SPECIAL INITIATIVES |
Incorporating PSA into Ageing Management - Pre-Conference Workshop in Hungary |
A two-day workshop on Incorporating PSA into Ageing Management was organised in combination with the PSAM 7 – ESREL ’04 Conference in 2004. Scope of the Workshop The purpose of the workshop was to present and discuss methods and applications of specific topics associated with ageing management of safety related components, structures and systems of complex industrial plants. The meeting focussed on the use of probabilistic methods (PSA) for ageing management. It provided an opportunity to exchange experience with different modelling approaches and to discuss in detail the practical issues of their implementation. Participation Experts from regulatory bodies and their TSOs, utilities and NPPs, research institutions, design and engineering organizations participated. To ensure the effectiveness of knowledge and experience transfer during the workshop, experts actively involved both in PSA and ageing management were highly welcome. Date and Venue of the Workshop June 10-11, 2004; Budapest, Hungary Organisation The Workshop was organized as a pre-conference meeting of the PSAM 7 – ESREL ’04 Conference and was organised by the VEIKI Institute for Electric Power Research in Budapest, Hungary.
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Eastern European Participation |
Contacts: F. Niehaus (IAEA, AT) and L. Tomik (CENS, SK) A strong effort was undertaken to encourage Eastern European Participation in order to promote a fruitful discussion and interaction between East and West. |
Young Generation |
Contact: Roland Beutler, HSK The Young Generation initiative seeks to enhance their involvement in the conference programme. It was designed to promote their active integration into the technical programme and in particular the presentation of lessons learned by them. |
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