

Bus to Haguenau, Guided Tour through SIEMENS in Soufflenheim (Alsace) factory; Reception by FZK

ca. 22:00

Arrival at hotels in Karlsruhe and FZK

 

 

 

Thursday, 6.11.

8:20/8:30

Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler)

 

 

 

CODE APPLICATION 2 (Chairman: J. Birchley)

9:00

Preliminary assessment of MELCOR1.8.6 using integral data

J. Birchley, PSI

9:20

SCDAPSIM Improvements for Quench and Parameter

J. Hohorst, ISS

9:40

Results of pre- and posttest calculations of PARAMETER-SF experiments

A. Kisselev, IBRAE

10:10

Main features of PARAMETER SF experiments calculation using RELAP/SCDAPSIM

V. Shchekoldin, Gidropress

10:30

Coffee break

 

11:00

PARAMETER-SF2: Breakaway and Reflood Modelling Using SOCRAT/V2 Code

A. Vasiliev, IBRAE

 

 

 

EXPERIMENTS (Chairman: M. Veshchunov)

11:30

Results of PARAMETER-SF2 materials investigations

T. Yudina, IBRAE

12:00

Experimental database of E110 claddings exposed to accident conditions

E. Perez-Feró, AEKI

12:20

On the dynamic phase transition for niobium containing cladding alloys

P. Van Uffelen, ITU

12:45

Lunch

 

13:45

Comparison of oxidation kinetics of advanced cladding alloys in steam at temperatures 600-1200 °C

M. Steinbrück, FZK

14:10

MCCI Corium analyses at ITU in support of the ECONET Project

D. Bottomley, ITU

14:30

Closure of the Workshop

 

15:00

Bus transfer to the hotels and Karlsruhe train station

           

 

 

* Supported by Alliance for Competence in Nuclear Technology Germany

 

 

 

 

M. Steinbrück, FZK-IMF I                                                                                             21.10.2008