Day 1
Session: Introduction to PTS
- Brief introduction to PTS
- RPV material properties and degradation I
- RPV material properties and degradation II
- Good practice in ageing management for NPPs
- Ageing management focused on RPV materials
Session: State of the art for thermal-hydraulic (TH) analysis
- Thermal-hydraulic phenomena relevant for PTS
- Thermal-hydraulic analysis of PTS transients
- Uncertainties in thermal-hydraulics
- State-of-the-art for the thermal-hydraulic (TH) analysis
Session: Identification of further LTO improvements having an impact on PTS and selection for assessment
- LTO improvements for NPP
Day 2
Session: State of the art for weld residual stress (WRS)
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State-of-the-art for weld residual stress – APAL’s review
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Weld residual stresses in integrity assessment
Session: State-of-the-art for warm pre-stress (WPS)
- Warm pre-stress in integrity assessment
- State-of-the-art for warm pre-stress – APAL’s review
Session: State of the art of probabilistic PST analysis and relevant statistical tools
- Probabilistic PTS - Brief Introduction
- Probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis and statistical models
- Uncertainty in probabilistic fracture mechanics and margin assessment
- State-of-the-art of probabilistic PTS analysis – APAL’s review
