7thEERRI Research Reactor Group Fellowship

Program

30.9.2013 to 8.11.2013

WEEK 1
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-16h
Break as required / Location
Monday
30.9.2013 / Administrative Procedures / Introduction to the IAEA / IAEA
Tuesday
1.10.2013 /
  • Pre-test
  • Visit to ATI including the reactor
/ Public information / communication / ATI
Wednesday
2.10.2013 / Radiation detection & protection - theory 1 / Radiation detection & protection - theory 2 / ATI
Thursday
3.10.2013 / Reactor Physics of RRs 1 / Reactor Physics or RRs 2 / ATI
Friday
4.10.2013 /
  • Prompt Criticality – demonstration
  • Demonstration of fuel handling out of core
/ Test and discussion week 1 / ATI
WEEKEND / VIENNA
WEEK 2
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-16h
Break as required / Location
Monday
7.10.2013 / Neutron flux and distribution measurement at RRs -1 / Neutron flux and distribution measurement at RRs - 1 / ATI
Tuesday
8.10.2013 / Short Overview of Research Reactors types / Short Overview of NPP types / ATI
Wednesday
9.10.2013 / Calibration of control rods, measurement of reactivity worth and excess reactivity / Power calibration and temperature coefficient or reactivity / ATI
Thursday
10.10.2013 / I&C systems of nuclear reactors / Demonstration of I&C Detectors, Test week 2 / ATI
Friday
11.10.2013 / Excursion Austrian National Waste Storage or Zwentendorf / Test and discussion week 2 / ATI
WEEKEND / VIENNA
WEEK 3
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-16h
Break as required / Location
Monday
14.10.2013 / Introduction to Reactor Physics / Introduction to reactor calculations - exercises / IJS at ATI
Tuesday
15.10.2013 / RR reactor physics parameters and models / Introduction to computer codes – transport codes (WIMS) / IJS at ATI
Wednesday
16.10.2013 / Calculation of RR safety parameters / Introduction to computer codes - - diffusion (TRIGLAV) / IJS at ATI
Thursday
17.10.2013 / Computer codes - - diffusion (TRIGLAV - Burn-up calculations and core optimization) / Introduction to computer codes – Monte Carlo code (MCNP) / IJS at ATI
Friday
18.10.2013 / Questions and problems from the participants / Questions and problems from the participants
Test and discussion on week 3 / IJS at ATI
WEEKEND / Transfer from Vienna to Prague
WEEK 4
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-16h
Break as required / Location
Monday
21.10.2013 / Visit of the VR-1 Reactor / Neutron detection / CTU
Tuesday
22.10.2013 / Safety Analysis Report of RR / Reactor kinetics & dynamics 1 -
study of delay neutrons
Experiments & practical training / CTU
Wednesday
23.10.2013 / Operational limits and conditions / Reactor kinetics & dynamics 2 -
reactor in different operation states (crit, subcrit, supercrit with/without external neutron source, periodical react. changes)
Experiments & practical training / CTU
Thursday
24.10.2013 / Thermal hydraulics - 1 / Thermal hydraulics - 2 / CTU
Friday
25.10.2013 / Reactivity measurement methods at RR / Test and discussion on week 4 / CTU
WEEKEND / PRAGUE
WEEK 5
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-17h
Break as required / Location
Monday
28.10.2013 / Security and safeguards at RR / Critical experiment / CTU
Tuesday
29.10.2013 / RR maintenance and in-
service inspections / Radiation protection – 4 Practical course in personal & environmental monitoring / CTU
Wednesday
30.10.2013 /
  • I&C Systems of nuclear reactor
  • Demonstration & practical exercises in RR start-up and operation - 3
/ RR utilization 1 -
Education and training, Training of RR operating personnel / CTU
Thursday
31.10.2013 / RR utilization 2 -
Beam experiments, NAA & neutron science / RR utilization 3 -
Isotope production, material & fuel testing / CTU
Friday
1.11.2013 /
  • Emergency preparedness and emergency exercises
  • Quality assurance at research reactor
/ Test and discussion on week 5 / CTU
WEEKEND / PRAGUE
WEEK 6
Day / Morning
9-12h,
20 min Coffee / Afternoon
13-17h
Break as required / Location
Monday
4.11.2013 / RR utilization in practice
at LVR15 RR, hot cells & beam hall / RR utilization in practice
at LVR15 RR, hot cells & beam hall / NRI
Tuesday
5.11.2013 / RR utilization in practice
at LVR15 RR, hot cells & beam hall / RR Waste & spent fuel management in practice at a research reactor - LVR-15 RR / NRI
Wednesday
6.11.2013 / Water chemistry in practice at a research reactor - LVR-15 /
  • Final test
  • Final discussion of Czech part of the course
  • Transfer from Prague to Vienna
/ NRI+CTU
Thursday
7.11.2013 / IAEA & Regulatory requirements for safe operation of RR / Code of Conduct for RR / IAEA
Friday
8.11.2013 / Final course discussion / Course evaluation & course certificate / IAEA
WEEKEND / DEPARTURE