AER working group D on VVER safety analysis – report of the 2009 meeting

The AER Working Group D on VVER reactor safety analysis held its 18th meeting in Řež, Czech Republic, during the period 18-19 May, 2009. The meeting was hosted by the Nuclear Research Institute Řež. Altogether 17 participants attended the meeting of the working group D, 16 from AER member organizations and 1 guest from a non-member organization. The co-ordinator of the working group, Mr. S. Kliem, served as chairman of the meeting.

The meeting started with a general information exchange about the recent activities in the participating organizations.

The given presentations and the discussions can be attributed to the following topics:

• Code validation and benchmarking
• Safety analysis and code developments
• Reactor pressure vessel thermal hydraulics
• Future activities including discussion on the participation in the OECD/NEA Benchmark for Kalinin-3 VVER-1000 NPP

A list of the participants and a list of the handouts distributed at the meeting are attached to the report. The corresponding PDF-files can be obtained from the chairman.