Structural Integrity Standards: The Future of British Integrity Codes

Name: Structural Integrity Standards: The Future of British Integrity Codes
Start: 2017-02-28T08:30:00
Location: The Lowry

The Lowry, Manchester

28 February 2017
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Join this event and keep abreast of the latest development of R6 and BS7910 and understand the difference between RSE-M and R6.

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Overview

“Now is a critical time in the development of engineering codes of safety in the UK because of the changing international environment in which engineers here are working. It also appears to be a moment during which one generation of engineers is handing over a hard fought understanding of the behaviour of structures, and so it is important the new crop of nuclear engineers build on these foundations wisely.”

Simon Smith, Consultant, Integrity Management Group, TWI Ltd

As new developments like Hinkley C take place, there has been significant change in the standards used for nuclear projects in the UK, with R6 and RSE-M being used concurrently.

Through this one day seminar, engineers will gain a thorough appreciation and keep abreast of the latest development of R6 and BS7910 structural integrity standards codes and understand the differences between RSE-M and R6. Attendees will also be able to learn and/or update the skills required for structural integrity assessments to the current range of codes and be aware of the potential direction of future structural integrity assessment codes.

Key topics include:

Get clear expectations direct from ONR
Learn how to stay compliant with the latest codes
Understand and compare RSE-M and R6 codes
Hear first hand how EDF are using RSE-M in practice
Take best practice from industry leaders on how to implement these standards
Discuss the direction that structural codes will take in the UK
Identify current and future training needs for your organisation

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Venue:

The Lowry Lowry
Outlet Pier 8
The Quays
Salford
M50 3AZ

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Day 1

08:30 - Day 1 Programme

08:30	COFFEE and REGISTRATION
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Chair: Simon Smith, Consultant, Integrity Management Group, TWI Ltd
	The Regulators Perspective
09:10	UK Regulatory Expectations For Components Which Require The Highest Reliability Alexander Price, Inspector– Structural Integrity, Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) A description of the UK regulatory framework ONR expectations for those components that require the highest reliability
09:35	The RSE-M Code, A Code For The Surveillance And The In-Service Inspection Of PWR Metallic Pressure Retaining Components Patrick Le Delliou, Expert Engineer, Materials and Mechanics of Components Department, EDF Reseach & Development Division Scope and content of the Code Focus on integrity assessment Focus on engineering methods for integrity assessment
10:00	Status And Future Development Of The UK R6 Procedure Bob Ainsworth, Professor of Structural Integrity, University of Manchester Current status of the R6 procedure Recent developments of R6 Future R6 developments and relationships with other codes
10:25	Recent developments in BS 7910, and a look to the future Isabel Hadley, Technical Authority, Integrity Management, TWI Ltd BS 7910 (‘Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures’) was comprehensively revised in 2013 The fracture-related clauses in particular have been extensively revised, and restructured in a manner similar to those of R6. Treatment of weld residual stress, strength overmatch and crack-tip constraint has been greatly improved. Next steps include publication of an extensive background/validation document and development of a new annex on strain-based assessment and design.
10:50	Question and Answer Session
11:05	REFRESHMENT BREAK
	The Technology and Maintenance Behind the Codes Chair: Bob Ainsworth, Professor of Structural Integrity ,University of Manchester
11:35	Harmonising Nuclear Codes and Standards for Mechanical Components Nawal Prinja, Technical Director, AMEC Foster Wheeler Update on the pilot project on harmonisation of design codes for mechanical components being carried out by the CORDEL group of World Nuclear Association in conjunction with the standards development organisations from America, S Korea, Russia, France and Japan (ASME, KEPIC, PNEA-G7, AFCEN and JSME) and nuclear regulators belonging to the Multinational Design Evaluation Program (MDEP) Latest findings from the code comparison reports will be shared Future work will be outlined including benchmarks being run for nonlinear analysis methods
12:00	CRSE-M and R6 Mike Nielsen, Lead Structural Analysis Engineer, Design Authority, Nuclear New Build, EDF Energy Understanding the French and HPC approach The cause of the major differences between RSE-M and R6 in GDA Changes post GDA
12:25	Question and Answer Session
12:35	PANEL DISCUSSION: Within the context of maintaining the highest standards and a level playing field in new build designs, which code is more onerous: R6 or RSE-M? Which codes to use and when to use them How to review the performance of different standards and codes John Sharples, Operations Manager and Chief Technologist, Amec Foster Wheeler, Peter Budden, Lead Engineer, EDF Energy Peter James , Specialist In Fracture Mechanics , Amec Foster Wheeler
13:00	LUNCH
14:00	Recent Developments In Welding Residual Stress Simulation Mike Smith, Professor of Welding Technology, Manchester University
14:25	A Users Perspective On Engineering Criticality Assessments Winston Blackshaw, Pressure System Capability Lead, Technical and Engineering Directorate, Sellafield Ltd ECA Case studies. Highlighting the interface issues. Lessons learnt which may be applicable to new build.
14:50	Application of R6 and RSE-M to large-scale experiments containing primary and secondary stresses Peter James , Specialist In Fracture Mechanics , Amec Foster Wheeler Show similarities and differences of R6 and RSE-M approaches for secondary stress Apply to large plate and spinning cylinder tests All approaches conservative
15:15	Question and Answer Session
15:25	REFRESHMENT BREAK
	Future Thinking
15:55	Insight Into The Direction Of Nuclear Codes In Nuclear Fusion Manminder Kalsey, Mechanical Engineer, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
16:20	Question and Answer Session
16:25	PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future Of Nuclear Structural Integrity Codes In The UK Nawal Prinja, Technical Director, AMEC Foster Wheeler Simon Smith, Consultant, Integrity Management Group, TWI Ltd Joy Tao, HYA/HAR Component Life Assessment Lead, EDF Energy Simon Quinn, Professor, University of Southampton
16:50	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00	END OF SEMINAR

Bob Ainsworth: Professor of Structural Integrity, The University of Manchester

Bob Ainsworth joined The University of Manchester as Professor of Structural Integrity in early 2011 after over 35 years in the UK electricity supply industry. There he was heavily involved in development of structural integrity assessment procedures, in particular the defect assessment procedure R6 and the high temperature assessment procedure R5. The R6 procedures are used routinely in defect assessments on UK nuclear plant and are also used widely outside the nuclear industry. Bob Ainsworth is a Fellow of The Royal Society, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr Alexander Price: Inspector– Structural Integrity, ONR

Dr Alexander Price completed a Masters in Mechanical Engineering at Edinburgh University in 2004 and followed this with a PhD researching the Influence of Residual Stress on Fracture at Surrey University. Since completing his academic studies in 2007, Dr Price has worked within the Nuclear Industry at Frazer Nash Consultancy and AMEC completing projects related to Residual Stress and Graphite Material Properties. During Dr Price’s time at Frazer Nash he represented Frazer Nash on the R6 Panel. Since 2014, Dr Price has worked at the ONR as a Nuclear Safety Inspector, focussing on those areas relevant to Stress Analysis and Fracture Mechanics.

Patrick Le Delliou: Expert Engineer, Materials and Mechanics of Components Department, EDF

Patrick is an expert engineer at the Materials and Mechanics of Components Department of EDF/R&D. He has a key expertise (more than 30 years) in structural and fracture mechanics and integrity assessment, including material behaviour. Mr. Le Delliou has technical background on topics linked to structural integrity in piping and vessels for pressurized water reactors. More precisely, he is specialized in material laboratory testing, large scale testing, numerical simulation in fracture mechanics, Code development (French RSE-M Code).

Isabel Hadley: Technology Fellow, TWI Ltd

Isabel is a Technology Fellow at TWI Ltd, specialising in the development and application of analytical flaw assessment techniques for the design and analysis of safety-critical structures. She chairs the UK committee responsible for the development of BS 7910, and is also a member of the R6 panel and a co-author of the European FITNET fitness-for-service procedure.

She is also Technical Authority in Integrity Management, with responsibility for integration of TWI's engineering services throughout the global TWI Group.

She recently took up the additional post of Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol under the Royal Academy of Engineering scheme.

Professor Nawal K Prinja: Technical Director of Clean Energy, AMEC Foster Wheeler

Nawal has 35 years of academic and industrial experience in the civil and defence nuclear sector. He is the Technical Director of Clean Energy, AMEC Foster Wheeler and holds a position of Honorary Professor at two British universities (University of Aberdeen and Brunel University in London). He chairs the Industrial Advisory Committee of the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC). He has published 3 books and over 45 technical publications. Currently he is chairing the International Task Force on Harmonisation of Codes set by the World Nuclear Association’s CORDEL project and has worked with IAEA as a technical expert and chaired expert consultancy meetings. He is a member of the Technical Assessment Panel of Fusion for Energy (F4E) working on the ITER project. He was appointed as an advisor to the UK Government to help formulate their long term R&D strategy for nuclear industry and also advises the Ministry of Defence on Nuclear Propulsion Research & Technology programme.

Dr Peter James: Specialist In Fracture Mechanics, Amec Foster Wheeler

Dr Peter James is a specialist in fracture mechanics and leads the Procedures Development team at Amec Foster Wheeler. A significant part of his work has been on the development and application of defect tolerance assessment methods, particularly for R5 and R6. During his time at Amec, Peter has also undertaken a part-time PhD on the treatment of primary and secondary stresses in defect assessments at the University of Manchester. He has also been heavily involved in the comparisons of R6 and RSE-M to support the UK GDA process.

Winston Blackshaw: Pressure System Capability Lead, Technical and Engineering Directorate, Sellafield Ltd

Winston Blackshaw’s team provides design services, life prediction, troubleshooting and governance for the structural integrity of vessels, tanks and pipework portfolio across the Sellafield site, including; infrastructure systems, nuclear process and waste storage facilities. Experienced in the production of safe and pragmatic designs for the full life of a plant, from technology studies, concept design, detailed design, commissioning and decommissioning stages. For example; design substantiations for new and existing pressurised water reactors, chemical reactors, evaporators, submarine power plant, waste containers and cranes.

Mike Nielsen: Lead Structural Analysis Engineer, Design Authority, Nuclear New Build, EDF Energy

Mike Nielsen completed a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering following completion of an apprenticeship in fabrication and welding and a period in the design office of a vessel manufacturer, before joining EASL in 2006. Here he carried out structural assessments for the UK AGR and PWR civil reactors. In 2012 Mike was seconded to NNB EDF Energy to provide embedded support to the structural integrity team, and has performed the lead structural analysis role since 2013. Mike acted as an observer on the UK independent expert review of the French RSE-M code on NNB’s behalf and is involved in the development of the fracture mechanics methods to be applied at HPC. Mike is also a member of the AFCEN working group responsible for the development of the mechanical analysis appendices in RSE-M.

Manminder Kalsey: Mechanical Engineer, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

Manminder Kalsey is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 16 years multi-industrial engineering experience (Automotive, Defence, Aerospace & Nuclear Fusion). Having joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 2009, Manminder has been leading a number of engineering design projects for key Nuclear Fusion facilities (JET, ITER and DEMO). Manminder has recently been leading a project that is developing Design Criteria to meet the specific needs of a Demonstration Fusion Reactor (DEMO). In addition he is supporting ASME with the development of a Fusion Specific Code (ASME Section III Division 4) as the Chairman of the In-Vessel components working group.

Joy Tao: HYA/HAR Component Life Assessment Lead, EDF Energy

Simon Smith: Consultant, Integrity Management Group, TWI Ltd

John Sharples: Operations Manager and Chief Technologist, Amec Foster Wheeler

Peter Budden: Lead Engineer, EDF Energy

Mike Smith: Professor of Welding Technology, Manchester University

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