Programme – BIAPWS Symposium

Programme – BIAPWS Symposium

BIAPWS Symposium Programme – Wednesday

The BIAPWS Symposium, held on Wednesday 1 July 2026, can be attended with a 1 day event ticket or included as part of the full IAPWS 5 day event ticket.

01 Jul BIAPWS Symposium – Wed 1 July

8:30 am – 9:00 am Meeting and Events Lounge

Registration

Please visit the registration desk to check in and pick up your event badge if you haven’t done so already.

9:00 am – 9:15 am Ballroom 1

Welcome and Introductions

Welcome by the BIAPWS chair

9:15 am – 9:30 am

Exhibitor and Sponsor Introductions

9:30 am – 10:15 am Ballroom 1

Experiments and Multiscale Modeling of High-Temperature Water Radiolysis in Nuclear Reactor Environments

Aqueous radiation chemistry is ubiquitous throughout the nuclear fuel cycle. Pulse radiolysis and gamma irradiation experiments at Idaho National Laboratory have determined rate coefficients for metal ion reactions with water radiolysis products up to 325 °C, providing mechanistic insight into how reaction pathways shift with temperature. These data feed directly into a stochastic Independent Reaction Times model, extended here to 350 °C, which predicts time-dependent yields of key radiolytic species. Together, the experimental and computational results establish a deeper understanding of aqueous radiation chemistry under reactor, reprocessing, and waste storage conditions.

Jacy Conrad

10:15 am – 10:45 am Ballroom 1

Latest IAPWS PCC Technical Guidance Document – Banechmarking Fossil, Combined Cycle, and Biomass Power Plants using Repeat Cycle Chemistry Situations (RCCS)

Barry Dooley

10:45 am – 11:15 am Ballroom 2

Exhibition & Morning Refreshments

11:15 am – 11:45 am Ballroom 1

Hartlepool TG2 Swabbing Results following Loss of Grid and Justification for Return to Service

Jessica Mason

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Ballroom 1

Evaluation of Ethanolamine and Ammonia for Secondary Circuit Conditioning at Sizewell B and Hinkley Point C using EPRI Plant Chemistry Simulator

Effective pH control is essential for minimising corrosion. Corrosion within the secondary circuit can ultimately compromise structural integrity and the corrosion products released into the circuit can deposit and accumulate within steam generators. The work utilises EPRI Plant Chemistry Simulator (PCS) software to model the pHT at different locations around the Sizewell B (SZB) secondary circuit for various combinations of ammonia and ethanolamine (ETA).The results provide insight into optimising the dosing strategy to maintain protective conditions around the whole secondary circuit specifically against flow accelerated corrosion and general corrosion of carbon steel.

Lucy Stennett

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Ballroom 2

Exhibition & Lunch

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Ballroom 1

Modeling the Solubility of Iron Oxides in Wide Temperature Ranges: Thermodynamic Foundation for Understanding Flow-Accelerated Corrosion

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Ballroom 1

Electrode Boilers – Latest Learning/Experience/Issues

Monika Nielson

David Addison

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Ballroom 2

Afternoon Refreshments

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Ballroom 1

PFAS in Water Systems: Treatment Pathways from Capture to Destruction

Chris Bell

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Ballroom 1

Total Organic Carbon Monitoring in Condensate

Haroon Bhatti

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Ballroom 1

Closing Discussion

4:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Close of Day

6:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Gala Dinner onboard the SS Great Britain

For those that have pre-booked please gather in the Bristol Hotel reception foyer for a 6:30pm departure to walk to the SS Great Britain. It is a 12-15 minute walk. You may make your own way there if you prefer. Please bring your ticket with you (you will collect you ticket when you pick up your attendee badge).