Summary Report from the NKS Board Meeting in Helsinki, January 22, 2020
Change of Programme Manager for the NKS-R Programme
NKS expressed its sincere thanks to Christian Linde for all his work, enthusiasm and cooperation as the NKS-R Programme Manager over the last 3 years and NKS would like to wish Christian good luck and every success in his career in the years ahead.
NKS warmly welcomes Ari-Pekka Leppänen from STUK, Finland as the new NKS-R Programme Manager. Ari has a long background at STUK, but has in 2016-19 worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). He holds a PhD degree in experimental nuclear physics from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. For all issues concerning the NKS-R programme please contact Ari at ari.leppanen@stuk.fi or +358 40-7641788.
Call for Proposals 2020
NKS would like to thank all the applicants for proposals submitted to the NKS-R and NKS-B Call for Proposals 2020. The NKS board was impressed by the quality of the proposals received for funding under the NKS-R and NKS-B programmes. The successful proposals are listed below.
NKS-R Budget Decisions for 2020
The following activities have been awarded funding.
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Activity Type
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Activity Name
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Activity Topic
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Activity Leader
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Funding (kDKK)
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Plant Life Management and Extension
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BREDA-RPV
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Barsebäck RPV trepan studies
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Pål Efsing, KTH
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487
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Decommissioning and management of nuclear waste and spent fuel
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COCOS
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Corrosion of copper in sulphide containing environment: the role and properties of sulphide films
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Leena Carpén, VTT
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584
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Reactor Physics
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POMMI
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Fuel Pellet Dimensional Properties and Microstructural Fracture Modelling
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Janne Heikinheimo, VTT
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389
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Risk analysis & probabilistic methods
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PROSAFE -2020
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Prolonged time windows and safe states
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Stefan Authén, Risk Pilot - Sweden
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487
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Thermal hydraulics
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THEOS
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Thermal hydraulics of the suppression pool
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Pavel Kudinov, KTH
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584
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Plant Life Management and Extension
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WPS-MAF
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Study of the margin against the fracture for reactor pressure vessels subjected to pressurized thermal shock transients utilizing the warm pre-stressing effect: Development of general probabilistic model for cleavage fracture, numerical implementation and experimental validation
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Tobias Bolinder, Kiwa Inspecta - Sweden
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530
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IN TOTAL
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3061
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NKS-B Budget Decisions for 2020
The following activities have been awarded funding.
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Activity Type
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Activity Name
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Activity Topic
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Activity Leader
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Funding (kDKK)
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Emergency Preparedness
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SHIELDMORC
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Detection distances and methods to locate orphan gamma radiation sources in shielded building geometries by mobile gamma spectrometry.
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Christopher Rääf, Lund U.
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421
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Measurement Strategy, technology, QA
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GAMMARAY X
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Seminar for users of gamma-ray spectrometry
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Roy Pöllänen, STUK
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419
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Emergency Preparedness
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SLIM
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Source Localization by Inverse Methods
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Jens Havskov Sørensen, DMI
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471
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Emergency Preparedness
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RAD-MERDE
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Radioanalytical Separation Method for Determining Pu, Am and Cm by alpha spectrometry - Method Expansion from Reactor water to Decommissioning and Environmental samples
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Susanna Salminen-Paatero, U. Helsinki
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396
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Emergency Preparedness
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ECOFOOD
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Adaptation of FDMT to the Nordic Conditions
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Rodolfo Avila, AF Consult AB
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491
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Measurement Strategy, technology, QA
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DTM-DECOM II
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Intercomparision exercise in analysis of DTM in decommissioning waste
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Anumaija Leskinen, VTT
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424
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Emergency Preparedness
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CRESCENT
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Credible release scenarios for nuclear-powered vessels operating in Nordic waters
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Øyvind Selnæs, DSA
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321
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Emergency Preparedness
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NUCSEM
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Use of nuclear weapons towards a Nordic country: Scenarios, impact assessments and protective measures
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Øyvind Selnæs, DSA
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207
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IN TOTAL
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3150
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