Mattias ThuvanderOctober 2017

2017 Highlights in the Nuclear Power Area

10/16/2017 Chalmers 2

• The current Master’s Programme “Nuclear Science and Technology” will terminate (too few students)• Last students started 2017 and will finish 2019• Seven students started 2017

Education

10/16/2017 Chalmers 3

• A new Maser’s Programme is under development• Nuclear Science (not so focused on nuclear energy)

• MEET-CINCH (Cooperation in Education in Nuclear Chemistry)• EU project (Teodora Retegan)

Education

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• Lovisa Bauhn: The Interaction of Dissolved Hydrogen with -radiolyticOxidants during Nuclear Fuel Dissolution

• Marcus Hedberg: Production and Characterization of ZrN and PuNMaterials for Nuclear Fuel Applications

• Ivan Kajan: Transport and Containment Chemistry of Ruthenium under Severe Accident Conditions in a Nuclear Power Plant

• Klas Jareteg: Development of Fine-Mesh Methodologies for CoupledCalculations in Light Water Reactors (SKC)

• Alberto Ghione: Assessment and Improvements of Thermal-HydraulicCorrelations and Methods for the Analysis of the Jules Horowitz Reactor

Research – PhD-Theses

10/16/2017 Chalmers 5

• Aneta Sajdova: Accident Tolerant Uranium Nitride

Research – Licentiate-Theses (SKC)

10/16/2017 Chalmers 6

• Development of a Clad Stress Predictor for PCI Surveillance using Neural Networks, Otto Gärdin• Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Method in 2 Energy Groups, Sebastian Carbol• Numerical Analysis of Hyperbolic Multi-Phase Flow Using Entropy Stable Schemes, Michael

Johansson• Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Lovisa Westlund Gotby• Application of Deterministic Codes for Transient Analyses in Accelerator Driven Systems, Jessica

Lybark• Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Nuclear Reactor Noise Simulations, Huaiqian Yi• Development of a Test Suite for Verification & Validation of OpenFOAM, Simon Persson• Study of Barium and Radium Complex Formation with EDTA in Alkaline Sodium Chloride Media,

Niklas Hansson• RELAP5 to TRACE Model Conversion for a Pressurized Water Reactor, Frederico Lòpez-Ceròn

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Master Theses

The list may not be complete

10/16/2017 Chalmers 7

• GEN IV Integrated Oxide Fuels Recycling Strategies• One PhD-student at Chalmers

EU-project launched July 2017 (Coordinated by CEA)Project leader at Chalmers: Christian Ekberg

GENIORS

CORe monitoring Techniques and EXperimental validation and demonstration – EU funding (5 M€)

CORTEX

Project coordinator: Christophe Demazière (Paolo Vinai)• 2017-2021• 20 partners

Goal: develop neutron noise-based core monitoring techniques for on-line/off-line early identification and characterization of anomalies in operating reactors

Deterministic Reactor Modelling

Task force tackling the modelling of complex systems from an

integrated viewpoint (taking multi-physics and multi-scale aspects into

account)

Project leader: Christophe Demazière• Div. Subatomic and Plasma Physics• Div. Fluid Dynamics• Dept. Mathematical Sciences• Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre Neutron transport

Thermal-hydraulicsNumerical methodsFluid dynamicsHeat transfer

Ending projects• DREAM4SAFER: Development of Revolutionary and Accurate

Methods for Safety Analyses of Future and Existing Reactors – VR funding on strategic energy research

• DEMO-JHR: DEterministic MOdeling of the Jules Horowitz Reactor –VR funding on nuclear energy research

• FIRE: FIne mesh deterministic REactor modelling – SKC funding• X-TREAM: neXt generation numerical Techniques for deterministic

REActor Modelling – NORTHNET funding

New projects• HYBRID: Development of Hybrid Neutron Transport Methods and Data

Visualization Tools – NKS funding• ESFR-SMART: European Sodium Fast Reactor Safety Measures

Assessment and Research Tools – EU funding• Coordinated by PSI, 19 partners

Some other highlights

• Hosted International Nuclear Chemistry Congress (INCC)• August, 150 participants• Sponsored by Westinghouse, SKB and Gammadata

• Book chapters in Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy

10/16/2017 Chalmers 15

• Nuclear Chemistry• 3 PhD-students and 2 Post-docs

• Subatomic and Plasma Physics• 1 PhD-student and 1 Post-doc (Cortex)

• Materials Microstructure• 1 PhD-student (WSE, Vattenfall, OKG, EPRI)

• Advanced Non-destructive Testing• 2 PhD-students (SSM, Inspecta, DEKRA, WesDyne, Force)

New recruitmentsResearch