Schedule
DAY 1
04 November 2024
Constituyentes Atomic Center (CAC) - Auditorio Emma Pérez Ferreira
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.00 | Welcome and Registration | ||
| .:: OPENING SESSION ::. | |||
| 14:00 | 30m | Safety and General Instructions | Host |
| Welcome from the Hosts | |||
| Welcome from IAEA | |||
| Scientific Secretary’s introduction: Purpose, scope, expectations and outcome of the meeting | A. Khaperskaia, E. Pelletier - IAEA Scientific Secretaries | ||
| Introduction of the Chair of the Technical Meeting and Brief Presentation of the Foreign Participants - Approval of the agenda | A. Bussolini - Chair of the meeting | ||
| 14:30 | 30m | Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities In Argentina (TBC) | TBC |
| 15:00 | 45m (TBC) | Coffe Break | |
| .:: PRESENTATION OF IAEA ACTIVITIES ::. | |||
| 15:45 | 45m (TBC) | IAEA presentation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section (NFCMS) | A. Khaperskaia |
| 16:30 | 45m (TBC) | IAEA presentation of Nuclear Installation Safety Division (NSNI) | L. Valivetty |
| 17:15 | 30m (TBC) | IAEA presentation of Nuclear Power Technology Development Section (NPTDS) | E. Pelletier |
| 17:45 | Welcoming Celebration | ||
| 19:00 | Daily adjourn |
DAY 2
05 November 2024
CNEA Headquarters - Salón de Actos Dan Beninson
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| .:: TECHNICAL SESSION 1 ::. Current experience of Member States for design, manufacturing, testing, and irradiation of PHWR fuels |
Chair: María Olivera Muñoz - Argentina |
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| 10:00 | 30m | Overview of the Canadian experience on design, manufacturing, testing, and irradiation of PHWR fuels | Ike Dimayuga - Canada |
| 10.30 | 30m | Design and Manufacturing Aspects and challenges for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor Fuel Bundle | Waseem - Pakistan |
| 11.00 | 30m | Commercialization Experience of Modified 37-element Fuel into Wolsong NPP Site | Dongwook Kho - Rep of Korea |
| 11:30 | 30m | Design, manufacturing, testing, and irradiation of PHWR fuel in Argentina (TBC) | A. Bussolini - Argentina |
| 12:00 | 30m | Design of SEU Fuels for Atucha-2 | P. Tripodi - Argentina |
| 12:30 | 90m | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | 30m | SEU Project at Atucha-2 | Diego Dominguez - Argentina |
| 14:30 | 30m | Slightly Enriched Uranium (SEU) precursors PCI failure analysis for Atucha II Nuclear Power Plant | Paula Belén Humero, Maria Elisa Montain, Analía Noemí Bonelli - Argentina |
| 15:00 | 30m | Performance assessment of Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor fuel bundles experiencing power ramp | Ashwini KUMAR - India |
| 15:30 | 30m | Coffee-break | |
| 16:00 | 30m | Simulation of PHWR fuel rods using DIONISIO: normal, accident and storage conditions . | Ezequiel Goldberg - Argentina |
| 16:30 | 30m | LIBS analysis of weld between bracket and outer ring of Inconel 718 spacer from CNA-2 | Carlos Ararat-Ibarguen, Andrés Lucia, Yenner Gómez Sánchez, Rodolfo Pérez, Manuel Iribarren, María Olivera Muñoz - Argentina |
| 17:00 | 30m | New Argentinean Laboratory for the study of irradiated materials (LEMI) | Mirandou, Marcela; Daverio, Nicolás; Caribaux Medina, Robby; Chao, Lucas; González, Rubén; Lugo, Constanza; Mainetti, Matías; Novak, Maximiliano - Argentina |
| 17:30 | Daily adjourn |
DAY 3
06 November 2024
Ezeiza Atomic Center
Technical visit to the CONUAR Fuel Manufacturing Plant and the RA-10 Reactor (under construction)
Only for foreing participants
DAY 4
07 November 2024
CNEA Headquarters - Salón de Actos Dan Beninson
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| .::TECHNICAL SESSION 2 ::. New visions, trends and possibilities for PHWR fuel manufacturing and testing |
Chair: David Seijas - Argentina | ||
| 09:30 | 30m | Laser Marking Qualification for Atucha-2 (CNA-2) Fuel Cladding | M. Olivera, A. Minetti, C. Sosa, A. Bussolini y D. Delfino - Argentina |
| 10:00 | 30m | The Application of the Visual Check Technology in the production of the Nuclear Fuel for Heavy Water Reactor | Yang Lu - China |
| 10:30 | 30m | Implementation of Quality Control Processes Using Artificial Intelligence in PHWR Fuels | Cecilia Campobasso - Argentina |
| 11:00 | 30m | Development of Automated Machine Vision Systems – A Paradigm Shift in QA Approach in Nuclear Fuel Fabrication in India | Swarup Acharya, R.K. Chaube, Komal Kapoor - India |
| 11:30 | 30m | Semi-automatic fault detection using AI and photometric stereo imaging of nuclear fuel pellets | Silvina Dengra , Cativa Tolosa, Sebastián, Luis Agustín - Argentina |
| 12:00 | 30m | Optimized QC for the Production of UO2 Powder for PHWR Fuels (TBC) | DIOXITEK (TBC) |
| 12:30 | 90m | Lunch break | |
| .:: TECHNICAL SESSION 3 ::. Concepts, Tools and Developments for Advanced Fuel design, verification and operation |
Chair: E. Pelletier - IAEA | | | ||
| 14:00 | 30m | Improving the efficiency of Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors: The Thermal-hydraulic design optimization of fuel elements | Marcel, C.P.; Masson, V.P.; García, A.E. - Argentina |
| 14:30 | 30m | Evaluation of the influence on hydraulic characteristics of fuel elements due to the presence of debris in the primary circuit of PHW | Alberto Martin Ghiselli - Argentina |
| 15:00 | 30m | Dancoff factors calculation for different symmetries and fuel materials for Embalse NPP advanced fuel designs | P. Gomiz , A. Fernandez Zuvich , A. Bevilacqua - Argentina |
| 15:30 | 30m | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 | 30m | Reactivity and spent fuel source terms for Embalse NPP advanced fuel designs with natural uranium, slightly enriched uranium (SEU) and SEU with burnable | Afra Fernandez Zuvich - Argentina |
| 16:30 | 30m | Vibration Monitoring of Embalse CANDU Reactor Fuel Channels and Internal Components Using Neutron Noise Analysis | L. Wentzeis, K. R. Bonifacio Pulido, M. D. Calvo, N. Roqueiro, J. Gasanego Barbuscio, M. Mendivil, F. Gómez Fava, M. Pomerantz, J. Villar, H. Damiani - Argentina |
| 17:00 | 30m | High Pressurre Water Loop for Advances Fuel Design Verification | Andres Caillet - Argentina |
| 17:30 | Daily adjourn | ||
| TBC | Hospitality dinner (TBC) |
DAY 5
08 November 2024
CNEA Headquarters - Salón de Actos Dan Beninson
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| .:: DISCUSSIONS SESSION 1 ::. Specifics of ATF approach for PHWRs, characteristics and definitions |
Chair: Iuliana-Elena VISAN - Romania | ||
| 10:00 | 30m | Potential benefits and challenges associated with PHWR/CANDU-6 accident tolerant fuels | Iuliana-Elena VISAN - Romania |
| 10:30 | 30m | Exploration of accident Tolerant fuel for PHWRs – Theoretical and experimental estimations | Anuj Kumar Deo - India |
| 11:00 | 30m | Discussion | All participants |
| .:: DISCUSSIONS SESSION 2 ::. Qualification challenges and potential international collaborations to foster future implementation of new fuel designs |
**Chair:** Ike Dimayuga - Canada | ||
| 11.30 | 30m | Canadian Perspective on Qualification Challenges and potential international collaboration for advanced fuels | Ike Dimayuga - Canada |
| 12:00 | 30m | Nuclear Fuel Plant Pitesti - a manufacturer perspective on building a sustainable future for tomorrow's generation | Andrei Tomescu, Romania |
| 12:30 | 30m | Discussion | All participants |
| 13:00 | 90m | Lunch break | |
| Wrap-up session | .:: WRAP-UP SESSION ::. | ||
| 14:30 | 60m | Discussion: Current challenges and future prospects, IAEA support to Member States. Documentation strategy | All participants |
| 15:30 | 60m | Summary report of the meeting and discussion | Chairs of the sessions, Chair of the TM, all participants |
| 16:30 | Closure of the meeting |