Training course on irradiation devices design and operation and reactor physics experiments

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Programme

Start: afternoon April 27th, 2009
End: noon April 29th, 2009

Tentative programme

• Introduction to experimental reactor physics - 3h

• Introduction to the BR1 reactor - 1h

• Experimental session at BR1
  • Subcritical approach - 1h
  • Control rod worth determination and calibration - 2h
  • Temperature coefficient determination at the BR1 reactor - 1h

• Summary and discussion - 1h

• General description of the BR2 materials testing reactor and its principal characteristics - 0,5 h

• Survey of recent irradiation devices in BR2 for fuels and materials testing - 1,5 h

• Procedures for designing, construction, licensing and operation of irradiation facilities in BR2 - 1,5 h

• Main issues for safety assessment of irradiation facilities operation - 1h

• In-pile instrumentation: state of the art and new developments -1 h

• Visit of BR2 reactor and selected irradiation facilities - 2h

• Summary and discussion - 1h