Education and Training Series #26: Safety of Gen IV Reactors
Part of a webinar series hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group since 2016.
Who should attend?
Policymakers, industry professionals, regulators, researchers, students, the general public.
About the "GIF Education and Training" Webinars
These webinars, organised by the GIF Education and Training Working Group are streamed live monthly. The recordings and slide decks are accessible after the webinar on this website. These webinars cover a very broad range of technical and policy related topics. At the end of 2023 they have been viewed by more than 15000 people (approximately half of the views during the live streams and the other half views being of the archives on the public GIF website). In total, the GIF webinars have reached Generation IV enthusiasts, scientists, and engineers in more than 80 countries.
These webinars are organised and hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group (ETWG).
About this Webinar
Excellence in safety and reliability is among the goals identified in the technology roadmap for Generation IV nuclear reactors. This webinar will give an overview of the activities of the Gen IV Risk and Safety Working Group done in support of the six Gen IV nuclear energy systems towards the fulfilment of this goal. Topics include a presentation of the safety philosophy for Gen IV systems, the current safety framework for advanced reactors, and the methodology developed by the group for the safety assessment of Gen IV designs. Other ongoing activities between the group and the designers of Gen IV systems will be also highlighted.
Presentation made during the webinar
Meet the presenter
Dr. Luca Ammirabile works at the European Commission (EC), Joint Research Centre in Petten, the Netherlands, where he is Group Leader of the NUclear Reactor Accident Modelling (NURAM) team of the Nuclear Reactor Safety and Emergency Preparedness Unit. His group deals with Nuclear Reactor Safety assessment for current and innovative reactors, focusing on the safety issues related to the prevention and mitigation of Severe Accident conditions and Source Term estimation. His current research activities are core thermalhydraulic analyses, deterministic code application and development, and safety assessment of advanced reactors. Since 2014, he has been co-chairman of the working group on Risk and Safety of the Generation IV International Forum. He is also the EC representative on the OECD/NEA Working Group for the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group for the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR). Prior to joining the European Commission in 2007, Luca worked at Tractebel Engineering (now Tractebel Engie) in Belgium in the Thermalhydraulics and Severe Accident Section, where he was engaged, among other projects, in the development of innovative methodologies in support of the safety assessment of the Belgian Nuclear Power Plants. Luca received his doctorate from the Imperial College London in 2003 and his master’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1999.