Working Party on Scientific Issues of the Fuel Cycle (WPFC)

Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Scientific Issues of the Fuel Cycle (WPFC) deals with scientific issues in various existing and advanced nuclear fuel cycles, including fuel cycle physics, associated chemistry and flowsheets, the development and performance of fuels and materials, and accelerators and spallation targets.

Structure

• Expert Group on Heavy Liquid Metal (HLM) Technology
  • Benchmarking of Thermal-Hydraulic Loop Models for Lead-Alloy Cooled Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (LACANES)
• Expert Group on Chemical Partitioning
  • National programmes in partitioning
  • Flowsheet studies
  • Separations criteria
• Expert Group on Fuel Cycle Transition Scenarios Studies
• Expert Group on Innovative Fuels (in preparation)
• Expert Group on Innovative Materials (in preparation)

Meetings, workshops and conferences

Expert group meetings

• 6th meeting (30 April 2008, NEA offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
• 5th meeting (14 September 2007, Boise, USA)
• 4th meeting (29 January 2007, NEA offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
• 3rd meeting (23 January 2006, NEA offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
• 2nd meeting (22 June 2005, NEA offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
• 1st meeting (12 November 2004, Las Vegas, USA)

Meeting documents are in the working area (requires password).

NEA Information Exchange Meetings on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (IEM P&T) (in co-operation with the Nuclear Development Committee)

• 10th Information Exchange Meeting, 6-10 October 2008, Mito, Japan
• 9th Information Exchange Meeting (25-29 September 2006, Nîmes, France)
• 8th Information Exchange Meeting (9-11 November 2004, Las Vegas, USA)
• 7th Information Exchange Meeting (14-16 October 2002, Jeju, Korea)
• 6th Information Exchange Meeting (11-13 December 2000, Madrid, Spain)

• 5th Workshop (6-9 May 2007, Mol, Belgium)
• 4th Workshop (16-19 May 2004, Daejon, Korea)
• 3rd Workshop (12-16 May 2002, Santa Fe, USA)
• 2nd Workshop (22-24 November 1999, Cadarache, France)
• 1st Workshop (13-15 October 1998, Mito, Japan)

Recent publications and reports

• Proceedings of fifth workshop on utilisation and reliability of high power proton accelerators (2008) (on sale)
• Proceedings of ninth information exchange meeting on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (2007)
• Handbook on Lead-bismuth Eutectic Alloy and Lead Properties, Materials Compatibility, Thermal-hydraulics and Technologies - 2007 Edition
• Physics and Safety of Transmutation Systems - A Status Report (2006)
• Fuels and Materials for Transmutation - A Status Report (2005)
• NEA publications on the fuel cycle and P&T
• WPFC documents (2007) (requires password) 
  

Related links

Related activities under the auspices of NEA Nuclear Science Committee

• Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC)
• Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS)
• Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS)
• Expert Group on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF)
• Expert Group on the Needs of R&D Facilities in Nuclear Science
• Meetings and conferences organised/sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee and the Data Bank

Partitioning and Transmutation of Minor Actinides and Fission Products (joint activity with the Nuclear Development Division)

WPFC mandate

Members' working area (requires password)

For more information on this working party, please contact Yong-Joon CHOI (Tel: +33 1 45 24 10 91, yongjoon.choi@oecd.org)

For more information on activities managed/supported by the NSC, please contact Claes Nordborg (Claes.Nordborg@oecd.org) Return to the NSC Home Page

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Last updated: 16 May 2008