Delisa-LTO workshop
in conjunction with the France-Czech-Slovak Winter University 2023
From
February 6 to 10, 2023, the Franco-Czech-Slovak Winter University 2023 was
organized in the Educational and Recreational Facility of the Slovak Technical
University (STU) located in Kočovce. This Winter University has been held
regularly since 2009 for students and young professionals (under 35 years) from
the area of nuclear energy under the auspices of the French Embassy and the
Slovak University of Technology. The Winter University was attended by 9
students from the Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering of STU, 4
students from the Czech Technical Universities in Prague (ČVUT) and Brno (VUT),
4 employees of UJV Řež and 6 employees of the research institute BAY Zoltan
Nonprofit Ltd. in Miskolc. The lectures were led by experts from France (EDF,
I2EN), the Czech Republic (UJV Řež) and Slovakia (VUJE, UJD, STU).
This
year, the Winter University was connected with a workshop within the European
project DELISA-LTO, which brought the topic: " Workshop on Integrity
Assessment of Main Structural Components Using Decommissioned Bohunice V1-NPP
". The DELISA-LTO project aims to identify critical components of the
primary circuit of VVER reactors from the point of view of extending the
lifetime of NPPs and to form recommendations for testing the components’
integrity and the effect of thermal ageing on their construction materials. In
the project, samples from the primary circuit of the decommissioned NPP V1 in
Jaslovské Bohunice will be examined using destructive and non-destructive
techniques with an emphasis on the thermal ageing of materials during 28 years
of their operation.
On
February 7, 2023, the Winter University participants had the opportunity to
visit the NPP V1 in Jaslovské Bohunice. They visited the controlled area and
learned more about the decommissioning process as well as the selection of
materials intended for the DELISA-LTO project. The excursion ended in the V1
information centre with expert lectures and a screening of videos from the work
done during components decommissioning. The participants were enthusiastic and
had many questions that were thoroughly answered.
As
part of the social activities, a guided tour of Beckov Castle was prepared for
participants, where they learned a lot about life in the castle and its
surroundings from the 14th century to the present day. The participants spent
all evenings together in the mansion, where professional and personal topics
were discussed, and participants had a chance to know better each other.
The
Winter University was closed with the ceremonial handing of certificates and
speeches by the organizers. The Winter University 2023 in connection
with the DELISA-LTO project was successful and we are looking forward to the next
Workshop.