Agenda of the 21st QUENCH Workshop
Meeting Location: Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt (FTU), Auditorium (Aula)
Tuesday, 27 Oct 2015
| 8:00 | Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler) | |
| 8:20 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Welcome | M. Steinbrück, KIT W. Tromm, KIT |
| QUENCH-LOCA (Chair: A. Wensauer, E.ON) | ||
| 9:20 | Update of the QUENCH program | M. Steinbrück, KIT |
| 9:50 | First results of the bundle test QUENCH-LOCA-3 with optimized ZIRLO™ claddings | J. Stuckert, KIT |
| 10:10 | Results of Neutron Imaging Investigations of QUENCH-LOCA Claddings | M. Grosse, KIT |
| 10:30 | Coffee break (Group Photo) | |
| 11:10 | Post-test investigations of the QUENCH-LOCA-4 bundle (hydrogenated M5® claddings) | J. Stuckert, KIT |
| 11:40 | Simulation of QUENCH-L2 with ATHLET-CD | T. Hollands, GRS |
| ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUELS (ATF) (Chair: M. Grosse, KIT) | ||
| 12:00 | Severe Accident Test Station And FeCrAl Alloy Development | S. Dryepondt, ORNL |
| 12:30 | High temperature steam oxidation of potential cladding materials-FeCrAl alloy and Ti2AlC MAX phase | C. Tang, KIT |
| 12:50 | Lunch | |
| 13:50 | FeCrAl Accident Tolerant Fuel Response during BWR Severe Accidents | K. Robb, ORNL |
| 14:10 | Modification of the surface layer of zirconium alloys using high intense pulsed plasma beams (HIPPB) | B. Sartowska, INCT |
| 14:30 | High temperature oxidation of polycrystalline diamond and CrAlSiN coated zirconium alloy | J. Škarohlíd, TU Prague |
| 14:50 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20 | Silicon Carbide Composites Tests for LWRs and GFRs in the Frame of the MatISSE Project | V. Angelici Avincola, KIT |
| 15:40 | Potential of glasses as solders for joining of silicon carbide components via laser process | S. Ahmad, KIT |
| 16:00 | Time for discussion | |
| ca. 16:30 | Bus transfer to the hotels |
Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015
| 8:20 | Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler) | |
| MODELLING AND CODE APPLICATION I (Chair: B. Jäckel, PSI) | ||
| 9:00 | The IAEA/FUMAC project and related developments of the TRANSURANUS code | A. Schubert, ITU |
| 9:20 | Development and validation of RELAP/SCDAPSIM modeling improvements to support Fukushima related decommissioning activities | R. Pericas, ISS pres. by C. Allison |
| 9:40 | Development of improved RELAP/SCDAPSIM models and user guidelines for the analysis of late phases of severe accidents in a CANDU reactor | R-M. Nistor-Vlad, PU Bucharest |
| 10:00 | CFD-Modeling of radioactive aerosols emission by fuel containing masses of the Chernobyl NPP destroyed reactor | P. Krukovskyi, IET |
| 10:20 | Modelling approach for atmosphere ingress into a damaged fuel rod – First Concept | C. Bratfisch, RUB |
| 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| MODELLING AND CODE APPLICATION II (Chair: T. Hollands, GRS) | ||
| 11:10 | Preliminary ASTEC V2.1 Validation of CORA-17 BWR Experiment | F. Gremme, RUB |
| 11:30 | Validation of ASTECV2.1.0 based on the QUENCH-08 experiment | I. Gómez García-Toraño, KIT |
| 11:50 | Severe accident analysis of a SB-LOCA scenario in a 72-type BWR Plant with ATHLET-CD | V. Di Marcello, KIT |
| EXPERIMENTS I (Chair: P. Blair, Westinghouse) | ||
| 12:10 | An Experimental Program under Consideration focusing on BWR Core-Material-Relocation Behavior using Non-Transfer Plasma Heating | I. Sato, JAEA |
| 12:30 | Degradation test using control blade applied for BWRs in Japan | H. Shibata, JAEA |
| 12:50 | Reaction experiment on core-melt/concrete interface under temperature gradient | A. Sudo, JAEA |
| 13:10 | Lunch | |
| 14:10 | Bus to the Hochdorf Celtic Museum and invited dinner | |
| ca. 21:00 | Departure to hotels and KIT |
Thursday, 29 Oct 2015
| 8:20 | Pick-up at the hotels (Acora/Kübler) | |
| AIR OXIDATION OF ZRY CLADDING (Chair: M. Steinbrück, KIT) | ||
| 9:00 | Proposal for a mechanistic model of the reaction of zirconium in air or steam/nitrogen atmospheres | M. Große, KIT |
| 9:30 | The effect of flow rate and partial pressure on the oxidation of Zircaloy-4 in air | Y. Maeng, HGU |
| 9:45 | The effect of flow rate and partial pressure on the oxidation of Zircaloy-4 in N2-steam mixtures | J. Sung, HGU |
| 10:00 | Effect of nitriding and reoxidation of pre-oxidized Zry-4 | S. Park, PSI |
| 10:25 | Porosimetry of Zr-based fuel claddings oxidized in nuclear severe accident conditions | F. Haurais, EDF |
| 10:50 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20 | JAEA studies on Spent Fuel Pool Severe Accident. (1) Results of cladding air oxidation experiments | Y. Nemoto, JAEA |
| EXPERIMENTS II (Chair: C. Allison, ISS) | ||
| 11:40 | JAEA studies on Spent Fuel Pool Severe Accident. (2) Thermal-hydraulic Research Plan for Evaluating Capability of Spray Cooling | T. Nagatake, JAEA |
| 12:00 | Investigation of cesium chemisorption behavior on the stainless steel surface | K. Nakajima, JAEA |
| EXPERIMENTS III (Chair: J. Stuckert, KIT) | ||
| 12:20 | High-temperature steam oxidation kinetics of the new E110G cladding alloy | M. Király, MTA |
| 12:40 | Methodological aspects of E110 alloy hydrogenation, oxidation and mechanical tests for embrittlement threshold determination | D. Ignatyev, LUCH |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Structural parameters of ductile to brittle transition of E110 alloy after pre-hydrogenation and high temperature oxidation | A. Mokrushin, LUCH |
| 14:20 | Orientation relationships of δ-hydrides in zirconium and Zircaloy-4 | A. Pshenichnikov, KIT |
| 14:50 | Neutron Radiography investigation of hydrogen diffusion in Zry-2 and Zr-2.5Nb at operation temperatures | J. Santisteban, CNEA pres. by M. Große |
| 15:10 | Closure of the Workshop | M. Steinbrück, KIT |
| 15:30 | Bus for train station and Hotels |
Supported by Alliance for Competence in Nuclear Technology Germany