Working Group on Integrity of Components and Structures (IAGE)
Ageing management of thick-walled concrete structures, including in-service inspections maintenance and repair, instrumentation methods and safety assessment in view of long-term operation
Prague, Czech Republic
1-3 October 2008
The workshop will include an introductory session, technical sessions devoted to technical presentations by participants on the topics outlined below and a final session. The final session will summarise the discussions and develop conclusions and recommendations for possible further actions by the CSNI. All the participants are expected to take part in the discussion and in the formulation of conclusions in the final session.
Papers and case studies addressing the following issues are welcomed. Several sessions with ample time for discussion will be organised accordingly on these topics:
- plant life management and
plant life extension
(PLiM/PLEX) of containment structures;
- identification, analysis and prediction of long-term performance of containment structures;
- non-destructive testing of concrete structures;
- instrumentation;
- probabilistic, reliability and performance-based approaches to lifetime assessment;
- operational experience feedback;
- confirmation of containment leak tightness and margins;
- identification, analysis and modelling of ageing effects and degradation;
- measurement, analysis and prediction of pre-stress loss.
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
08:00 Registration
09:00 Opening Session
Chairs: Ladislav Pecinka (CSN)
Alejandro Huerta (OECD/NEA)
09:00 Welcome Address
NRI Rez
09:15 Introduction & Objectives of the Workshop
A. Huerta (OECD/NEA)
09:25 Practical Information
L. Pecinka (NRI Rez)
09:30 Invited Lecture –
To be confirmed
10:15 Session 1 – Ageing Management of Concrete Structures
Chairs: Behnaz Aghili (SSM)
Paolo Contri (EC JRC)
10:15 Ageing Management of CANDU Concrete Buildings
K. Philopose and F. Gregor (AECL)
10:45 Development on the Integrated Aging Management System for Safety-Related Structures
Y-C Song, M-S Cho (KEPRI)
J-S Lee, J-H Lee (Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Plant Life Management of the ACR-1000 Concrete Containment Structure
H. H. Abrishami, R. Ricciuti and M. Elgohary (AECL)
12:15 Repair Techniques and Materials for the Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures
R. Cullen (Kinectrics Inc)
12:45 Session 1 Panel Discussion
13:15 Lunch Break
14:30 Session 2 – Testing and Safety Assessment
Chairs: Jean Mathieu Rambach (IRSN)
Kenta Hibino (JNES)
14:30 PACE 1450 EXP an Experimental Setup to Study the Mechanical Behaviour of a Standard Zone of Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Containment
N. Herrmann, D. Kiefer, L. Gerlach (MPA Karlsruhe)
C. Niklasch (Züblin AG)
C. Bento, S. Michel-Ponnelle (EDF R&D)
15:00 Structural Assessment of Thick Concrete Shear Walls Compared to Test Data
J. Nie, J. Braverman and C. Hofmayer (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
S. Ali and J. Xu (USNRC)
15:30 Ageing of Concrete Considered in the Safety Evaluation of a Nuclear Containment Structures
V. Gocevski (Hydro-Québec)
16:00 Evaluation of Concrete Structures for Radioactive Waste Storage
J. Milman, T. S. Aziz, J. K. Biswas, R. Janzen (AECL)
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00 Structural Analysis of Prestress Concrete Containment Building Considering Prestressing Loss of Tendon
H. Lee (Korea Electric Power Research Institute)
17:30 New Experimental Facility on WWER Tendons Tests
J. Zdarek (NRI Rez)
18:00 Session 2 Panel Discussion
18:30 End of Day 1
Thursday, 2 October 2008
09:00 Session 3 – Non Destructive Examination
Chairs: Luc De Marneffe (Tractebel)
Valérie L’Hostis (CEA)
09:00 Invited Lecture –
To be confirmed
09:45 Experimental Results of Impact Echo Method Applied to Model of NPP Concrete Structures
P. Stulík (NRI Rez)
10:15 Using Half-Cell Potential Measurement to Assess the Severity of Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete Structures in Gentilly-2 Reactor Building
S. Picard, (Gentilly-2 NPP)
10:45 GPR Applicability to Thick Wall Concrete Structure Inspection – Experiences Gained from both, Experimental Studies and Workaday Measurements
J. Štainbruch (INSET s.r.o.)
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Recent Advances in Seismic Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Plate Like Structures
N. Ryden (Lund University), A. Kristensen (FORCE Technology) and
O. Jovall (Scanscot Technology)
12:15 Non Destructive Identification of Rebar Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete Structures
V. L’Hostis, S. Charles (CEA Saclay),
V. Bouteiller (Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées) and
C. Brunet (EDF-SEPTEN)
12:45 Numerical Simulation of the Impact-Echo Diagnostic Method Applied on Thick-Walled Concrete Structures of NPP
S. Morávka (University of West Bohemia)
13:15 Lunch Break
14:30 Ultrasonic Imaging in Concrete
O. Paris, G. Ribay (CEA Saclay) and J. M. Rambach (IRSN)
15:00 Experimental Stend of Nuclear Research Institute Rez PLC for Qualification of In-Service Inspection Techniques
L. Pečínka, P. Cikrle, D. Svoboda (NRI Rez)
15:30 Finite Element based Evaluation of Seismic Non-Destructive Tests on Concrete Containment Walls
N. Ryden (Lund University), O. Jovall (Scanscot Technology) and
A. Kristensen (FORCE Technology)
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Non-Destructive Validation of Concrete Structures - How do you Assess the Quality of Concrete without Destructive Testing?
I. Peeze Bikhorts (KEMA)
17:00 Session 3 Panel Discussion
17:30 End of Day 2
20:00 Workshop Official Dinner
Friday, 3 October 2008
09:00 Session 4 – Conditioning Monitoring
Chairs: Homayoun Abrishami (AECL)
Ettienne Gallitre (EDF)
09:00 Invited Lecture –
To be confirmed
09:45 The CANDU 6 Containment Leak Tightness and the Contribution of an Elastic Liner to its Service Life Extension
C. Seni (Mattec Engineering Ltd.)
10:15 EDF reactor building containment: monitoring of the prestressed concrete structure.
N. Badez (EDF-DTG)
10:45 Concrete Technology Programme for Nuclear Power Plants
L. Wrangensten (Elforsk) and M. Hassanzadeh (Vattenfall Research and Development)
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Ageing Management of EDF NPP Concrete Structures: from the Theory to the Reality
E. Gallitre and C. Brunet (EDF-SEPTEN)
12:15 In Service Inspection of Concrete Structures in Belgian NPP
L. de Marneffe (Tractebel Engineering), Y. Merckx (Electrabel), M. Sonville (Tractebel Engineering), and R. Lasudry (Tractebel Engineering)
12:45 Lunch Break
14:00 Life Assessment of CANDU Reactor Building Containment Structures
J. Milman , T.S. Aziz, and J. K. Biswas (AECL)
14:30 Measured Loss of Prestress in 30-year-old Concrete Structures
P. Lundqvist (Lund University) and P. Anderson (Scanscot Technology)
15:30 Session 4 Panel Discussion
16:00 Final Session - Conclusions, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations from the Workshop
Chairs: Syed Ali (NRC)
Ladislav Pecinka (NRI Rez)
16:00 Synthesis of Topic 1 Conclusions
(To be named later)
16:10 Synthesis of Topc 2 Conclusions
(To be named later)
16:20 Synthesis of Topic 3 Conclusions
(To be named later)
16:30 Synthesis of Topic 4 Conclusions
(To be named later)
16:40 General Discussion - Conclusions, Lessons Learnt, and Recommendations
17:15 Closing Remarks
A. Huerta (OECD/NEA)
17:15 End of Workshop
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