PROMOTING COOPERATION AND TECHNICAL EXCHANGE IN THE AREA OF THERMAL HYDRAULIC EXPERIMENTATION: SILENCE NETWORK & SWINTH WORKSHOPS

SILENCE (Significant Light & Heavy Water Reactor Thermal-Hydraulic Experiments Network for the Consistent Exploitation of the Data) is an International network of Organizations that are active in the area of experimental investigations of nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics, aimed at promoting: cooperation and transfer of knowledge within the concerned international community; discussion on state-of-the-art technological issues; revival of interest in significant experimental campaigns; support to organizations and countries embarking in large experimental programmes. This paper provides summary information about SILENCE Network scope, objectives, structure and activities. Particular emphasis is then given to one of SILENCE initiatives, namely the SWINTH (Specialists Workshop on Advanced Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques for Experiments related to Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics and Severe Accidents) workshops devoted to instrumentation and experimental techniques for investigations in nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and severe accident. Summary information is provided on the first SWINTH workshop, held in 2016, and on the ongoing preparation of the second edition, which will be held in October 2019 in Livorno, Italy and is organized in cooperation with OECD/NEA-CSNI/WGAMA.