Overview of IAEA Activities and Opportunities for Cooperation

Dohee Hahn

DirectorDivision of Nuclear PowerDepartment of Nuclear Energy

Overview

• INPRO• Advanced Reactor Technology Development

– Fast reactors– SCWRs– HTRs, MSRs and SMRs

• Nuclear Installation Safety• Safeguards

• Web record of meetings

GIF-IAEA Cooperation Areas• Evaluation methodologies

– PR&PP, Safety, Economics

• Specific topical areas– LMFR, VHTR, MSR, SCWR– Non-electrical applications– Education and training– R&D infrastructure– Modelling and simulation

• Participation in meetings

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INPRO• INPRO is developing a new service to Member States

based on system scenario simulation and analysis:– Whole nuclear energy system (NES) simulator including trade:

MESSAGE-NES– Multicriteria decision analysis tool: KIND-ET– Formal NES road mapping tool: ROADMAPS-ET– NESA economics support tool: NEST

• In the area of Proliferation Resistance:– INPRO has submitted the “Proliferation resistance and

Safeguardability Assessment (PROSA) Tools” Collaborative Project report to the publication process

– INPRO will hold a Consultancy Meeting to define ToR for revision of the INPRO Methodology on Proliferation Resistance (28-31 May 2019)

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Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors(TWG-FR)

Members of the IAEA Technical Working Group on Fast ReactorsFull Members

Belarus BrazilChina FranceGermany IndiaItaly JapanKazakhstan Korea, republic ofNetherlands Russian FederationSlovakia SwedenSwitzerland UkraineUK USAEuropean Commission OECD/NEA

Observers Argentina BelgiumCzech Republic MexicoRomania SpainGeneration-IV International Forum (GIF)

• Provide advice and guidance• Forum for information exchange and knowledge sharing• Link between IAEA activities and national communities• Provide advice in planning and implementing of CRPs• Develop and review selected documents• Contribute to status report, technical meetings, topical

conferences• Identify important topics for SAGNE• Encourage participation of young professionals in IAEA activities

“The Driving Force…”

52nd TWG-FR Meeting, Pitesti, Romania, 10-14 June 2019

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Key IAEA Activities on Fast Reactor Technology • CRPs/Benchmarks/Studies

– NAPRO CRP (2013 - 2018)

– 3 Ongoing CRPs:• PSFR Source Term (2016 - 2020)• New CEFR Start-Up Tests (2018 - 2022)• New FFTF ULOF Test (2018 - 2022)

– 2 New CRPs proposed (to start in 2021):• Modelling of Total Instantaneous Blockage of SFR

F/A• Benchmarking LOF transient test in CLEAR-S HML

Pool Facility

– Study on Passive Shutdown Systems for Fast Reactors (completed in 2017, NES to be published in 2019)

– TM on Structural Materials for HLM Reactors (2019)– TM on Benefits and Challenges of Fast SMRs (2019)– TM Economical (or Industrial) Optimization of Liquid

Metal cooled Fast Reactor Designs (2020)– TM Proliferation Resistant Features of Fast Reactors

and Related Fuel Cycles (2020)

• Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors

– 50th TWG-FR Meeting in Vienna, May 2017– 51st TWG-FR Meeting in Hefei, China,

21-25 May 2018– 52nd TWG-FR Meeting in Romania,

20-24 May 2019

• Joint GIF-IAEA Workshops on LMFR Safety

– 7th GIF-IAEA Workshop on LMFR Safety: 27-29 March 2018

• Review of GIF Report on Safety Design Guidelines on Safety Approach & Design Conditions for GEN-IV SFRs

– 8th GIF-IAEA Workshop on LMFR Safety: 20-22 March 2019

• LMFNS Experimental Facilities Database

• Training Courses and Workshops– Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshops on the Physics and

Technology of Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems(2016, 2018 in Trieste, Italy)

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New CRPs on Fast Reactors(Initiated in 2018)

Neutronics Benchmark ofCEFR Start-Up Tests

Benchmark Analysis ofFFTF ULOF Test

Country Organization(s)Belgium SCK•CENChina CIAE, INEST, SNERDI, XJTUFrance CEAGermany KIT, HZDR, GRSHungary BME, EKIndia IGCARItaly NINE/UNIPIJapan JAEARep. of Korea KAERI, UNISTMexico ININRomania RATENRussia IPPE, IBRAE, SSL, Kurchatov Inst.Slovakia VUJESwitzerland PSIUkraine KIPTUK CambridgeUSA ANL, NRC

17 Countries 28 Organizations

Country Organization(s)China CIAE, NCEPU, INEST, XJTUFrance CEAGermany KIT, HZDRIndia IGCAR, ISSSAItaly NINE, SapienzaJapan JAEARep. of Korea KAERINetherlands NRGRussia IPPE, IBRAESpain CIEMATSweden KTHSwitzerland PSIUSA ANL, PNNL, TerraPower, NRC, TAMU

13 Countries 25 Organizations

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Technology development for water cooled reactors

Thermal-hydraulics (T/H) of supercritical pressure fluids: • Heat transfer;• Flow instability;…

Materials and chemistry:• In-core materials

(fuel cladding);• Water chemistry;…

SCWR design concept development:• Conceptual design [operating P/T exceed those of conventional WCRs]• Performance & safety assessment

Most of these R&D needs are common to all SCWR concepts

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Technology development for water cooled reactors

Goal of the IAEA projects on SCWRs is to facilitate technology development in Member States mainly by:

Providing forums for researchers and engineers to collaborate

Promoting information exchange of advanced technology for SCWR development

Educating newcomers interested in science and technology of SCWRs

Framework

• Coordinated Research Projects (CRP)

– International collaborative project to coordinate R&D on a selected topic of common interest

• Technical Meetings (TM)– Specialist meeting to collect and

exchange technical information on specific topics and to explore or build consensus

• Training Courses– Education and training to provide a

comprehensive and up-to-date review of the science and technology in a specific area

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Main IAEA Activities on HTGRs Technology Development and relevant SMR and MSRs (1/2)

CRPs/Benchmarks/StudiesConcluded in 2018: • Modular High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor

Safety Design (I31026); Reports to follow in 2019

To be concluded in 2019: • HTGRs applications for energy neutral sustainable

comprehensive extraction and mineral products development (T11006 - with NEFW-NFCM)

• HTGR Reactor Physics, Thermal-Hydraulics and Depletion Uncertainty Analysis (I31020)

SMRs: • Development of Approaches, Methods and Criteria

for Determining Technical Basis for EPZ for SMR Deployment (joint project with NS – presented later)

– Second Research Coordination Meeting 27 – 31 May 2019, Beijing, China

• Design and Performance Assessment of Passive Engineered Safety Features in Advanced SMRs.

– 3rd Research Coordination Meeting 3-6 September 2019; Daejeon, Korea

• Technical Working Groups– TWG-GCR Meeting in Vienna, 11-13

Nov 2019– 2nd TWG-SMRs Meeting in Vienna, 8-11

July 2019

• Joint IAEA–GIF activity on mHTGRs Safety Design(proposed)

– Joint IAEA–GIF Technical Meeting on the Safety of High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors; 9-12 December 2019

• Training Courses and Workshops– ICTP-IAEA Workshop Course

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Physics and Technology of Innovative HighTemperature Nuclear Energy Systems14 – 18 October 2019, Trieste, Italy

– eLearning material for HTGRs under development

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Publications• TECDOC on Improving the Understanding of Irradiation-Creep Behaviour in Nuclear

Graphite: Part 1: Models and Mechanisms• TECDOC on Role of Nuclear-Grade Graphite in Controlling Oxidation in Modular High

Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors• TECDOC: “Status of Molten Salt Reactor Technology” under development (~150 pages)

• Consultancy meeting planned for ~Q3 2019

Other Outputs• HTGR Experimental Facilities Information

• TM on Knowledge Preservation for Gas Cooled Reactor Technology and Experimental Facilities (12-14 Nov 2018)

• Under development in coordination with GIF

• IAEA Nuclear Graphite and HTGR Knowledge Base• Contains irradiated graphite data – possibility to share with GIF under discussion• Further enhancement of Knowledge Platform on SharePoint, Taxonomy developed for

the Portal• Prepare to receive the transfer of the Knowledge base and software related to the

closed HTGRs program of the Research Centre Juelich to the IAEA

• Define and support the preparation of the PC-based basic training simulator for modular HTGRs to be donated by INET, Tsinghua University

• Consultancy Meeting on the HTGR Basic Educational Training Simulator Requirements and Development, Vienna, Austria, ~May 2019.

Main IAEA Activities on HTGRs Technology Development and relevant SMR and MSRs (2/2)

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Nuclear Installation Safety (1/2)

• Focused attention to encourage and provide assistance to Member States in the application of the IAEA safety standards– Complete revision of safety guides– Development of associated technical documents and

safety reports– Continuation of CRP on Emergency Planning Zone for

Small Modular Reactor Deployment– Provision of tailored workshops, lectures and training

• Implementation of Technical Safety Review (TSR) services

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Nuclear Installation Safety (2/2)

• Particular actions ongoing and planned to support design safety considerations for new technologies

• GIF participation in IAEA activities very welcome to effectively feed the development and/or necessary launch of IAEA documents

• IAEA pleased to cooperate in defined areas, such as reviewing consistency of GIF documents with IAEA safety standards

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• IAEA Dept. of Safeguards is involved several “Safeguards by Design” discussions with Member States involving advanced designs:– Pyroprocessing technology (USA, ROK)– Pebble bed modular reactor (HTR-PM: China)– “Floating” reactor (KLT-40S: Russia)– Other SMR safeguards support tasks in the works

(USA, Canada, ROK, China, Japan)

Advanced Reactor Safeguards

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Materials from past GIF-IAEA Meetings

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https://www.iaea.org/events/evt1802002

GIF-IAEA Meeting Materials in INIS

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Materials from 13th GIF-IAEA Interface Meetinghttps://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/htgr-kb/gif-iaea

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Thank you!