Event Schedule

Day 0
Friday, 11 October 2019

Technical tour of the Paks NPP

8:00

Bus leaves from the hotel for Paks

10:00 – 10:20

Welcome and refreshments on arrival

10:20 – 11:10

Tour of the Visitors Centre

11:10 – 12:30

Tour of Unit 4

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break (self-service)

14:00 – 15:30

Tour of the Maintenance Training Centre

16:00

Bus leaves for Budapest

Day 1
Monday, 14 October 2019

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

Opening Session

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome, Introductions, and Agenda

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

9:15 – 9:35

Message from Host

Gyula Máté Mach
MVM Paks NPP Ltd.

9:35 – 9:50

Message from the IAEA

Janos Eiler
IAEA

9:50 – 10:20

Coffee Break

Technical Session 1

10:20 – 10:50

Invited Presentation 1: Critical Issues and Lesson Learned in the Deployment of FPGA Based System in Nuclear Power Plants

Steven Arndt
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

10:50 – 11:20

Presentation 2: Using IEEE 1012 for V&V of FPGA-Based Equipment – Perspectives from the IEEE P1012 Working Group

David Hooten
Imperia Engineering Partners

11:20 – 11:40

Presentation 3: Status of IEC 62566-2

Andreas Mölleken
TÜV Rheinland

11:40 – 12:20

Presentation 4: TBD

Gerard Lekhema
National Nuclear Regulator of South Africa

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

Technical Session 2

14:00 – 14:30

Presentation 5: Development of Criteria for the Diversity Assessment of FPGAs and CPLDs in Safety Related I&C Systems

Manuela Jopen
GRS

14:30 – 15:00

Presentation 6: Cyber Security Considerations in FPGA Design

Dr. Andrew White
United Kingdom – Office for Nuclear Regulation

15:00 – 15:30

Presentation 7: From function diagrams to silicon: How Framatome couples cutting-edge engineering software with FPGA controllers for safety applications

Mathieu Allory and Hayder Haouaneb
Framatome

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

Technical Session 3

16:00 – 16:30

Presentation 8: Role & development methods of FPGAs in Rolls-Royce safety Platforms

Arnaud Duthou
Rolls-Royce

16:30 – 17:00

Presentation 9: Rock Creek Innovations Model-Based Development Lifecycle

Gregg Clarkson
Rock Creek Innovations

17:00 – 17:30

Presentation 10: How Formal Analysis proves the security of your FPGA design

Rachid Laaris
Cadlog

17:30 – 17:45

Open Discussion and Closing Statements

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

Individual Period for Local Attractions and Dinner

Day 2
Tuesday, 15 October 2019

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome, Introduction & Agenda

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

Technical Session 4

9:15 – 9:45

Presentation 11: An FPGA-based architecture for the French SMR I&C Protection System

Thuy Nguyen
Électricité de France

9:45 – 10:15

Presentation 12: TBD

Cyrus Afshar
NuScale Power

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee Break

Technical Session 5

10:45 – 11:15

Presentation 13: TBD

Lenka Riganova
Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic

11:15 – 11:45

Presentation 14: Insights from NRC Reviews of FPGA Based Platforms

Sean Kelley
SunPort S.A.

11:45 – 12:15

Presentation 15: TBD

Daniel Estryk
National Commission for Atomic Energy for Argentina

12:15 – 12:30

Group Photo

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

Technical Session 6

14:00 – 14:30

Presentation 16: Implementing PID loop using FPGA-based platform: Case Study

Kostiantyn Leontiiev
RPC Radiy

14:00 – 15:00

Presentation 17: Intelligent RTL Simulation Platform for Nuclear Safety System Application based on FPGA

Zhikai Liu
China Nuclear Control System Engineering Co., Ltd.

15:00 – 15:30

Presentation 18: Class 1 compliant design and verification process for FPGA-based I&C system

Satoshi Nishikawa
Hitachi, Ltd.

Technical Session 7

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:30

Presentation 19: Development and Qualification of One-Step Logic Conversion Automation for FPGA Applications

Steve Yang
Doosan HF Controls

16:30 – 17:00

Presentation 20: RPCT: Integrated Development Environment for FPGA-based Applications

Steve Yang
Doosan HF Controls

17:00 – 18:00

Demonstration of RadICS Platform and RPCT

18:00 – 19:00

Break

19:00 – 21:00

Group Dinner at Hotel

Day 3
Wednesday, 16 October 2019

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome, Introduction & Agenda

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

Technical Session 8

9:15 – 9:45

Presentation 21: Regulatory Experience in Reviewing the FPGA-based Controller in Korea

Yongil Kwon
Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

9:45 – 10:15

Presentation 22: LM Application of FPGA and Digital Safety Platforms

Larry Erin
Lockheed Martin

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:15

Presentation 23: Using Sequential Equivalence Checking to Verify Implementation of FPGAs for NPP Applications

Hayder Haouaneb Framatome and Vlada Kalinic
OneSpin Solutions

11:15 – 11:45

Presentation 24: Trends for FPGA Technology in Safety Critical Applications

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

11:45 – 12:30

Final Discussion on Recommendations, Future Activities, and Closing the Meeting

Mark Burzynski
SunPort SA

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break
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