Nuclear Ventilation 2017

Manchester United Football Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester

28 November 2017 - 29 November 2017
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Meet and learn from the nuclear ventilation community in Manchester

Overview

This two-day conference is the only event of its kind that enables power industry professionals and engineering practitioners from all sectors of the nuclear community to stay abreast of developments in nuclear ventilation within the UK.

Learn from regulators, site owners and contractors including the ONR, RWM, EA, Sellafield, EDF Energy and other major stakeholders in the nuclear industry. Take this opportunity to learn about standards and solutions to challenges in key areas such as operational plants, decommissioning and containment.

Join the conversation about current issues in the industry during panel sessions and contribute to shaping the future of nuclear ventilation. The Drinks Reception and Ventilation Dinner are an additional occasion to forge valuable relationships for yourself and your company.

What our speakers are looking forward to this year:

	"I am looking forward to discussing Performance Testing and Qualification of Advanced Filter Designs." Bernard Swinnerton, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield Ltd.

"I am looking forward to hearing people’s views of our plans for the ventilation of the geological disposal facility." Richard Hardy, Engineering Manager, Radioactive Waste Management

Hear more from our speakers and what they are looking forward to at this year's conference on our speaker interviews page.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE 2017:

Ian Davies, Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspector – Nuclear Safety, Operating Facilities Division, Office for Nuclear Regulation
James Stewart, Computational Fluid Dynamicist, Health and Safety Executive
Graham Lyons, Balance of Nuclear Island Team Lead (Design Authority), NNB GenCo, EDF Energy Ltd.
Richard Hardy, Engineering Manager, Radioactive Waste Management
Dr Ronald R. Bellamy, Nuclear Air Cleaning Consultant and Retired Branch Chief, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Matthew Emptage, Nuclear Regulator, Environment Agency
Jason Simpson, Project Manager, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Philip Dixon, Senior Ventilation Engineer, Sellafield Ltd.

WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND:

Take away invaluable lessons about nuclear ventilation from key organisations including Office for Nuclear Regulation, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd., Environment Agency, EDF Energy Ltd. and Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Network with site owners, contractors, regulators and solutions providers
Join the conversation during question and answer sessions and panel discussions
Learn about crucial challenges, developments and projects in nuclear ventilation in order to keep your strategy and systems up-to-date
Spend valuable time networking taking part in the dinner and drinks reception
Establish new business contacts and reconnect with established contacts

DELEGATE FEEDBACK:

"When is the next Nuclear Ventilation conference so that I can book some of my work colleagues to attend?"
Pre-Ops Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield

"Well organised"
Senior Commissioning Engineer, AWE

"The most useful gathering of knowledge & experience for the Nuclear Ventilation industry"
Design Engineer, Babcock

"Interesting & Interactive networking seminar"
Compliance Engineer, AWE

"Highly recommended to anybody involved with Nuclear Ventilation"
Mechanical Engineer, Cavendish Nuclear

"Excellent event very varied speakers/subjects"
Commissioning Manager, AWE

"A unique bi-annual opportunity to share learning and educational material in a niche subject area"
Principal Asset Engineer, AWE

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Gordon Tait, Senior Project Manager, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Nial Greeves, Senior Business Executive, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Gavin Smith, Superintending Inspector, Professional Lead - Mechanical Engineering, Office for Nuclear Regulation
John Keeton, Principal Engineer, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Alistair Smith, Nuclear Consultant

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION EVENTS:

Day 1

08:30 - Day 1 Programme

TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2017
08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Stuart Worth, Head of Nuclear Engineering Group, Pöyry Energy Ltd.
	PRINCIPLES, regulations and standards
09:15	Nuclear Ventilation Design Process Bernard Swinnerton, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield Ltd. · Why ventilate? How plant specific hazards drive the functions of the vent systems · Key ventilation system design deliverables · How to ensure the installed plant meets the design intent
9:40	UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION Ian Davies, Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspector – Nuclear Safety, Operating Facilities Division, Office for Nuclear Regulation · Regulation of new build: understanding regulations and relevant good practice for new build · Challenges in existing facilities: examples of regulatory assessment and inspection · Updates and upcoming changes
10:05	NDA Ventilation Engineering Guides and Standards Bernard Swinnerton, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield Ltd. · What are they and how to access them? · How the guides and standards have been developed · Inclusion of learning from experience into future revisions to ensure continued good practice
10:30	Question and Answer Session on “PRINCIPLES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS” PROGRAMME SECTION
10:45	Networking REFRESHMENT BREAK
	NUCLEAR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
11:15	Best Available Techniques for Controlling Contaminant Spread and Reducing Filter Change Frequency David Burt, Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd.
11:40	Performance Testing and Qualification of Advanced Filter Designs Charles Waggoner, Director and Research Professor, Mississippi State University Institute for Clean Energy Technology
12:05	Building Information Modelling (BIM) procedures in the nuclear industry Hugh Grehan, CS&A Project Coordinator (North), Cavendish Nuclear · The importance of collaboration and design coordination: our processes for managing this · The importance of the BIM Execution Plan and management · The outcomes and potential benefits
12:30	Question and Answer Session on “NUCLEAR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY” PROGRAMME SECTION
12:45	NETWORKING LUNCH
	VENTILATION APPLICATIONS
13:45	NUCLEAR VENTILATION IN A DECOMMISSIONING ENVIRONMENT Philip Dixon, Senior Ventilation Engineer, Sellafield Ltd. · The role of containment ventilation in the mission towards risk and hazard reduction on the Sellafield site · The role of Temporary Ventilation Enclosures in decommissioning · Case studies
14:10	VENTILATION OF A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL FACILITY Richard Hardy, Engineering Manager, Radioactive Waste Management Dr Davar Abi-Zadeh, Arup Fellow, Consultant, Ove Arup and Partners · Radioactive Waste Management is responsible for implementing government policy on geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste · This talk presents the underground ventilation system illustrative designs developed for three generic geological environments · This presentation covers the development of the facility and ventilation over time and the practical challenges ahead
14:35	CONTAINMENT FOR DECOMMISSIONING PROCESSING IN AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Chris Tuthill, Chief Engineer, Atkins · Berkeley vault retrieval ventilation · Challenges of single containment in external environment · Demonstration that approach met requirements
15:00	Question and Answer Session on “VENTILATION APPLICATIONS” PROGRAMME SECTION
15:15	Networking REFRESHMENT BREAK
	VENTILATION UPGRADE CASE STUDIES
15:35	COST EFFECTIVE RECOVERY OF DEGRADED VENTILATION Jason Simpson, Project Manager, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. · Fit for purpose design · Cost effective solution · Addressing regulatory concerns
16:00	CHERNOBYL: KEY FACTORS FOR SAFE VENTILATION AND CONTAINMENT Gareth Watkins, Project Director, Hargreaves Ductwork Ltd. • Ventilation and containment philosophy • UK supply chain: understanding the exporting challenges • UK supply chain: understanding the technical challenges
16:25	VENTILATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR A PU GLOVEBOX WINDOW CHANGE John Goodhead, Facility Control manager, AWE plc; Martyn Page, Principal Asset Engineer (Nuclear Operations), AWE plc · Glovebox ventilation system design intent in normal operations · Controls required by the window change safety assessment to achieve ALARP · Wider considerations of operating the glovebox ventilation system outside of its normal design intent
16:50	Question and Answer Session on “VENTILATION UPGRADE CASE STUDIES” PROGRAMME SECTION
17:05 Panel Discussion	TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THE VENTILATION COMMUNITY Chair: Bernard Swinnerton, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield Ltd. Martyn Page, Principal Asset Engineer (Nuclear Operations), AWE plc Ian McDonald, Principal Ventilation Engineer, Cavendish Nuclear Ian Davies, Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspector – Nuclear Safety, Operating Facilities Division, Office for Nuclear Regulation · What training is currently available? · How could the offer be improved? · What are the challenges for engineers training in nuclear ventilation?
17:30	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:40	END OF DAY ONE
17:45	DRINKS RECEPTION
19:00	DINNER

Day 2

08:30 - Day 2 Programme

WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2017
08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Stuart Worth, Head of Nuclear Engineering Group, Pöyry Energy Ltd.
	DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
09:15	GASEOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES IN PRACTICE Matthew Emptage, Nuclear Regulator, Environment Agency · Gaseous waste prevention and minimisation · The application of best available techniques from air intakes to stack discharges illustrated through practical examples · Set out relevant environmental permit requirements
09:40	SMOKE VENTILATION FOR NUCLEAR FACILITIES Rob Habberley, Head of Profession for Mechanical Engineering, Clean Energy, Project Delivery, Amec Foster Wheeler · The safety benefits of smoke ventilation and when to apply it to buildings · Achieving an ALARP balance between nuclear and conventional hazards/risks · Guidance on the design of pressurised stairwell systems and potential deviations from codes and standards
10:05	THE TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS IN NUCLEAR VENTILATION FLOWS AND CONTAINMENTS Michael W. Reeks, Professor Emeritus of Fluid Dynamics, School of Engineering, Newcastle University · Aerosol processes in nuclear power plants · Calculating radioactive aerosol releases in containment, recirculating and flows · Uncertainties and future prospects (role of computational fluid dynamics)
10:30	Question and Answer Session on “DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS” PROGRAMME SECTION
10:45	Networking REFRESHMENT BREAK
	FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
11:15	THE CORRELATION BETWEEN NUCLEAR AND BIO CONTAINMENT VENTILATION Peter Williams, Technical Director, Clean Air Technologies Ltd.; Ray Lansdowne, Business Development Manager, Clean Air Technologies Ltd. · Principles of contamination control · Examples of how these are adapted to specific projects and applications in various industries · Consideration of specialist HVAC components providing certainty in operation
11:40	ITER: DESIGNING VENTILATION SYSTEMS FOR FUSION Louis Sexton, Confinement Process Engineer, ITER Organization · Overview of the project · Ventilation systems options · Impact of new technologies
12:00	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION ON “FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS” PROGRAMME SECTION
12:10 Panel discussion	The future of nuclear VENTILATION chair: Stuart Worth, Head Of Nuclear Engineering Group, Pöyry Energy Ltd. Graham Lyons, Balance of Nuclear Island Team Lead (Design Authority), NNB GenCo, EDF Energy Ltd. Rob Rowsell, Engineering Manager, Wirth Research Ltd. Mark Bamforth, Applications Engineer, M.C. Air Filtration Ltd. · Where is ventilation technology heading? · What are the new challenges? · What lessons can be learnt from other countries and industries?
12:40	NETWORKING LUNCH
	NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
13:40	NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: A RISK BASED APPROACH TO HVAC DESIGN Graham Lyons, Balance of Nuclear Island Team Lead (Design Authority), NNB GenCo, EDF Energy Ltd. · Load based sizing of plant: nuclear safety design assessment principles · External ambient conditions (risk based view) · Thermal behaviour of plant and structure (heatwave approach versus inertia)
14:05	THE STATUS OF NEW BUILD REACTORS: FROM OPERATION TO DECOMMISSIONING AND DECONTAMINATION Dr Ronald R. Bellamy, Nuclear Air Cleaning Consultant and Retired Branch Chief, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission · The future development of nuclear power worldwide faces significant economic challenges · Summary of the situation: plants shutting down prematurely, reactor designs and small modular reactors · The air cleaning challenges will be large, providing numerous opportunities for new products and cooperation
14:30	Question and Answer Session ON “NUCLEAR POWER PLANT” PROGRAMME SECTION
14:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	SAFETY AND RELIABILITY CASE STUDIES
15:15	FIRES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELLING FROM THE PRISME PROJECT James Stewart, Computational Fluid Dynamicist, Health and Safety Executive · Overview of the large-scale fire experiments performed during the PRISME test programmes · Summary of the key experimental findings: influence of fire source type, ventilation conditions and compartment geometry · Results from fire modelling simulations and analysis of fire model performance
15:40	IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUIESCENT PASSIVE VENTILATION (QPV) SYSTEM FOR HYDROGEN MANAGEMENT Ian McDonald, Principal Ventilation Engineer, Cavendish Nuclear Alex Smeethe, Senior Process Engineer, Sellafield Ltd. · A summary of the safety arguments and off plant development of a passive ventilation system to manage hydrogen on an active facility · The need and development of a plant trial to provide data for full substantiation · Results summary and conclusions from the plant trial
16:05	Question and Answer Session ON “SAFETY AND RELIABILITY CASE STUDIES” PROGRAMME SECTION
16:15	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:25	END OF CONFERENCE

Bernard Swinnerton: Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sellafield Ltd.

Bernard Swinnerton graduated in 1986 with 1st class honours in Mechanical Engineering. Chartered Engineer in 1990. 4 years with NNC Ltd working on CEGB projects. 6 years with DGP Consulting working on projects for Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical and Nuclear Clients. 4 years with BNFL Engineering working for a variety of UK & US Nuclear Clients. 17 years with Sellafield Ltd providing engineering design services to the site for Major Projects; and engineering support to Operating Plants. Contribute to the work of the National Nuclear Ventilation Forum writing and maintaining Nuclear Ventilation Design Guides and Engineering Standards for use across the UK Nuclear Industry.

Davar Abi-Zadeh: Arup Fellow, Consultant, Ove Arup and Partners

Davar Abi-Zadeh is a retired director of ARUP. He is now an Arup Fellow and works as an independent consultant. He has over 40 years of experience in broad range of mechanical engineering. He is a specialist in cooling and ventilations of various types of tunnel. His projects include King Cross Station in London, Heathrow Airport Baggage Handling Tunnel, Heathrow airport Terminal 5 APM Transit London and Newton Circus Hub in Singapore. His current interests and project include nuclear waste deposition tunnels and ventilation.

Ian McDonald: Principal Ventilation Engineer, Cavendish Nuclear

Ian McDonald has spent nearly 30 years working in the ventilation and building services industry, with over 20 years spent in the nuclear sector. In this time he has worked on reactor buildings with NNC Ltd, before moving to AWE to be involved with the sites Rationalisation Projects and the work to become a nuclear licensed site. Ian then went on to work on the D154 Project at Devonport with BNFL Engineering, before moving in to his current area of decommissioning work at Sellafield, in Legacy Ponds and Silos with Sellafield Ltd and Cavendish Nuclear.

Alex Smeethe: Senior Process Engineer, Sellafield Ltd

Alex Smeethe has been working in decommissioning at Sellafield for the last 10 years in both risk management and Process Engineering. He’s spent the last 4 years working on ventilation systems to support high hazard reduction.

Ian Davies: Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspector – Nuclear Safety, Operating Facilities Division, Office for Nuclear Regulation

Ian Davies began his engineering career in ship building. He has spent 16 years’ in the nuclear industry with experience in the fuel route, reprocessing, new build, decommissioning and more recently its regulation. Ian has worked for the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for four years as a Nuclear Safety Inspector in the Mechanical Engineering specialism. Ian works within the Operating Facilities Division, attends both the national Nuclear ventilation Forum (NNVF) and the National Nuclear Glovebox Forum (NNGF) providing advice and guidance where necessary. Ian is also involved in ONR’s assessment of duty holder’s Alpha containment safety case submissions.

James Stewart: Computational Fluid Dynamicist, Health and Safety Executive

James Stewart, Computational Fluid Dynamicist at the U.K. Health and Safety Laboratory (HSE), graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics in 2011 and completed his MSc in Theoretical and Applied Fluid Dynamics at the University of Manchester in 2012. After initially working as a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) consultant, James took on his current role as a CFD and modelling specialist at the HSE's Health and Safety Laboratory in 2015. James' recent work has involved fire and explosion modelling, hydrogen jet dispersion research and model evaluation.

Richard Hardy: Engineering Manager, Radioactive Waste Management Ltd.

Richard Hardy has an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and is a chartered member of IMechE (CEng MIMechE). Richard has worked in the nuclear industry for over 10 years working on various projects including decommissioning and new build. He has worked on geological disposal for the last two years and has particular interests in the areas of mechanical handling equipment, ventilation and waste package design.

Charles Waggoner: Director and Research Professor, Mississippi State University Institute for Clean Energy Technology

Charles Waggoner is the Director of Mississippi State University's Institute for Clean Energy Technology and on the graduate faculty of the Mechanical Engineering and Physics departments. ICET has become recognized as the leading facility for evaluating the performance envelope of nuclear grade HEPA filters under normal and design basis conditions. ICET has been approved by DOE-EM and Bechtel International to provide ASME NQA-1 quality assured data.

Hugh Grehan: CS&A Project Coordinator (North), Cavendish Nuclear

Philip Dixon: Senior Ventilation Engineer, Sellafield Ltd.

Philip Dixon has an Honours Degree in Building Services Engineering and joined Sellafield Ltd in 2007 after graduating from Durham University. He is an Incorporated Member of the IET and has over ten years’ experience in Nuclear Ventilation, working for the sites specialist Ventilation Technical Support Group (VTSG). Whilst based on the Sellafield Nuclear Site, for the past 6 years Philip has been based on the Sellafield Nuclear site focused on supporting the critical Risk and Hazard reduction programme. His main role is leading the Commissioning of new ventilation systems on major enabling projects across the Sellafield site, including amongst others, the high profile and complex Separation Area Ventilation Project and Sludge Packaging Plant 1.

Chris Tuthill: Chief Engineer, Atkins

Jason Simpson: Project Manager, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited

John Goodhead: Facility Control Manager, AWE plc

Martyn Page: Principal Asset Engineer (Nuclear Operations), AWE plc

Martyn has acquired 20+ years nuclear industry experience at AWE covering design, operation, maintenance and refurbishment of facilities conducting nuclear glovebox operations and thus has extensive exposure to the challenges of operating nuclear ventilation systems. Following a long spell as resident Principal Engineer in a Pu processing facility Martyn has recently taken up a site-wide role providing nuclear operations oversight and guidance to facility embedded engineering teams. He represents the Site License Condition owner for LC28 (Examination, Inspection, Maintenance and Test) in compliance meetings with the nuclear regulator ONR. He is a long standing member of the UK Nuclear Glovebox Forum which operates alongside the Nuclear Ventilation Forum as focus group for sharing of operating practice/experience. Martyn has previously presented at IMechE led Nuclear Ventilation (twice) and Nuclear Lifting Seminars.

Matthew Emptage: Nuclear Regulator, Environment Agency

Rob Habberley: Head of Profession for Mechanical Engineering, Clean Energy, Project Delivery, Amec Foster Wheeler

Rob Habberley has worked within the nuclear industry for the past 17 years as a HVAC consultant on a number of high profile projects. He has worked across decommissioning, defence, existing nuclear generation and new build applications, developing a broad knowledge in the application of containment ventilation design principles and UK regulation, codes and standards. Rob also delivers a functional role within the Wood Nuclear organisation as Head of Profession for Mechanical Engineering where he is responsible for technical governance, project delivery and assurance.

Michael W. Reeks: Professor Emeritus of Fluid Dynamics, School of Engineering, Newcastle University

Peter Williams: Technical Director, Clean Air Technologies Limited

Graham Lyons: Balance of Nuclear Island Team Lead (Design Authority), NNB GenCo, EDF Energy Ltd.

Louis Sexton: Confinement Process Engineer, ITER Organization

Ray Lansdowne: Business Development Manager, Clean Air Technologies Limited

Dr Ronald R. Bellamy: Nuclear Air Cleaning Consultant and Retired Branch Chief, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dr. Ronald R Bellamy retired from the USNRC after 42 years with the US Federal Government. With the USNRC, he was the subject matter expert for nuclear air cleaning, prepared US air cleaning regulations, and managed several plants from operation through decommissioning. He was assigned to the Three Mile Island Unit 2 recovery and decommissioning team after the 1979 accident, and spent three years at the site. He remains active in the nuclear air cleaning area as a consultant. He is the Chair of the ASME Committee on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment responsible for the AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment, President of the International Society for Nuclear Air Treatment Technologies and Chair of the biennial International Nuclear Air Cleaning Conferences, and Director of the Harvard University In Place Filter Testing Workshop. He also teaches nuclear reactor safety courses for the USNRC.

David Burt: Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Gareth Watkins: Project Director, Hargreaves Ductwork Ltd.

Gareth has worked in engineering project management since 1986. He moved to the arena of Nuclear Decommissioning in 2003 and has spent a considerable time working on waste recovery and packing projects around the UK including Trawsfynydd, Dungeness, Sizewell as well as being deployed overseas to Kozloduy in Bulgaria, Ignalina in Lithuania and Chernobyl in Ukraine. During several years working at the Chernobyl site he has managed the interim spent fuel storage facility and currently leads the project to detail design and manufacture the ventilation system. He is also leading the MENSA ventilation project for Hargreaves at the AWE facility in Aldermaston.

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