Opening of the NUGENIA Launch Event and short presentation

Giovanni De Santi, Director of Institute for Energy and Transport (JRC-IET), DG Joint Research Center

Presenter: Michel Bièth, Head of Unit, Safety of Present Nuclear Reactors

The JRC inside the European Commission

CommissionerMairé Geoghegan-Quinn

Research, Innovation & Science

President José Manuel Barroso 27 Commission Members

DG Research & Innovation (RTD)

Director Giovanni De SantiJRC Institute for Energy & Transport

Director-General Dominique Ristori, Joint Research Centre

7 JRC Institutes

The mission of the Joint Research Centre – Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) is to provide support to Community policies and technology innovation related both:

• to energy, to ensure sustainable, safe, secure and efficient energy production, distribution and use and• to transport, to foster sustainable and efficient mobility in Europe.

Petten, The Netherlands

Ispra, Italy

•Nuclear Reactor Safety

•Security of energy supply

• Interoperability

• Sustainable transport

• Alternative fuels

• Renewable energy

• Energy efficiency

• Energy techno/economic modelling and assessment

IET – Energy and Transport Activities

Nuclear Networks operated by JRC

AMESNESC

ENIQ

Materials Ageing (with focus on Irradiation Embrittlement) Structural Integrity Assessment

of Components

In-Service Inspection Effectiveness & Reliability

European Network on Ageing Materials Evaluation & Studies (AMES)

Main Focus: Evolution of Mechanical Properties of Materials under Irradiation & other Degradation MechanismsSignificant number of studies on behavior of RPV steels of PWRs and VVER under neutron irradiationInvolved significant number of experiments in HFR of PettenExistence: 1993-2006 (Integration into NULIFE in 2006)

AMES EG2: Structural Integrity Assessment

EG3: Ageing Management & Lifetime Behavior

EG1: Materials & Materials Performance

Network for Evaluating Structural Components (NESC)

Main Focus: Development of integrity assessment procedures for structural componentsSignificant number of studies (computational + experimental) on 7 different component cases (NESC I-VII)Involved components with defects or welded structuresPerformance of benchmarks, (computational, non-destructive measurements, …) Existence: 1993- (since 2006 under NULIFE umbrella)

NESC Expert Group 2 Structural Integrity Assessment

• A utility driven network addressing in-service inspection (ISI) by non-destructive testing (NDT). Established in 1992 and currently operated by JRC (future: NUGENIA)

• ENIQ is working towards a harmonized European approach on reliable and effective ISI; more specifically, ENIQ is working on

Inspection Qualification (IQ) Task Group on Qualification (TGQ)Risk-Informed In-Service Inspection (RI-ISI) Task Group on Risk (TGR)

• ENIQ has 40+ active members: UK, FIN, SE, DE, BE, FR, ES, CZ, SK, HU, CH, … + overseas observers (US, CAN)

• ENIQ produces recommended practices, discussion documents, technical reports, downloadable from

http://capture.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/ENIQ_pubs.html

Further Development of ENIQ

Decision of ENIQ Voting Members (=Utilities in ENIQ) to integrate ENIQ into NUGENIA (JRC currently awaiting written confirmation of all Voting Members).

ENIQ will become a cross cutting area in NUGENIA, on in-service inspection and qualification.

JRC Contribution to NULIFE

EG1: Materials & Materials Performance

EG2: Structural Integrity Assessment

EG3: Ageing Management & Lifetime Behavior

Pilot study on thermal fatigueStress Corrosion Cracking studiesContribution to NULIFE Document on Lifetime Assessment Methods…

Harmonization Activities

JRC Contribution to SARNET2WP1: Coordination of the Network

WP3: Information Systems

WP6: Molten Corium Concrete Interaction (MCCI)

WP8: Source Term

Assist project leader in coordination of network

Operation of DATANET (=database for storing output of network)

Running of small-scale prototypic corium experiment (at JRC-ITU)

Maintaining & providing network partners with relevant input from PHEBUS databaseOrganise workshops dedicated to source term

Integration of Networks into NUGENIA2006 14-11-2011 30-6-2012

SARNET/SARNET2TWG Gen II/III

2004 31-3-2013

AMES

NESC

JRC’s View of NUGENIA

JRC supports the concept to have one single European R&D network on Gen II / III reactors to exploit synergies and to avoid duplication of efforts.

Content & focus of NUGENIA Working Areas is in-line with JRC work program on Gen II / III reactors.

JRC sees NUGENIA as the R&D network on Gen II/ III reactors in Europe and is ready to contribute.

JRC Contribution to NUGENIA

At least one Expert for each working area

Active contribution to Executive Committee & Secretariat

Observer in General Assembly

Many Thanks for your Attention

andSuccess to NUGENIA