Session I – Safety of nuclear installations
Chair, Teodor CHIRICA (FORATOM, BE), President, co-chair, Maria BETTI (DG JRC, EC), Director of Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security, Abderrahim AL MAZOUZI (EDF, FR), Expert rapporteur
The first session of two on safety of nuclear installations is devoted to reactor performance, system reliability, advanced numerical simulation and modelling for reactor safety, as well as to long-term operation of current Generation II-III reactors. As identified within SNETP-NUGENIA Generation II-III water cooled reactor technology and technical research areas, the last topic is an important challenge since most countries are now considering prolonging the lifetime of their reactors from an originally foreseen 40 years’ operation to 60 years. In order to safely extend the lifetime of these reactors, both nuclear operators and regulators need to have, in addition to a skilled and well-trained workforce, reliable tools to assess the ageing and degradation processes of components and structures, as well as methods and guidelines for their validation and safe management.