Name: HOTLAB-2014
Start: 2014-09-21T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2014-09-25T16:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

Monday, 15 September 2014
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Friday, 19 September 2014
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Sunday, 21 September 2014

18:00

18:00 - 20:00

Monday, 22 September 2014
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room
Contributions

09:00 Welcome from the organizers - Didier Gavillet (Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:15 Welcome from the HOTLAB Working Group - Ann Leenaers (SCK-CEN)

09:30 Nuclear Energy in Switzerland: Perspectives for research - Martin Zimmermann (PSI - NES)

09:50 IR&D funding within the UKs NNL: an overview and IR&D case study - Suzy Morgan (NNL)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Remote Handling Exchange
Remote Handling Exchange
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Inpections & Sample Extraction on the MEGAPIE Liquid Lead-Bismuth Spallation Neutron Target in the PSI Hotlab Hotcells - Daniel Kuster (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:30 Part 1
Part 1
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 UK fuel cycle R&D in Advanced Nuclear Fuels - Des Wright (Nuclear Natiopnal Laboratory)
12:00

12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Part 1
Part 1
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Non-destructive examination on spent fuel rods - Huacai Wang (China Institute of Atomic Energy)

14:00 Determination of hydrogen concentration in Zircaloy cladding using hot vacuum extraction method with two-step heating - Hiroki Obata (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

14:30 Online measurement of fission products release during nuclear fuel annealing : A mass spectrometry approach - Elodie GUIGUES (LISA)
15:00

15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Part 2
Part 2
15:30 - 17:30
Contributions

15:30 The CEA Nano-characterization platform for irradiated materials of the LECI Nuclear Material Department - Benedicte VERHAEGHE (CEA-Saclay)

16:00 GASR Volume Determination and Characterization - Heather Chichester (Idaho National Laboratory)

16:30 POST-IRRADIATION ANNEALING STUDIES OF SMALL-SCALE U-MO MONOLITHIC FUEL SAMPLES - Douglas Burkes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

17:00 Study on Poolside Inspection Technology for Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Assembly - Liang Ren (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
08:30 Fuel Production Exchange
Fuel Production Exchange
08:30 - 09:00
Contributions

08:30 MINOR ACTINIDE BEARING BLANKET MANUFACTURING PRESS - Jean Philippe BAYLE (CEA)
09:00
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 Process is King-Selecting the right Design for new HOTCELLS - David Barker (Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd)
09:30

09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Part 1
Part 1
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Shield Plug-Mounted Hot Cell Manipulator System - Gary DOEBLER (PaR Systems, Inc.)

10:30 REPLACEMENT OF A HEAVY MANIPULATOR IN A HOT CELL - FRANCK DOMINJON (CEA)

11:00 RESUMPTION OF OPERATION OF THE PHENIX HOT CELLS: THE SAWING LINE REFURBISHMENT - Jean-Luc PAUL (CEA) Philippe BRUGUIER (CEA)

11:30 DEVELOPMENT OF LASER PUNCTURING AND FISSION GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR FUEL ROD IN HOTCELL - Ki-Soo Heo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
12:00

12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Part 2
Part 2
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 FIB/SEM in a Hot cell - Smail Chalal (Carl Zeiss sas, France)

14:00 A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR THE ESS TARGET STATION HOT CELLS - Magnus Göhran (Work Package Manager)

14:30 THE ESS IRRADIATED TARGET WHEEL HOT CELL OPERATIONS FOR HANDLING, DISMANTLING, SEPARATION AND PREPARATION FOR FINAL DISPOSAL - Lennart Åström (Fagerström Industrikonsult AB)
15:00

15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Part 3
Part 3
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Meeting Room
Contributions

15:30 Experience in maintenance and decommissioning of in-cell equipment of an operating alpha, beta, gamma hot cell facility. - Johny Thomas (IGCAR)
16:45

16:45 - 22:00
Room: Schloss Lenzburg
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
08:30 Part 1
Part 1
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 The new VTT Centre for Nuclear Safety - Wade Karlsen (VTT Centre for Nuclear Safety)

09:00 Quality Management in a HOTLAB – Challenges & Solutions - Robert Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:30 Integrated Mangementsystem in a modern HOTLAB - Marco Streit (Paul Scherrer Institut)

10:00 Implementation, in JHR Project Hot Cells, of recent requirements of French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) and experimental need, and also experience gained in CEA nuclear facilities. - sylvain MARTIN-VIGNERTE (CEA Cadarache. DPIE/RJH)
10:30

10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Part 4
Part 4
11:00 - 12:00
Room: Meeting Room
Contributions

11:00 New devices designed and used to perform dissolutions in Atalante Hot Cells : Application to the oxide fuel dissolution - GILLES FERLAY (CEA MARCOULE)

11:30 The Development of the Shielded Secondary Electron Microscope at KAERI - Hyoung-Mun Kwon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
12:00

12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Part 5
Part 5
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room
Contributions

13:30 COST-EFFECTIVE PRECRACKING OF PCCV SPECIMENS FOR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTING BY USING A PIEZO-ELECTRIC ACTUATOR - Johan Schuurmans (SCK-CEN)

14:00 Design and Construction of New Hot Cells and Micro-Machining/EDM Facilities at ANSTO - Eberhard Bamberg (Viteris Technologies) Edward Obbard (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)

14:30 CONTINUATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF HOT CELL FACILITY IN CVR - Ondrej Srba (Centrum vyzkumu Rez)
15:00

15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Part 6
Part 6
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Meeting Room
Contributions

15:30 Development of irradiated specimens transport system within the two semi-hot cells refurbishment project - Radim Kopriva (UJV Rez, a. s.)

16:00 FIXBOX 3 – FIRST RESULTS FROM THE PSI HOTLAB LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY - Heiko-Dirk Potthast (Paul Scherrer Institut)
16:30
16:30 - 17:00
Contributions

16:30 Summary and final remarks - Didier Gavillet (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Thursday, 25 September 2014

08:30

08:30 - 16:00