*This event has now been cancelled. We hope to rearrange a new date for the workshop in 2023*
FESI has organised workshop to be held on November 22, 2022 that will explore the future challenges in assessing the complex phenomenon known as environmentally assisted cracking (EAC).
This workshop will bring together industry and academia from across the UK. It will take place at Brichwood Park, Warrington which is a UK hub for nuclear services. The event will see experts from EDF UK, EDF France, NNL and Jacobs present their latest research in the field of environmentally assisted cracking. Their work on environmentally assisted fatigue and SCC modelling will be shared with the audience.
Additionally, academics from the University of Oxford and Manchester are due to present their state-of-the-art work on high resolution characterisation and iodine-assisted stress corrosion cracking. Following the presentation session, the audience and presenters will take part in a workshop session to determine the current gaps in the knowledge and what is required to address future EAC challenges in plant operations.
We encourage anyone working in this field, from PhD student, to early career worker, to subject matter expert to register for the event!
Dr Ronald Clark
National Nuclear Laboratory
Speakers
Dr Rob Burrows, National Nuclear Laboratory
Perceived challenges
Professor Sergio Lozano-Perez, University of Oxford
Quantification of EAC mechanisms with high-resolution characterisation
Dr Philipp Frankel, University of Manchester
Iodine SCC of Zr-cladding and irradiation
Dr Stuart Medway, Jacobs
Advanced EAF testing and analysis helping to address over-conservatism in assessments
Dr Ronald Clark, National Nuclear Laboratory
Nanometre to micrometre length-scale techniques for characterising environmentally assisted cracking mechanisms: an appraisal
Dr Thierry Couvant, EDF
Simulation of SCC to improve engineering models and their end-use at the scale of components
Dr Giuseppe Scatigno, EDF
Perceived challenges: the gap between academic research and industry