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Welcome to the FAC2010 website. All FAC specialists of all nuclear power plants and associated entreprises in the world are cordially invited to join us at the event!

Schedule

 

Conference Topics

  • Flow Accelerated Corrosion
  • Piping maintenance
  • FAC prediction software
  • R&D and test loop results
  • Steam-water circuit chemistry related to FAC
  • Non Destructive Examination methods
  • Chromium measurements
  • Operator feed back information



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Conference Language

The official conference language will be English.
Papers, equipments and posters will be presented
in the English language.

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Tuesday, March 18th
2008

Wednesday, March 19th
2008

Thursday, March 20th
2008

7:30 AM

Welcome Breakfast

Welcome Breakfast

8:00 AM

Registration
Welcome Breakfast

Boiler Operational Problems in an AGR Reactor due to Enhanced Iron Transport caused by FAC
G.P. Quirk - British Energy Ltd

The use of Oxygen To Control Flow Accelerated Corrosion
I.S. Woolsey & G.P. Quirk
British Energy Ltd

8:30 AM

Opening words

Fundamental Study on Local Hydraulic Factors affecting FAC
Kimitoshi Yoneda - CRIEPI

Numerical Modeling of Metals Flow Accelerated Corrosion
Andrey Shipkov - SC "Geotherm-EM"

9:00 AM

Operating experience feedback
on Flow Accelerated Corrosion

Patrick Prudhon - WANO

US approach to FAC
Harold M. Crockett - EPRI

How can FAC-software help us managing FAC?
Michel Desmet - Tractebel

9:30 AM

The Erosion -Corrosion Mitigation
outage work in Cofrentes NPP

Carlos Gavilàn - IBERDROLA

Influence of Ethanol amine injection on FAC rate under Simulated PWR Secondary Water
Takuya Fukumura - Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Incorporated

Flow Accelerated Corrosion calculation using BRT CICEROTM 3.0
Stéphane Trevin - EDF DTG

10:00 AM

Novel FAC mitigation Methods in
High Temperature Water

Young Jim KIM
GE Global Research Center

Scientific Basis and Practical Measures to prevent NPP Pipelines and Power Equipments Flow Accelerated Corrosion Damages
Grigory Tomarov - SC "Geotherm-EM"

The NPP Leibstadt Program for the Prevention of Piping Degradation due to Flow Accelerated Corrosion Phenomena
André Zander - Germany

10:30
AM

Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

11:00 AM

Prediction and experimental measurement of Flow Accelerated Corrosion rates of carbon steel feeders under PHWRT PHT Systems conditions
S.V. Narasimhan - BARC Facilities

Low Temperature FAC
Jeffrey S. Horowitz - Sequoia

The contribution of the metallurgical examinations to the damage diagnostic
Rémi Garnier - EDF DTG

11:30
AM

Water Chemistry on secondary circuit. Experience of "Kozloduy NPP" in minimizing Flow Accelerated Corrosion.
Stanimir Stanchev  - Kozloduy NPP

Corrosion Product Management of the Secondary Circuit of NPP Beznau
Hartmut Venz - Nuclear Power Plant Beznau

Flow Accelerated Corrosion inspection planning of pressure vessels in french fossil and nuclear power plant
Romain Bouchacourt - Oakridge

12:00
AM

FAC management at DNMC with
the support of BRT CICERO
Software

Wang Qi - DNMC
Dominique Majorek  EDF

Disclosing the root Cause of Local Wall thinning inside Carbon Steel Components
Kyeng Mo Hwang - Korea Power Engineering Company

FAC Analysis wit the Software Tool COMSY
AREVA NP GmbH - Helmut Nopper

12:30
AM

PHOTO GROUP

Cocktail Lunch

Cocktail Lunch

Cocktail Lunch

2:00
PM

FAC in Conventional Fossil and Combined Cycle HRG Plants
Barry Dooley - Structural Integrity Associates

Influence of Chemistry and temperature on the FAC rate of carbon steel : an example of study done at EDF R&D thanks to the CIROCO loop
Ellen -Mary Pavageau EDF- MM R&D

Evaluation methods for Flow Accelerated Corrosion in Nuclear Power Plants
Uchida Shunsuke - Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation

2:30
PM

Screening Method for Piping Wall Loss by Flow Accelerated Corrosion
Il Soon Hwang - Seoul National University

NDE methods
Riccardo Scottini - Applus RTD

Entrance Effect
Jeffrey S. Horowitz - Sequoia

3:00
PM

Continuous Corrosion Monitoring
at High Temperature Using Ultrasound

John Cuffe -
GE Inspection Technologies

Computed Radiography Applications at US Nuclear Power Plants for Flow Accelerated Corrosion and ASME III Applications
Florida Power and Light Radiography III
AREVA NP, Inc. Radiography Level III

FAC Overview at NEK NPP
Peter Lovrencic - NEK

3:30
PM

Chromium Measurement in Low alloy steel
Thomas Knook - EDF  DTG

Non Destructive Examination of weld root wear
Thomas Knook - EDF DTG

A study on prediction of FAC rates
P. Goyal, R. Rastogi
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
INDIA

4:00
PM

Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

FAC seen from a different angle
Pierre Manu

Conclusions
Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

4:30
PM

FAC Wall Thinning of CANDU
Feeder piping

John C. Jin - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Coffee and Refreshment Breaks
Exhibition visit

Exhibition visit

Lyon guided Tour
meeting point 4:30 pm

5:00
PM

Influence of power uprate on
FAC of the secondary circuit
piping in Czech an Slovak NPPs.

Marek Postler -
Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc.


Exhibition visit


 Lyon guided Tour

5:30
PM


Exhibition visit

6:00
PM


Exhibition visit

8:00
PM

Cruise Gala Dinner



 

 

 

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