Proceedings of the second OECD specialist meeting on operator aids for severe accident management - SAMOA-2

The second OECD Specialist Meeting on Operator Aids for Severe Accident Management (SAMOA-2) was organized in Lyon, France from 8 to 10 September 1997 in collaboration with the Thermal and Nuclear Studies and Project Department (SEPTEN) of Electricite de France. It was attended by 33 specialists representing ten OECD Member countries, the OECD Halden Reactor Project, the Commission of the European Communities, and the Russian Federation. The scope of SAMOA-2 was limited to operator aids for accident management which were in operation or could be soon. The meeting concentrated on the management of accidents beyond the design basis, including tools which might be extended from the design basis range into the severe accident area. Relevant simulation tools for operator training were also part of the scope of the meeting. Twenty papers were presented during the meeting, grouped into three sessions. Session 1: operator aids for control rooms; Session 2: operator aids for technical support centres; session 3: simulation tools for operator training. There were two demonstrations of computerized systems: the ATLAS analysis simulator developed by GRS, and EDF's 'Simulateurs Post Accidentels' (SIPA). There was also a video demonstration of the Full Scope Simulator developed by a joint Russian-U.S. team for the Leningrad nuclear power