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THICKET-2025 - Program

Day 1 - May 19 (Monday), 2025

 9:00
 1
 Introduction
 Hideo NAKAMURA
 9:05
 1.1
 Program of the THICKET-5 Seminar
 Matina ADORNI
 9:15
 1.2
 Welcome address
 NEA delegate and   organizers
 9:25
 1.3
 CSNI/WGAMA Activity Overview with Historical Perspective on the Role and
 the Achievements of CSNI in three WGAMA fields (T/H, SA and CFD) with Fuel
 and PSA aspects
 Hideo NAKAMURA,
 Thambiayah (Nithy)   NITHEANANDAN,
 Luis E. HERRANZ,
 Martina ADORNI
 11:15
 1.4
 EC Activity Update (overview of recent programs)
 EC delegate
 11:45
 1.5
 IAEA Activity Update (overview of recent programs)
 IAEA delegate
 13:45
 2
 Overview of CSNI/WGAMA Reactor Safety Technical Fields
 Hideo NAKAMURA
 13:50
 2.1
 The 116 phenomena list
 Francesco D'AURIA
 14:50
 2.2
 CSNI Separate Effects Test Facility Matrices and CSNI Integral Effect Test Facility Matrices
 for Validation of Best Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic Computer Codes with perspectives
 for update and extension
 Fulvio MASCARI
 16:10
 2.2
 Containment Code Validation Matrix (T/H, SA and CFD)
 Luis E. HERRANZ,
 Ahmed BENTAIB
 17:10
 2.3
 Fuel related phenomena relevant to TH and SA
 Marco CHERUBINI,
 Jinzhao ZHANG
 18:10
 
 Open time for questions, evaluations and comments
 Hideo NAKAMURA
 18:40
 
 End of Day 1
 

 

Day 2 - May 20 (Tuesday), 2025

 8:30
 Comments and (additional) questions on the previous day
 Hideo NAKAMURA
 9:00
 3
 Key Topics and Methods for
 Nuclear Reactor Deterministic Safety Analysis (DSA)
 Alessandro PETRUZZI
 9:05
 3.1
 Deterministic Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants: Bridging Regulation, Research and
 Industrial Practice
 Jinzhao ZHANG
 10:25
 3.2
 ISP and Benchmark
 Recent Examples such as ISP-50 (TH) and ISP-46, 47 & 49 (SA)
 Ahmed BENTAIB,
 Thorsten HOLLANDS
 11:25
 3.3
 Uncertainty: Uncertainty Methodology Study (UMS), Best-Estimate Methods Uncertainty
 and Sensitivity Evaluation (BEMUSE), Post-BEMUSE 
REflood Model Input Uncertainty
 Methods (PREMIUM), and SAPIUM and ATRIUM
 Jean BACCOU
 13:55
 3.4
 Scaling in Reactor Phenomena Simulation and Application
 Francesco D'AURIA
 14:55
 3.5
 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Nuclear Reactor Safety
 Pierre RUYER
 16:15
 3.6
 Application of Multiphysics Code (T/H, reactor physics, fuel behaviour) for DSA (online)
 Kostadin IVANOV
 17:15
 3.7
 SA Research Method including Uncertainty Evaluation
 (MUSA + insight from EU Projects -- Source Term Evaluation by using Deterministic   Evaluation Method)
 Luis Enrique HERRANZ
 18:15
  
 Open time for questions, evaluations and comments
 Alessandro PETRUZZI
 18:45
 
 End of Day 2
 
 
 
 Official Dinner
 

 

Day 3 - May 21 (Wednesday), 2025

 8:30
 Comments and (additional) questions on the previous day
 Alessandro PETRUZZI
 9:00
 4
 Examples of Critical Reactor Accident Phenomena and Modeling
 (Reactor Design Specific)
 Ahmed BENTAIB
 9:05
 4.1
 Modeling of Physical phenomena in system T/H code
 including CCFL & TPCF
 Dominique BESTION
 10:05
 4.2
 Boiling Heat Transfer / Reflooding and Critical Heat Flux (CHF) (online)
 Steve M. BAJOREK
 11:05
 4.3
 Boron Issues in PWR
 Klaus UMMINGER
 11:45
 4.4
 Status of 3-D T/H Code Modelling
 Chul-Hwa SONG
 13:55
 5
 Informing Safety Decisions with Risk Perspectives
 Martina ADORNI
 14:00
 5.1
 PSA and risk in safety cases, WGRISK highlights
 Vinh N. DANG 
 15:00
 5.2
 PSA analysis procedures, tools, accident models
 Luca PODOFILLINI
 16:20
 5.3
 Results, current applications, outlook
 Vinh N. DANG,
 Luca PODOFILLINI
 17:20
 
 Open time for questions, evaluations and comments
 Ahmed BENTAIB,
 Martina ADORNI
 17:50
 
 End of Day 3
 
 
 
 Self-payed Dinner
 

 

Day 4 - May 22 (Thursday), 2025

 8:30
 
 Comments and (additional) questions on the previous day
 Ahmed BENTAIB,
 Martina ADORNI
 9:00
 6
 Safety Assessment for Recent and Emerging Reactor Designs
 Jinzhao ZHANG
 9:05
 6.1
 Emerging Reactor Designs / from Full Passive Mid-Large LWRs to Water-Cooled
 (WC)-SMR
 Thambiayah (Nithy)   NITHEANANDAN
 10:05
 6.2
 Progress and gaps in SMR Safety Assessment Effort including reactor design variations
(online)
 Andrew MORREALE
 11:25
 6.3
 Passive System Significances and Application
 Fulvio MASCARI
 13:55
 6.4
 Fuel Safety Subjects including ATF
 Nicolas TREGOURES
 14:55
 7
 NEA Joint Projects (JPs) for Nuclear Reactor Safety with CSNI/WGAMA Technical   Consultation
 Ahmed BENTAIB
 15:00
 7.1
 Progress of Nuclear Safety Research Joint Projects (online)
 Didier JACQUEMAIN
 16:20
 7.2
 Safety Assessment for DBA+DEC-A based on ROSA Project Series
 Hideo NAKAMURA,
 Martina ADORNI
 17:20
 
 Open time for questions, evaluations and comments
 Jinzhao ZHANG,
 Ahmed BENTAIB
 17:50
 
 End of Day 4
 

 

Day 5 - May 23 (Friday), 2025

 8:30
 Comments and (additional) questions on the previous day
 Jinzhao ZHANG,
 Ahmed BENTAIB
 9:00
 7.3
 Source Term experimental research
 Sanjeev GUPTA
 10:00
 7.4
 Melt behaviour and MCCI based on past MCCI NEA Joint Projects and Activities (online)
 Bruno TOURNIAIRE
 11:00
 7.5
 Post Fukushima-Daiichi Accident / BSAF, PreADES, ARC-F and FACE
 Joy REMPE
 12:20
 8
 Discussions on Future Perspectives based on the THICKET Seminar
 Hideo NAKAMURA,
 Ahmed BENTAIB,
 Martina ADORNI
 12:25
 8.1
 Panel discussion on the coming Nuclear Safety Subjects for CSNI/WGAMA based on the   THICKET Seminar
 Lecturers for each of T/H,   SA, CFD, Fuel, Risk domains
 13:25
 8.2
 Concluding Remarks (final note) and End Ceremony
 Alessandro PETRUZZI,
 Hideo NAKAMURA,
 Martina ADORNI