Technical Program

PLENARY SESSIONS

• BEPU Methodologies: Historical Remarks and Regulatory Requirements
  • Deterministic Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants: IAEA Strategy and Approach, G. Rzentkowski (IAEA, Austria)
  • Historical Perspective of BEPU Methods,
    H. Glaeser (Consultant, Germany)
• BEPU Methodologies and V&V Process
  • Scaling Issue and BEPU, Milorad Dzodzo (Westinghouse, USA)
  • On the Scalability of Validation Data for BEPU Analysis,
    Chul-Hwa Song (KAERI, Sud Corea)
• BEPU in Thermal-Hydraulics: Current issues, Challenges and Future Perspectives
  • Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Core Thermal-hydraulics Sub-Channel Modeling and Simulation,
    Maria Avramova (NCSU, USA)
• BEPU Methods and Results for GEN-IV & Other New Designs
  • Uncertainty analysis and modeling for HTGR,
    Gerhard Strydom (INL,USA)

PANEL DISCUSSION SESSIONS

• 3D Challenges for TH System Codes
  Christophe Herer (IRSN,France) - Moderator
  A. Bousbia (BELV,Belgio)
  V. Parrinello (NINE,Italy)
  P. Fillon (CEA,France)
  S. Krepel (USNRC,USA)
• SAPIUM - Good Practices for Thermal Hydraulic Codes Model Input Uncertainty Quantification
  J. Baccou (IRSN,France) - Moderator
  J. Zhang (Tractebel,Belgium) - Moderator
  P. Fillion (CEA,France)
  A. Petruzzi (NINE,Italy)
  R. Mendizábal (CSN,Spain)
  T. Skorek (GRS,France)
• Validation Guidance and Needs
  E. Ivanov (IRSN) - Moderator
  T. Valentine (ORNL,USA)
  K. Ivanov (NCSU,USA)
  A. Petruzzi (NINE,Italy)
  U. Rohatgi (BNL,USA)
• Development of BEPU for Supporting Industry and Utilities
  C. Frepoli (FPoliSolutions,USA) - Moderator
  A. Petruzzi (NINE,Italy)
  C. Delfino (Kairos,USA)
• BEPU and Severe Accidents
  L.Herranz (CIEMAT, Spain) - Moderator

CONFERENCE SESSIONS & KEYNOTES

• A.    BEPU METHODOLOGY: TECHNICAL
         AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
  • A1. Licensing and Regulatory Requirements for BEPU
  • A2. V&V and BEPU
  • A3. Scaling Issue and BEPU
  • A4. Experimental Measurement Uncertainties and BEPU
  
  
• B.    BEPU METHODOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT
  • B1. Statistical Methods for BEPU Analysis
  • B2. Bayesian Methods for BEPU Analysis
  • B3. Hybrid Methods for BEPU Analysis
  • B4. Sensitivity Methods as supporting tools for BEPU Analysis
  • B5. Methods for Quantification of Input Uncertainty Parameters
    
  
  
• C.    BEPU FOR MULTIPHYSICS AND MULTISCALE APPLICATIONS
  
  • C1. Thermal-Hydraulics (including I&C simulators) and Reactor Physics
  • C2. Reactor Physics and Fuel Performance
  • C3. Thermal-Hydraulics, Reactor Physics and Fuel Performance
  • C4. Role of CFD and/or Structural Mechanics for MP&MS BEPU
  • C5. BEPU Challenges for MP&MS Applications including Numerical Issues
  • C6. Best-Estimate and Uncertainty Evaluation for Design Extension Condition (DEC) including Severe Accidents
  
  
• D.    BEPU APPLICATIONS IN SAFETY ANALYSIS
         AND LICENSING FRAMEWORK
  • D1. Light Water Reactors (PWR, WWER and BWR)
  • D2. Heavy Water Reactors (CANDU, PHWR)
  • D3. Small Modular Reactors
  • D4.Priorities for BEPU Deployment for Current Plant Operation and Licensing Applications
    
    
• E.    OTHER BEPU APPLICATION RESULTS
  • E1. BEPU Applications for Single Physics - Thermal-hydraulics
  • E2. BEPU Applications for Single Physics - Reactor Physics
  • E3. BEPU Applications for Single Physics - Fuel Performance
  • E4. BEPU Methods and Results for Passive System Applications
  • E5. BEPU Methods and Results for GEN-IV & Other New Designs
  • E6. BEPU Methods and Results for Design Extension Conditions
  • E7. BEPU Methods and Results for Research Reactor
  • E8. BEPU Methods and Results for Simulator Applications
  
  
• F.    RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS FOR
         DEVELOPING FUTURE BEPU METHODOLOGIES
  • F1. International Program Findings and Recommendations for BEPU
  • F2. BEPU Requirements from Multi-physics and Multi-scale Simulations
  • F3. Demonstration of Practical Elimination of Accident Consequences
  • F4. Reactor Safety Margins Assessment for External Hazards
  • F5. Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Non-Nuclear Disciplines

Technical Program Under Finalization