Symposia

Note: The PDF presentations below are password protected. A CD version is available for purchase.

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)