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<strong>atw</strong> Vol. 60 (<strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong>) | Issue 1 ı January AMNT <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> 38 Plenary Session Tuesday ı May 5 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Welcome and Opening Address Dr. Ralf Güldner, President of DAtF, Germany Policy German Energiewende and European Energy Market – Risk or Opportunity? Thorsten Herdan, Head of the Department Energy Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany International Developments Representative of EU Member State Economy E.ON’s Strategy: Managing Regulation and Political Uncertainty Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Birnbaum, Member of the Board of Management – Markets, Services, E.ON SE, Germany Vattenfall’s Visions Concerning Climate Policy and the Place of Nuclear Mats Ladeborn, Head of Nuclear Power Development, Vattenfall AB, Sweden Long-Term Stability and Profitability in Electricity Generation Jacek Cichosz, Vicepresident and Member of the Board, PGE EJ1, Poland Communications Pragmatism and Ideology: Opinion Shaping in Nuclear Ann S. Bisconti, PhD, President, Bisconti Research, Inc., USA Why Miracles Come From Nuclear? Nuclear Communications Beyond Energy Dr. John Barrett, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Association, Canada Waste Management Re-Start of the Selection Process for a HAW Final Repository in Germany – a Snapshot of the Status-Quo Key Note: Ursula Heinen-Esser, Chairperson of the Commission “Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste Materials”, German Bundestag Panel • Ursula Heinen-Esser, Chairperson of the Commission • Prof. Dr. Dirk Bosbach, Director of the Institute of Energy and Climate Research IEK-6: Nuclear Waste Management and Reactor Safety, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH • Jochen Stay, Spokesperson of anti-nuclear organisation .ausgestrahlt • Dr. Hannes Wimmer, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH, Germany Moderator: (Tba) Competence From Enhanced Safety to Advanced Designs Panel • Yves Brachet, PhD, President EMEA Region, Westinghouse Electric Company, Belgium • Nick Hanigan, Director of Waste Management and Decommissioning National Nuclear Laboratory, UK • Stefan vom Scheidt, CEO AREVA GmbH, Germany • Tba, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), China Moderator: Chairperson KTG (tba), Germany Outlook AMNT 2<strong>01</strong>6 Chairperson KTG (tba) Social Evening All contributions translated simultaneously in English/German. The DAtF-President and the KTG-Chairperson will lead through the programme. Key Topic Outstanding Know-How & Sustainable Innovations Focus Session Implementing New Safety Requirements in Europe Wednesday ı May 6 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Coordinators: Dr. Christian Raetzke, CONLAR Consulting on Nuclear Law, Licensing and Regulation, Germany The revision of the EU Nuclear Safety Directive has been adopted by the Council. WENRA will complete the revision of its Reference Levels by 2<strong>01</strong>4. The IAEA is pursuing a number of post-Fukushima actions and programmes. These developments and their impact on design and operation of nuclear installations will be presented and discussed by high-level speakers from relevant institutions and companies. The Revised EU Nuclear Safety Directive Massimo Garribba, European Commission, Luxembourg The Revision of WENRA Reference Levels and their Implementation by WENRA Regulators Dr. Hans Wanner, ENSI (Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat), Switzerland IAEA Activities Concerning Nuclear Safety After the Fukushima Accident Gustavo Caruso, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria The Revision of the German Regulations in the Light of Developments in the EU and Worldwide Tba, Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit GRS mbH, Germany (tbc) The Impact of New Safety Requirements on the Operation of Existing Installations in the Czech Republic Milan Sýkora, CEZ, a. s., Czech Republic The Impact of New Safety Requirements on the Design of New Nuclear Power Plants in the EU on the Example of EPR Jürgen Wirkner, AREVA GmbH, Germany Topical Session Nuclear Know-How Beyond Power Generation Wednesday ı May 6 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Coordinator: Dr. Stefan Nießen, AREVA GmbH, Germany FRM II: Neutrons for Industrial and Medical Applications Dr. Anton Kastenmüller, Technische Universität München, Germany Thermohydraulic Codes Applied to Wind Power and Combustion Engines Prof. Dr. Andreas Class, Karlsruher Institute of Technology, Germany Radioisotope Battery Technology in Space Marie-Claire Perkinson, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), United Kingdom Dr. Richard Ambrosi, University of Leicester, United Kingdom Gamma Irradiation an Indispensable Tool for Sterilization Reiner Eidenberger, Synergy Health Allershausen GmbH, Germany Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM): A Comparison Between Geothermal Energy, Fracking and Uranium Mining Overburden Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schäfer, Karlsruher Institute of Technology, Germany Industry Applications of Nuclear Safety Based Non-Destructive Examination Technology Friedrich Mohr, iNDT GmbH, Germany AMNT <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Programme

<strong>atw</strong> Vol. 60 (<strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong>) | Issue 1 ı January Topical Session CFD Simulations for Reactor Safety Relevant Objectives Thursday ı May 7 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Coordinator: Dr. Andreas Schaffrath, Martina Scheuerer, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit GRS mbH, Germany This session demonstrates the progress as well as its potential for their application regulatory practice. Current developments, examples (e.g. flow in PWR fuel assemblies, vortex formation at pump inlets, condensation induced water hammer, containment flows) and future needs are presented by worldwide leading technical experts in this area. CFD Application in Nuclear Reactor Safety Martina Scheuerer, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit GRS mbH, Germany Current Developments in CFD Codes Dr. Thomas Frank, ANSYS/ MFBU – Mechanical-Fluids Business Unit, Germany LES Analysis of Flow in a Simplified PWR Assembly with Mixing Grid Dr. Ulrich Bieder, CEA/Centre de SACLAY, France Modelling of Passive Auto-Catalytic Recombiner Operational Behaviour with the Coupled REKODIREKT-CFX Approach Dr. Stephan Kelm, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany Investigation of Surface Vortex Formation at Pump Intakes in PWR Peter Pandazis, Dr. Andreas Schaffrath, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit GRS mbH, Dr. Frank Blömeling, TÜV NORD SysTec GmbH & Co. KG, Germany CFD Simulations of Condensation Induced Water Hammer Dr. Sabin Ceuca (tbc), Technische Universität München, Germany CFD Simulations of Containment Flows Dr. Ed Komen (tbc), NRG, The Netherlands CFD for Two-Phase Flows: Status, Recent Trends and Future Needs Dr. Dirk Lucas, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Prof. Dr. Eckhart Laurien, University of Stuttgart, Germany Technical Session Reactor Physics, Thermo and Fluid Dynamics Topical Neutron Kinetics and Thermal Hydraulic Developments and Applications Wednesday ı May 6 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Chair: Dr. Birgit Wortmann, STEAG Energy Services GmbH, Germany The Use of Neutron Fluence Analyses as Verification of Reactor Pressure Vessel Shielding Design Lars Ackermann, AREVA GmbH, Germany Validation of MCNP for Skyshine Calculation Luc Schlomer, WTI GmbH, Germany VENUS 7: A Recent Evaluation for the IRPhE Handbook Dr. Winfried Zwermann, Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Germany Nuclear Data Uncertainty Analysis With Perturbation Theory and Random Sampling Dr. Winfried Zwermann, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Germany Depletion Calculations for a Fast Spectrum Fuel Assembly Alexander Aures, Gesellschaft fur Anlagenund Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Germany Neutronic Modeling of a PWR Konvoi Type Reactor Using PARCS With Few Group Cross Section Generated With SCALE and SERPENT Joaquin Ruben Basualdo Perello, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Monte Carlo Neutronics Investigations of VVER-1000 Fuel Assemblies Luigi Mercatali, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology, Germany Fundamentals of Heat Removal Accuracy ans Application Limits of Analytical and Numerical Calculation Methods: Examples from Nuclear Applications Dr. Andre Leber, WTI GmbH, Germany Technical Session Know-How, New Build and Innovations Innovative Concepts in Nuclear Technology Thursday ı May 7 th <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Chair: Dr. Dietrich Knoche, Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Germany Advanced Reactor Concepts and Sustainable Nuclear Energy Strategy –Russian Trends Dr. Andrey Gagarinskiy, National Research Centre, Russia On the Use of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor for Transmutation Fulfilling the Requests of the Nuclear Phase Out Decision Dr. Bruno Merk, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany Modeling SFR Diagrid Expansion Reactivity Feedback by Coordinate Transformation of the Diffusion Equation Dr. Armin Seubert, Gesellschaft fur Anlagenund Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Germany AREVA‘s Worldwide Contributions to Safety Improvement Marina Welker, AREVA GmbH, Germany AREVA‘s Alternative Way for Spare Parts Management Ulrich Kizak, AREVA GmbH, Germany Development of a Moderator System for a High-Brilliant Cold and Thermal Neutron Source Jan Philipp DabruckRWTH Aachen University, Germany Regulatory and Computerised Improvements Chair: Dr. Matthias Lamm, AREVA GmbH, Germany Training in a Plant Modernization Project Christof Pudelko, AREVA GmbH, Germany Supports for Equipment Components and Piping of Nuclear Power Plants: Advances in the Russian Regulatory Basis Dr. Yury Spirochkin Engineering Center of Nuclear Equipment Strength, Russia Design of Nuclear Building Structures and Components With Respect to Service Life and Reliability Dr. Rudiger Meiswinkel, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Assessment of Containment Reinforced Concrete Structures Exposed to the Accidental Flooding by Using Abaqus FEA- Software: Solutions and Lessons-Learned Ulf Ricklefs, Welstinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Germany Thermal and Mechanical Design of the Plasma Core CXRS Diagnostics of the ITER Nuclear Fusion Reactor Frank Giese, WTI GmbH, Germany AMNT <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> 39 AMNT <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> Programme