Day 1
- Welcome and registration
- Session 1. RPV Integrity Studies. Topics include:
- Description of APAL
- Residual stress (RS) consideration in the analysis
- Warm pre-stress (WPS) approach applied in PTS
- LTO improvements relevant for PTS analysis
- Session 2: Selection of overcooling sequences. Topics include:
- General considerations
- Precursors
- Categorization of sequences of initiating events and corresponding criteria
- Initiating events groups
- Session 3: Thermal hydraulic analyses. Topics include:
- Introduction to thermal hydraulic analysis for PTS evaluation
- State of the art for thermal hydraulic analysis
- Computer codes and models
- Dealing with uncertainties in PTS analysis
- Example of conservative TH analysis for PTS
- Example of BEPU for PTS
Day 2
- Session 4: Deterministic Pressurized Thermal Shock analysis in Nuclear Power Plant. Topics include:
- Temperature and stress field calculations
- Crack tip loading
- Integrity assessment
- Session 5: Probabilistic Pressurized Thermal Shock analysis in Nuclear Power Plant. Topics include:
- Temperature and stress field calculations
- Crack tip loading
- Integrity assessment
- Session 6: Analysis of nozzles. Topics include:
- Governing transients
- Postulated defect location
- Temperature and stress field
- KI estimation methods and integrity assessment
NOTE: The detailed agenda of the workshop will be available soon and could be subjected to changes
