Title:

EDF R&D Simucoeur project - Preparing EDF Next Generation Nuclear Reactor Calculation Tools

Speaker:

Dr. Tanguy Courau

Affiliation:

Électricité de France

When:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Boggs Building, Room 3-47

Host:

Glenn Sjoden
Glenn.sjoden@me.gatech.edu
4-5733

Abstract

The French utility Électricité de France (EDF) is a major nuclear reactor operator. The R&D division (EDF/R&D) is currently developing a new calculation scheme aiming at calculating the loading patterns of the 58 PWRs operated by EDF in France. This new scheme is also intended to deal with the future EPR reactors. main motivation to renew its calculation scheme is driven by a need to reduce the uncertainties associated with its core calculations. This may be achieved by using state-of-the-art neutronic codes and most recent nuclear data. A key aspect of nuclear reactor calculation is related to the pin power distribution calculation. A recently developed pin power reconstruction method will be presented, with a focus on its validation.

Biography

Dr. Tanguy Courau works for the R&D division of the French utility Électricité de France (EDF). He is a nuclear reactor physicist with an expertise in neutron transport and calculation scheme. He is currently managing a project aiming at renewing EDF core calculation tools. He graduated from a French nuclear engineering school in 96 and pursued is education at École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. He received his PhD in 2001 after completing his doctorate on Perturbation theory applied to multigroup neutron transport.