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COURSE ON
NATURAL CIRCULATION PHENOMENA AND MODELLING
IN WATER-COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Trieste - Italy, 25 - 29 June 2007

Venue: Adriatico Guest House (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Directors: John Cleveland, IAEA, Jong Ho Choi, IAEA
ICTP Local Organizer: Claudio Tuniz

--- LIMITED PARTICIPATION ---

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
1
08:30 - 10:00 Registration and administrative formalities (Adriatico 
Guest House, Lower Level 1)

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks: J. Cleveland / J.N. Reyes / 
IAEA, Vienna, Austria / Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

DAY 1 - MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2007

10:30 - 11:15 J. Cleveland / IAEA, Vienna, Austria
(T1) Overview of Global Developments of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants

11:15 - 12:00 N. Aksan / Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, 
Switzerland
(T3) Applications of Natural Circulation Systems

12:00 - 14:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---

14:00 - 15:00 P.K. Vijayan / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), 
Mumbai, India
(T2) Natural Circulation Systems: Advantages & Challenges

15:00 - 16:00 D. Saha / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, 
India
(T4) Local Phenomena Associated with Natural Circulation

16:00 - 16:30 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

16:30 - 17:30 D. Saha / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, 
India
(T5) Local Phenomena Associated with Natural Circulation

17:30 - 18:00 J.N. Reyes / Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
(T10) Governing Equations in Two-Phase Natural Circulation Flows

18:00 - 18:30 Discussion

DAY 2 - TUESDAY 26 JUNE 2007

08:30 - 09:30 J.C. Ferreri / Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), 
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(T25) Numerical Techniques of Natural Circulation: History and 
Background

09:30 - 10:30 P.K. Vijayan / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), 
Mumbai, India
(T6) Introduction to Instabilities in Natural Circulation Systems

10:30 - 11:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

11:00 - 12:00 F. D'Auria / Università di Pisa, Italy
(T7) Insights into Natural Circulation Stability

12:00 - 14:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---

14:00 - 15:00 P.K. Vijayan / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), 
Mumbai, India
(T8) Stability Analysis of NC Based Systems: Pressure Tube Type BWR and 
Steam Generators

15:00 - 16:00 J.C. Ferreri / Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), 
Buenos Aires, Argentina

(T26) Numerical Techniques and Stability in Natural Circulation

16:00 - 16:30 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

16:30 - 17:30 F. D'Auria / Università di Pisa, Italy
(T12) The Boiling Water Reactor Stability

17:30 - 18:30 F. D'Auria / Università di Pisa, Italy
(T13) The Boiling Water Reactor Stability

18:30 - 19:00 Discussion

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE 2007

08:30 - 09:30 N. Aksan / Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, 
Switzerland
(T22) Overview on Some Aspects of Safety Requirements and 
Considerations for Future Nuclear Reactors

09:30 - 10:30 D'Auria / Università di Pisa, Italy
(T11) Coupled 3D Neutron Kinetics and Thermal-Hydraulics Techniques and 
Relevance for the Design of Natural Circulation Systems

10:30 - 11:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

11:00 - 12:00 N. Aksan / Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, 
Switzerland
(T16) The CSNI Separate Effects Test and Integral Test Facility 
Matrices for Validation of Best-Estimate Thermal Hydraulic Computer 
Codes

12:00 - 14:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---

14:00 - 15:00 J.N. Reyes / Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
(T9) AP600 and AP1000 Passive Safety System Design & Testing in APEX

15:00 - 16:00 N. Aksan / Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, 
Switzerland
(T18) Overview on PANDA test Facility and ISP-42 PANDA Tests Data Base

16:00 - 16:30 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
After the coffee break, free time until social dinner for all 
participants in the Course

DAY 4 - THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2007

08:30 - 09:00 D. Saha / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, 
India
(T21a) Examples of Natural Circulation in PHWR

09:00 - 09:30 N. Aksan / Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, 
Switzerland
(T21b) Selected Examples of Natural Circulation for Small Break LOCA 
and Some Severe Accident Conditions
09:30 - 10:30 J.N. Reyes / Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
(T17) Flow Stagnation and Thermal Stratification in Single and 
Two-Phase Natural Circulation Loops

10:30 - 11:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

11:00 - 12:00 P.K. Vijayan / Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), 
Mumbai, India
(T15) Experimental Validation and Data Base of Simple Loop Facilities

12:00 - 14:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---

14:00 - 15:00 J.N. Reyes / Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
(T14) Integral System Experiment Scaling Methodology

15:00 - 16:00 F. D'Auria / Università di Pisa, Italy
(T20) Use of Natural Circulation Flow Map

16:00 - 16:30 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

16:30 - 17:30 Y. Hassan / Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
(T27) Why CFD is Needed for NC, and CFD Code Verification and Validation

17:30 - 18:30 Y. Hassan / Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
(T28) Coupled CFD Codes and Thermo-Hydraulic System Codes for NC System

18:30 - 19:00 Discussion and assignment of tasks for exam
Completed exams are due at 8:30 am on Friday

DAY 5 - FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2007

08:30 - 08:30 Completed exams due

08:31 - 09:30 M. Marques / Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), 
Cadarache, France
(T23) Reliability of Passive Safety Systems that Utilize Natural 
Circulation

09:30 - 10:30 M. Marques / Commissariat à l?énergie atomique (CEA), 
Cadarache, France
(T24) Reliability of Passive Safety Systems that Utilize Natural 
Circulation

10:30 - 11:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---

11:00 - 12:00 Exam presentations (G1, G2)

12:00 - 14:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---

14:00 - 15:30 Exam presentations (G3, G4, G5)

15:30 - 16:15 Coffee break / Exam grading

16:15 - 16:30 Presentation of course certificates

16:30 - 16:45 Completion of course evaluation feedback form

16:45 - 16:55 Closure remarks

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Nicoletta Ivanissevich (Ms.)
Secretariat,
smr1848 - Course on
Natural Circulation Phenomena and Modelling
in Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors
25 to 29 June 2007, Trieste, Italy

WEB Page: http://agenda.ictp.trieste.it/smr.php?1848

Venue: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 
Adriatico Guest House, Giambiagi Lecture Hall

Phone: +39-040-2240383
Fax: +39-040-22407383 or +39-040-224163
e-mail: smr1848 at ictp.it