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MEETING RECORD

Technical Meeting on the Status of the IAEA Nuclear Graphite Knowledge Base  

(I3-TM-1701913)

13-14 December 2018

Room C0440/C0437 (Building C)

Vienna International Centre (VIC)

Background

Established in 1999, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) International Knowledge Base on Nuclear Graphite seeks to preserve and further expand the scientific information on the physical, chemical, mechanical and other properties of graphites relevant for nuclear power, nuclear safety and other nuclear science and technology applications. The data archive it contains has proven invaluable to the nuclear graphite community, and it is currently supporting a coordinated research project on irradiation creep in nuclear graphite along with a number of individual Member State research and reactor-life-extension activities. Originally developed and maintained by the IAEA's Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, the knowledge base was transferred to the Department of Nuclear Energy in 2010.

Purpose

The purpose of the event is to review the activities on the IAEA nuclear graphite knowledge base, perform the collective quality assurance for new data in the irradiation graphite database and plan activities for the next twelve-month period. It is expected that the committee members report on activities in Member States related to nuclear graphite and possible contributions to the NGKB. The action matrix will be reviewed and updated. Plans to further develop the NGKB are to be formulated, potential new members identified and the planning of activities for the next period performed.

Audience

The meeting is targeted at the appointed liaison officers for the participating Member States, representatives of the commercial entities that are sponsoring the knowledge base and a number of observers from potential new participating Member States or suitably qualified individuals who have expressed an interest in contributing to the project.

WORKING AGENDA

13-14 December 2018
 Room C0440/C0437 (Building C), Vienna International Centre (VIC)



Meeting record
​​Day 1 - Thursday 13 November 2018​
TimeTopicResponsibility
09:00Registration at VIC Gate 1  
09:30Opening and Welcoming AddressFrederik Reitsma
 
Welcome (IAEA, Chairperson)
Apologies for Abscence
Adoption of the Working Agenda
Nidia Gallego
Member State updates on activities related to graphite
Frederik Reitsma
Nidia Gallego
(Short summaries on status of activities related to graphite)

Planned activities and Status of the nuclear graphite irradiation based on the TMSR program (10 min)
Hefei Huang
HTR project in Indonesia: RDE and future HTR deployment Geni Rina Sunaryo
 HTGR development in JAEA and current graphite R&D
Taiju Shibata
10:30Coffee break
10:50Continue presentations  
 Lithuania:Alexandr Oryshaka
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Ukraine: Array of graphite data on the HTGR programMykola Odeychuk
​​Graphite challenges in the UK: Operation and beyond (TBC) ​Anthony Wickham
​Activities in the USA on graphite (TBC)
​Nidia Gallego
​​The IAEA GRAPA project – and possible synergies with the NGKB (TBC)
Anthony Wickham
​11:45​Lunch break​
​​13:15​Status and plans for the IAEA Nuclear Graphite Knowledge Base Portal​
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DISCUSSION:

  1. How to make it attractive and accessible, also for novice users
  2. Current hosting at IAEA: Advantages and challenges
  3. Other members? France, Russia 
​Frederik Reitsma
​​The NGKB Taxonomy ​
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​Status and plans of the NGKB Taxonomy (based on INGSM abstracts)
​Frederik Reitsma
​​Discussion: Latest developments and further work needed​Frederik Reitsma
​15:10​Coffee break​
​15:30
​Feedback on the status and graphite data in the GEN-IV materials handbook
Please give feedback on the status and progress made on the GIF material handbook (with a graphite focus) and if / how the overlap need to be managed. I assume the handbook will remain closed to non-GIF
​Nidia Gallego
​16:00​Graphite Knowledgebase in Share Point
Status, List of issues, Future Plans
Solving access issues		​Frederik Reitsma
​17:00​Comments on Knowledge Base Status and Outlook​All
​​Possible additional records / or Taxonomy Review​
​17:15​Graphite related IAEA publications – Update of status​Frederik Reitsma
​17:30​Adjourn for the day​
​Day 2 - Friday 14 November 2018​
TimeTopicResponsibility
09:30
INGSM meetings (Delegates are reminded that INGSM is NOT an official IAEA meeting and that attendance is at own cost and risk)Anthony Wickham
 Report on: INGSM-19, 3-6 September 2018, SINAP, Shanghai, China​Nidia Gallego
INGSM-20 planning and information sharingAnthony Wickham

INGSM-21 Proposal made (Jacob Eapen, NCSU)
​Nidia Gallego
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​INGSM record on the Knowledge Base

  • All records to date uploaded – including INGSM-19 already added
  • Proposal: Authors to provide keywords both for future papers (and retrospectively to facilitate taxonomy development and meta data tagging)
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​10:00​Membership Commitments and Contributions to the KB and Graphite DB ​
​Extending membership to IAEA MS:
​IAEA, All
​10:20​Graphite Data Base Update / Incorporate Creep data ​
​​Excel spreadsheet / Numerical Database
Endorsement of Data QA Grading on Current Update of Database		​
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One last attempt to get all the old data into the graphite database and do the QA (updated by Tony). This include new data found during the Creep CRP by Mark Davies
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NOTES on New work to be done: Nature of Services 

  • Entering irradiation data from a variety of UK reports (e.g., as provided on CD Jan 14 2008) to the International Knowledge Base on Nuclear Graphite:
  • Converting the new data to the Database format:
  • Uploading the data to the Database template or to preliminary modified templates in case of compatibility problems:
  • Defining hyperlinks and character strings (according to the agreed format) necessary for quality assurance assessment:
  • Adding missing and correct non-consistent (example H451 vs H-451) information to former entries of the existing Database.
​All
​​IAEA Intern to be hired / hosted​Proposed solution
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​Identification of shorter-term resources for :

a.            Adding/QA additional data to the Database

b.            Adding the creep database to the main database (will not be done)

c.             Adding documents to the KB (USA: AGC-1 reports and data – TBC; Ukraine: Data / reports – may still be delivered in 2016)

d.            'Tagging' existing documents to make them compatible with IAEA search engine – and widening to include refs to documents held elsewhere? (The abilities of the new PoolParty tool to be tested– IAEA)

e.            Meta data. Use the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and make example list for approval by committee – Should also include SharePoint info of person that upload etc. (IAEA)

Resource tneeds

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​10:40​Coffee break​
​11:10​New graphite data?​All
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  • China / SINAP
  • Germany? FZJ Archive information?
  • Japan - – Graphite data to share?
  • Lithuania – Graphite data to share?
  • Ukraine - Graphite data to share?
  • USA – work ongoing at ORNL, INL etc for VHTRs and MSRs
  • Status of the ASME standard on reactor design?
  • Other
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​11:30​Actions and outstanding items​Nidia Gallegos
Frederik Reitsma
​​Updated action list compilation​
​12:00​Closing Session ​Nidia Gallegos
Frederik Reitsma
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  • Review Outcome of Meeting, Actions and Commitments
  • Any other business
  • Proposed date of next meeting (7-8 Nov 2019)
  • Reasons for continuing the activities / having a next meeting
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​12:30​Meeting adjourned​
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Meeting material​

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