Workshop
SCWR Review
March 7, 2006
Welcome
- J. Ashcroft, KAPL
Session 1: Core and Plant
- Introduction to the SCWR concept and core design review (J. Buongiorno, MIT)
- Vessel and vessel internals (R. Witt, U-Wisconsin, presented by J. Buongiorno)
- Balance of plant, startup and control (R. Teller, Burns and Roe)
Session 2: Materials and Chemistry
- Materials and coolant chemistry experience in supercritical fossil units (D. Wilson, ORNL)
- Corrosion and SCC of current alloys in supercritical water (G. Was, U-Michigan)
- Development of advanced materials for supercritical water applications (R. Ballinger, MIT)
- Options for improving oxidation resistance of materials in supercritical water (T. Allen, U-Wisconsin)
- Recent ab initio calculations of the electrochemical interface and their application to corrosion and SCC in supercritical water (C. Taylor, M. Neurock and R. Kelly, U-Virginia)
- Supercritical water radiolysis (D. Bartels, Notre Dame)
Session 3: Thermal-hydraulics, Safety and Stability
- Thermal-hydraulic experiments, codes and safety (C. Davis, INL)
- SCWR: Thermalhydraulic and coupled instabilities (M. Kazimi, MIT)
