Day 1
09:00 - 17 November 2015
09:00 COFFEE & REGISTRATION
09:30 CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS
Ron Pratt, Specialist Engineering Consultant, Pöyry Energy Ltd
CURRENT ISSUES
09:45 Update From The National Nuclear Ventilation Forum
John Keeton, Principal Engineer, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
• Update on the NNVF activities
• New documents issued for comment or approved
• Current Topics under discussion and NNVF Website
10:15 Gaseous Waste Monitoring: A Regulators Perspective
Matthew Emptage, Nuclear Site Regulator, Environment Agency
• The determinants and parameters that operators have to measure, focusing on radionuclides and volumetric flow;
• The design requirements to assure representative sampling;
• The techniques and methods that are required for representative monitoring
• Assuring the quality of monitoring data through site inspection, including operator monitoring appraisal (oma), and our monitoring certification scheme (mcerts)
10:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
11:15 Fire Testing Of Ventilation Systems
James Lavender, Principle Fire Engineer, Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Stephen Howard, Business Group Manager, Building Research Establishment (BRE)
• Fire stopping: Fire testing of nuclear ventilation systems, ductwork and dampers
• Requirements of the building regulations
• Design considerations for systems with both ducts and dampers
• Installation issues and BS EN 1366
11:45 Regulatory Standards And Expectations
Colin Tait, Principal Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation
12:15 BIM - The True Value Of BIM In Operation
Joanna Harris, Principal Consultant in the Sustainable Construction Group, BSRIA
• Understand the essence of BIM
• How BIM relates to operations
• What to do next
12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH
FILTRATION
13:45 HEPA Filters For The UK Nuclear Industry
David Ginn, Manager, MCA Filtration and Mark Bamford, Manager, MCA Filtration
• Records of HEPA Filters manufactured and sold
• User Feedback Issues
• Type Testing to new ES
14:15 An Overview Of Experiences In Trying To Accommodate AG-1 And Other High Performance Requirements Into Cylindrical HEPA Filters In GF And Metal
Chris Chadwick, Market Manager, Nuclear Service, Porvair Filtration Group Ltd
• Special solutions to special problems
• High performance GF and Metal HEPAs in a radial flow format
• AG-1 compliance challenges
14:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
COMPUTATIONAL FLOW DYNAMICS
15:15 Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD) Case Study
David Burt, Principal Consultant, MMI Engineering Ltd
• CFD case study for ILW Waste Plant
• Transform sludge waste for ultimate geological disposal
• Hydrogen evolution requires robust ventilation
• CFD used to model Hydrogen dispersion
• Specialist gas dynamics and Explosion modelling code, FLACS
15:45 Passive Ventilation of Chronic Hydrogen Releases – Large Scale Experiments and CFD Modelling
James Hoyes, Senior Scientist, HSL and Ian McDonald, Senior Ventilation Engineer, Cavendish Nuclear
• This presentation will describe a combined experimental and CFD modelling study that has been carried out to demonstrate the performance of a passive ventilation system for hydrogen management on legacy storage silos at Sellafield
• Understand the aims and scope of the CFD modelling will be described with respect to its role in supporting the experimental programme and feeding into the safety case for the plant
• Explore the validation of the model and how it is being used to help substantiate the findings from the experimental programme by generating data on, for example, the potential effects of extreme ambient temperatures and interconnectedness on the performance of the passive ventilation system
16:15 Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD) Panel Discussion
David Burt, Principal Consultant, MMI Engineering Ltd
James Hoyes, Senior Scientist, HSL
John Keeton, Principal Engineer, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
• CFD as a design tool.
• Applicability of CFD to specific engineering issue.
• When to use and when not
• Alternatives to CFD
16:45 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
Ron Pratt, Specialist Engineering Consultant, Pöyry Energy Ltd
17:00 END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Drinks Reception Hosted By Studsvik And Esterline
Day 2
08:30 - 18 November 2015
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
08:30 COFFEE & REGISTRATION
09:00 CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Ron Pratt, Specialist Engineering Consultant, Pöyry Energy Ltd
NEW BUILD
09:15 The Hinkley Point C Project – The Design Process And Role Of NNB Design Authority
Alex Dunbar, BNI Systems Engineer, EDF Energy
• Introduction and overview of the project and current status
• The HPC design process
• The role of Design Authority
09:45 New Build - Generic Design Approval (GDA)
Speaker to be announced
10:15 Equipment Qualification Of HVAC Plant And Equipment In The Nuclear Power Industry
Graham Lyons, Balance of Nuclear Island (BNI) Team Lead – Design Authority - NNB, EDF Energy
• Equipment Qualification (EQ) and Qualified Life
• Factors that challenge qualified status of Structures, systems and Components
• Principle EQ programme elements
10:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
SPECIALIST ISSUES
11:15 Specialist Ventilation Solutions For Nuclear Decommissioning?
Ray Landsdowne, Business Development Manager, Clean Air Technologies
• The current challenges, within the UK Nuclear industry, for containment of hazardous dust particles produced during decommissioning activities
• The problem of rapid blinding of HEPA filters on extract ventilation systems and associated significant downtime and costs
• The principles of operation of the RHF, along with the benefits, and options for bespoke design to suit particular applications
11:45 Development Of NICoP On Gaseous Waste Monitoring
Audrey Lerigo, Design and Radioactive Discharge Specialist, EDF Energy
• Role of Environment Agencies’ Requirements Working Group (EARWG) sub-group
• Purpose and scope of Nuclear Industry Code of Practice (NICoP) on monitoring of radioactive discharges to atmosphere from nuclear facilities
• Approach and progress on delivery and implementation of the NICoP
12:15 Repository (Heat Decay Calculation)
Chris Tuthill, Associate Director, Atkins Global
• Disposal of Spent Fuel
• Thermal issues
• Geological disposal facility
• Thermal calculations of decay heat
12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH
SAFETY AND DOCUMENTATION
13:45 Nuclear Ventilation – A Safety Professionals View
Robert Cullen, Nuclear Safety Consultant, Pöyry Energy Ltd
• Primary function of Nuclear Ventilation and other functions
• Nuclear ventilation SSC’s
• Safety function definition
• Safety principles and simple example
• Incorrect designation
14:15 Engineering Schedules And Safety Functions Of Ventilation
John Keeton, Principal Engineer, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
• Engineering schedule
• Safety function of ventilation
• Engineering performance and substantiation
14:45 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
CASE STUDY AND OPERATIONS
15:15 Natural Ventilation: Sizewell B Dry Fuel Storage Building
Tim Houghton, Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
• Challenges and overall ventilation philosophy
• Informing design using analytical assessments of overall building temperatures
• Qualifying design using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of local air temperatures
15:45 Glove Box Operations
John Goodhead, Engineer, AWE
• Glove box plant
• Glove box instrumentation
• Control room operations
16:15 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
Ron Pratt, Specialist Engineering Consultant, Pöyry Energy Ltd
16:30 END OF CONFERENCE