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OECD Halden Reactor Project
Dr. Margaret A. McGrath Project Manager, OECD Halden Reactor Project
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OECD Halden Reactor Project
• International collaborative research for the safe and reliable
operation of Nuclear Power Plants
• Affiliated to the OECD NEA in Paris
• Performed and managed by the Institute for
Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway
• Governed by the Halden Agreement
• First signed in 1958 (renewed every 3 years)
• 3-year joint research program
• MTO and nuclear Fuels and Materials projects
• Jointly funded by the membership
• 19 countries including Norway
• >100 organizations (utilities, vendors, TSOs, R&D centres, licensing authorities)
• Budget for 2015-2017 is 413.8 MNOK (~45 MEUR)
• Norway contributes 36% of HRP budget
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AGREEMENT
ON THE OECD HALDEN
REACTOR PROJECT
COVERING THE PERIOD
1st JANUARY 2015 TO
31st DECEMBER 2017
NEA Workshop NI2025, 7-8 July, 2015
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HSE Brit S. Farstad
Administration Jørgen Lundberg
President Eva Sandanger Dugstad
Dep. President
Atle Valseth
IFE BOARD Auke Lont (Chairman)
Petroleum Technology Tore Bjerkelund Gimse
Man Technology
Organisation (MTO) Jon Kvalem
Isotope Laboratories Bente Tange Harbø
Nuclear Technology,
Physics and Safety (NFS) Atle Valseth
Energy and Environmental
Technology Arve Holt
IFE is an independent research foundation with 600 employees, located in Halden and Kjeller (Oslo)
IFE’s mission is to carry out experiment-based R&D within the energy sector
Halden Reactor
Project Manager Margaret McGrath
NEA Workshop NI2025, 7-8 July, 2015
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Materials Safety Research
Halden Boiling Water Reactor Design Office, Workshops, Hotlabs,
(and JEEP II reactor) Fuel fabrication labs (U, Pu, Th) oxide
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• 20 MW heavy water reactor (34 bar,
235oC) fuelled with 6 wt% “BWR fuel”
• 11 loop systems enable testing under LWR
and PHWR conditions
• 80-100 positions in the core for fuel
assemblies – up to 35 simultaneous tests
• Instrumentation provides data on
performance of nuclear fuels and
materials under normal, transient and
accident conditions (dry-out & LOCA)
• HRP budget covers ~40% of total cost of
operations (incl. all auxiliary infrastructure)
The Halden Reactor (HBWR)
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1% FGR release onset
HRP Fuels Tests – operational margins
• Fuel performance
• Fission gas release
• Thermo-mechanical behaviour
• Comparing different fuel types
• Cladding performance
• Clad strain (PCMI) and failure (PCI-SCC)
• Clad creep, growth, corrosion, hydriding
• Comparing different cladding types
• Safety criteria
• Fuel rod behaviour under LOCA conditions
• Code validation and development
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HRP Materials Tests – plant ageing
• IASCC crack initiation and growth rate
• Environment
• Stress
• Microstructure
H2 addition
• Stress relaxation
• Temperature, flux, fluence
• Alloy types
• (Accelerated concrete ageing in JEEP II)
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Members Organizations in 19 countries
Owner IFE Norway Execution Operation Liabilities
Halden Board of Management (HBM)
Halden Program Group (HPG)
OECD NEA
MTO Research Program
Jon Kvalem
Halden Project Management Margaret McGrath – Project Manager Jon Kvalem – Deputy Project Manager
Fuels and Materials Research Program
Margaret McGrath
Reactor, Labs & Workshops
MTO labs
Halden Board meetings, Halden Program Group meetings, Country visits, Secondees Enlarged Halden Program Group Meeting, Summer schools, Seminars, Workshops
Organization of the Halden Reactor Project
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• Norway: IFE Inst. for Energy Technology • Belgium: SCK/CEN Nuclear Research Centre • Czech Rep: UJV Rez Nuclear Research Inst. • Denmark: DTU Technical University • EU JRC: ITU Transuranium Inst. • Finland: TYÖ Ministry of Employment & Economy • France:
• EDF Electricity of France • IRSN Inst. for Radiological Protection
• CEA Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission • Germany: GRS Global Research for Safety • Hungary: MTA EK Centre for Energy Research • Japan
• NRA Nuclear Regulation Authority
• JAEA Atomic Energy Agency
• CRIEPI Central Research Inst. of Electric Power Industry
• MNF Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel
• Kazakhstan: Atomic Company KAZATOMPROM • Korea: KAERI Atomic Energy Research Inst. • Russia: JSC TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM • Slovakia: VUJE Nuclear Power Plant Research
Inst. • Spain: CIEMAT Centre for Energy Environment
and Technology • Sweden: SSM Radiation Safety Authority • Switzerland: ENSI Nuclear Safety Inspectorate • United Arab Emirates: FANR Authority for
Nuclear Regulation • UK: NNL National Nuclear Laboratory • USA:
• NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• GNF Global Nuclear Fuel
• Westinghouse Electric Power Company
• EPRI Electric Power Research Inst.
• DOE Department of Energy
Most countries have a consortium of organizations represented by a main Signatory to Halden Agreement
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International co-operation for increased nuclear power
reactor safety and improved economics
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