NuCoSS-19 lecturers (& organizers)

Dr. Scenini, holds an MEng in mechanical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano (IT), an MSc in corrosion at UMIST and a PhD in environmentally assisted cracking at the University of Manchester. He is currently a senior lecturer at the Materials Performance Centre at the University of Manchester and he is an internationally recognised research scientist in materials performance and corrosion, undertaking impactful research with real-world applications, of particular relevance to the Energy and Advanced Materials Performance research beacons. He currently leads the Materials Performance Centre theme “Environmental Effects on Reactor Plant Materials” within the Materials Performance Centre at the University of Manchester and also leads the High-Pressure High-Temperature sub-theme within the Henry Royce Institute.

His current research interests are in material performance issues such as corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, fatigue and fracture, particularly of the stainless steels and nickel base alloys employed in nuclear power plants, but has also extensive experience in understanding the role of hydrogen evolution in light alloys. He has authored over 75 publications between journals and peer reviewed conference proceeding.

Damien Féron has been nominated Professor at the INSTN (National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology) in 2010. He is Director of Research at the Nuclear Energy Division of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) since 2007. He is working in the field of corrosion since nearly 40 years, starting with liquid metal and moving towards aqueous media (including seawater corrosion and microbial corrosion) and he is involved today in the various fields of nuclear corrosion. He has been President of the European Federation of Corrosion (2017-2018) and is now Vice-President of the WCO (World Corrosion Organization), a non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations. He has been editor or co-editor of 23 books or special issues of journals (including 9 “Green Books” in the EFC series), mainly in the field of microbial corrosion, seawater corrosion and nuclear corrosion.

Renate Kilian is a Materials Scientist with a PhD in corrosion science with over 27 years of experience in the field of metallic corrosion. She received her PhD in engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen in 1987. Since then she has worked with Siemens AG / Power Generation Group (KWU), followed by Siemens Nuclear Power GmbH, Framatome ANP GmbH, AREVA NP GmbH, and Framatome GmbH in the department of “Materials, Technology, Failure Analysis”. From 1990 to 2003 she was section leader of the corrosion section within this department. Since 2003, she concentrates her expertise on the performance of technical and scientific projects as well as on consultancy in direct contact with customers from plants and utilities. She also represents the company in several national and international projects and working groups. Since 1987 when starting her work at Siemens / KWU she has been working on the corrosion behaviour of steam generator (SG) materials Alloy 600, Alloy 690 and Alloy 800 mod. regarding primary and secondary side degradation mechanisms. She is also working in the field of qualification of SG tube repair methods like sleeving and plugging. Another important field of work is the intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) behaviour of stainless steels under BWR and PWR conditions. All kind of corrosion degradation especially for stainless steels and Nickel base alloys are her focus. In addition she was project leader of several EPRI project on nickel base alloys. Nickel base alloys like Alloy 600 and Alloy 690 and the corresponding filler material and their corrosion behavior, like PWSCC, are one of the major fields in her work. She is responsible for training of experts in her fields (supports thesis etc. of students in cooperation with Universities). Furthermore Renate Kilian is a member of the German Reactor Safety Commission and of the Steering Committee of the German Assosiation of Corrosion and Corrosion Protection (GfKORR). She is also one of the leading members of the EFC Nuclear Corrosion Working Party and author of more than 70 publications.

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Pål Efsing is Senior Specialist in Materials Mechanics/Fracture Mechanics at the Engineering Department of the Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden. Ringhals operates 4 nuclear reactors, 1 BWR and 3 PWRs, at the Swedish west coast and is a subsidiary to Vattenfall AB, the Swedish state-owned energy company. At Ringhals, Pål is involved in daily issues regarding ageing and degradation of metallic materials, especially with respect to the evolution of the mechanical properties and structural degradation of the utilized materials and combinations, as well as being coordinator of research activities aiming at supporting the plant objective of long term operation. Pål is also acting as Vattenfall specialist in the area of Materials, Degradation and Ageing. Much attention is currently given to environmental degradation and radiation effects on reactor internals and the reactor pressure vessel. Other areas of high interest include welding processes and long term stability, as well as environmentally assisted degradation and cracking. In addition to serving the NPP, Pål is adjunct professor at the department of Solid Mechanics at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH in Stockholm. At KTH, the current programs include effects of weld residual stresses on susceptibility to environmental degradation in Alloy 690, modelling of SCC, and thermal ageing of cast and welded austenitic materials. Pål has a M.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, Sweden and a Ph.D in Materials Mechanics working on secondary degradation/hydride induced cracking of failed fuel, also at KTH.

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