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Workshop on Advanced Reactors With Innovative Fuels 

Hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
under the auspices of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee

16-18 February 2005 - Pollard Auditorium, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA 

Programme 

 

Session-paper Country Author(s) Title
0.00
Chair : Jess Gehin Opening Session
0.01 USA Gordon Michaels Welcome and Introduction
0.02 USA Jess Gehin Overview of the Workshop
0.03 UK Kevin Hesketh Status of the OECD/NEA Working Party on Reactor Systems
0.04 USA
Kemal Pasamehmetoglu The Fuels Development Program for the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
0.05 USA David Petti The DOE Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Development and Qualification Program
1.00
Chair : Larry Ott
Session I: Advanced Fuels for Minor Actinide Burning and Transmutation
1.01 USA John A. Stillman, Louis Grenet,
Dmitry G. Naberezhnev, Temitope A. Taiwo, Won Sik Yang
Comparison of Inert-Matrix Fuels for Actinide Recycling
1.02 Norway Mario Streit, Terje Tverberg, Wolfgang Wiesenack Comparison of Inert Matrix Fuel Irradiations at OECD Halden Reactor
1.03 USA M. K. Meyer, J. R. Kennedy, S.L. Hayes, J.R. Stuart, D.D. Keiser, A.P. Maddison Metal Alloy Fuels for Plutonium and Minor Actinide Transmutation
1.04 Korea

Ho Jin Ryu, Kweon Ho Kang, Kee Chan Song, Myung Seung Yang Materials Properties and Fuel Performance of the DUPIC Fuel
2.00
Chair: Kevan Weaver Session II: Advanced Fast Reactor Systems
2.01 France Jacques Rouault, Thomas Y.C. Wei The GEN IV Gas cooled Fast Reactor : Status of Studies
2.02 UK T D Newton, P J Smith, Y Askan A Helium Cooled Particle Fuelled Reactor for Fuel Sustainability
2.03 USA J. J. Sienicki, A. V. Moisseytsev, P.A. Pfeiffer, W. S. Yang, M. A. Smith, S.J. Kim, Y. D. Bodnar, D.C. Wade, L. L. Leibowitz SSTAR Lead-Cooled, Small Modular Fast Reactor with Nitride Fuel
2.04 USA Ser Gi Hong, Tsuyoshi Okawa, Ehud Greenspan Molten Salt Cooled ENHS (Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source)-Type Reactors
3.00
Chairs : Pavel Medvedev and Kazuhiro Sawa Session III: Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Advanced Fuels
3.01 France Doriane Hélary, Xavier Bourrat, Olivier Dugne, François Charollais, Marc Pérez, François Cellier Characterization of Silicon Carbide and Pyrocarbon Coatings for Fuel Particles for High Temperature Reactors (HTR)
3.02 France

Virginie Basini, François Charollais, Denis Rochais, Doriane Hélary, Marc Perez, Pierre Guillermier New Techniques Dedicated to the Characterization of Innovative Fuels
3.03 Germany

J. Somers, A. Fernandez, D. Haas Kernels for the Disposition of Plutonium in High Temperature Reactors
3.04 Japan

Kazuhiro Sawa, Shouhei Ueta, Tatsuo Iyoku, Masuro Ogawa, Yoshihiro Komori Research and Development Program of HTGR Fuel in Japan
3.05 USA A. K. Kercher, J. D. Hunn, J. R. Price, G. E. Jellison, F. C. Montgomery, R.N. Morris, J.M. Giaquinto, D.L. Denton Advanced Characterization Methods for TRISO Fuels
3.06 USA P. G. Medvedev , S. M. Frank, M. J. Lambregts, A. P. Maddison, T. P. O’Holleran , M.K. Meyer Dual Phase MgO-ZrO2 Ceramics for Use in LWR Inert Fuel Matrices
3.07 Belgium G. Toury, S. Shihab, B. Lance, M. Lippens CERMET PuO2 – Ferritic Stainless Steel fuel Development and Performance Evaluation with COMETHE Code
4.00
Chair: Cassiano de Oliveira Session IV: Advanced Thermal Reactor Systems
4.01 USA E. Greenspan, F. Ganda, Z. Shayer, N. Todreas, J. Malen, C. Shuffler, J. Trant, A. Romano, B. Petrovic, H. Garkisch Optimization of UO2 Fuelled PWR Core Design
4.02 Israel E. Shwageraus, P. Hejzlar, M.S. Kazimi Constraining TRU Production in PWRs with Heterogeneous UO2 – ThO2 Assembly
4.03 USA F. Ganda, E. Greenspan Incineration of Plutonium in PWR Using Hydride Fuel
4.04 USA Z. Shayer and E. Greenspan Preliminary Assessment of Possibilities for Improving the Performance of SCWR Using PuH2-ThH2 Fuel
4.05 UK Bryan Miles, Christopher C. Pain, Matthew D. Eaton, Kemal Ziver, Anthony J. H. Goddard, Cassiano R. E. de Oliveira Modelling Transient Stability and Dynamics of a Pebble Bed Reactor Using FETCH code
4.06 USA D. T. Ingersoll, E. J. Parma, C. W. Forsberg, J. P. Renier Core Physics Characteristics and Issues for the Advanced High-Temperature Reactor (AHTR)
4.07 USA Felix Difilippo Design of Plutonium- Burning Very High Temperature Reactors
4.08 USA M. Fratoni, Ehud Greenspan Transmutation Capability of Molten Salt Reactors Fueled with TRU from LWR
5.00
Chair: Pierre D’hondt Session V: Experimental Facilities and Programs, Nuclear Data, and International Programs
5.01 Belgium E. Malambu, V. Sobolev, W. Haeck, H. Aït Abderrahim Modelling Incineration of Minor Actinides in Experimental ADS MYRRHA
5.02 Belgium V. Sobolev, S. Lemehov, W. Haeck, H. Aït Abderrahim Modelling Long Term Performances of Minor Actinide Fuel Targets in Experimental ADS MYRRHA
5.03 Austria Yuri Busurin, Juergen Kupitz, Ch. Ganguly The INPRO Methodology for Innovative Nuclear Energy System Assessment – Fuel Cycle Considerations
5.04 France Adrien Bidaud, Ivo Kodeli, Victor Mastrangelo, Enrico Sartori Sensitivity to Nuclear Data and Uncertainty Analysis : The Experience of VENUS2 OECD/NEA Benchmarks
5.05 France Adrien Bidaud, David Lecarpentier, Oliver Köberl, Tatiana Ivanova, Victor Mastrangelo, Ludovic Mathieu, Daniel Heuer Sensitivity Analysis of Nuclear Data on keff for Graphite Moderated Innovative Reactors
6.00
Chair: Andrew Worrall Session VI: Developments in Advanced Fuel Cycles and Actinide Burning
6.01 France Simone Massara, P. Tetart, L. Boucher A French Scenario for Fast Reactor Deployment Over the XXIst Century
6.02 Italy N. Cerullo, G. Lomonaco, V. Romanello Waste Radiotoxicity Minimization Using Innovative LWR-HTR-GCFR Symbiotic Fuel Cycles
6.03 UK Kevin Hesketh Radiotoxicity of Thorium Fuel Cycles in PWRs
6.04 Austria Hosadu Parameswara Nawada Role of Minor Actinides Minimization Technologies and Approaches in Addressing Eco-friendly Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles
7.00
Chair: Jess Gehin Overview of Workshop and Session Reports
7.01 USA Larry Ott Summary of Session I
7.02 USA Kevin Weaver Summary of Session II
7.03 USA/Japan Pavel Medvedev and Kazuhiro Sawa Summary of Session III
7.04 USA/UK Cassiano de Oliveira Summary of Session IV
7.05 Belgium Pierre D’hondt Summary of Session V
7.06 UK Andrew Worrall Summary of Session VI
8.00
Chair: Daniel Ingersoll Panel on Directions and Needs in Advanced Reactors and Fuels
8.01 Japan Kazuhiro Sawa Directions and Developments – Development Need and Requirements for HTGR Fuel
8.02 USA Charles Forsberg Future Directions: Toward Higher Temperature Reactors
8.03 UK Kevin Hesketh UK Perspectives on GEN-IV
8.04 USA Dave Williams Transmutation: Evolutionary Strategy
9.00
Chair: Jess Gehin
Final Remarks and Closing







Tour of ORNL Facilities (Spallation Neutron Source, Graphite Reactor, High Flux Isotope Reactor)

Last update:9 March 2005