OECD/NEA Organisation Meeting on Increased Accident Tolerance of Fuels for LWRs

28-29 October 2013, OECD-NEA HQ

Agenda & related documents

• Final Agenda
• List of Attendees (password protected | reminder)
• Summary Record (password protected | reminder)

Introduction and background (S. Massara, NEA)

Session 1: Technical updates since the December-2012 Workshop at the OECD-NEA

• Overview of the exchanges after the December-2012 Workshop through the discussion forum established at the OECD-NEA (S. Massara, NEA)
• Current status of ATF related activities in Japan (T. Hinoki, Kyoto Univ.) (password protected | reminder)
• Metrics Development for Enhanced Accident Tolerant LWR Fuels (S. Bragg-Sitton, INL)
• Candidate ATF Clad Technologies and Key Feasibility Issues (L. Snead, ORNL)
• CEA studies on nuclear fuel claddings for LWRs enhanced accident tolerant fuel. Some recent results, pending issues and prospects (J.C. Brachet, CEA)
• Current status on the accident tolerant fuel development in the Republic of Korea (J.Y. Park, J.H. Chang, KAERI)
• The current status of fuel R&D in the P.R. of China (T. Liu, CGN)

Session 2: Key elements for a work programme on ATF

• Beneficial characteristics of ATF (metrics) (L. Hallstadius, Westinghouse)
• Reactor types of interest (applicability) (L. Ott, ORNL)
• Impact on normal operations (N. Waeckel, EDF)
• Accident scenarios of interest (L. Ott, ORNL)
• Modelling tools (J.M. Bonnet, IRSN)
• Facilities and potential intermediate-term ATF development (L. Snead, ORNL)
• Experimental needs for assessment & validation (C. Vitanza, OECD-Halden)
• Development plan of Accident Tolerant Control Rod in Japan (H. Ohta, CRIEPI)

Session 3: Organisations expectations and provisional contribution to a collaborative activity on ATF

• CEA (Ph. Guedeney) (password protected | reminder)
• AREVA-NP (J. Strumpell) (password protected | reminder)
• IRSN (G. Hache) (password protected | reminder)
• PSI (M. Pouchon) (password protected | reminder)
• Czech Republic (J. Belac) (password protected | reminder)
• Westinghouse (L. Hallstadius) (password protected | reminder)
• DOE (A. Griffith) (password protected | reminder)
• EPRI (A. Sowder) (password protected | reminder)
• Kyoto University-CRIEPI-JAEA (T. Hinoki) (password protected | reminder)
• KAERI (J.-H. Yang) (password protected | reminder)
• CGN (T. Liu) (password protected | reminder)
• KIT (M. Steinbrueck) (password protected | reminder)
• Links with IAEA activity (G. Dyck)

Session 4: Collaborative framework

• Examples of NEA Committees Structure (J. Gulliford, NEA)

Last reviewed: 13 November 2013