JRP 04-05

Partners

CEA

EC-JRC-ITU

Contact

Dr. Christine Guéneau
Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, DEN/DPC/SCP, Bât. 450 SE, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
Phone +33 1 69 08 67 41
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International Information Exchange Meeting on Thermodynamics of Nuclear Fuels

Status

 
Terminated - Planned from October 2006 till October 2006

Goals

We propose to organise an “International Information Exchange Meeting on Thermodynamics of Nuclear Fuels” consisting of a 3-days training school for young researchers followed by a 3-days seminar that addresses the main developments in the field of experimental and theoretical thermodynamics. The emphasis of the meeting will be on traditional UO2 and MOX fuels and on advanced fuels for GENIV reactors.

The format of the meeting will consist of a 3-days training school for young researchers followed by a 3-days seminar that addresses the main developments in the field. The school will involve lectures on basic principles and applications by leading specialists in the field and training sessions with modern software tools. The seminar will be equally divided between invited lectures that address recent scientific results in experimental and theoretical thermodynamics, and ´normal´ contributions that have been selected from submitted abstracts. Note that the scope of the meeting will be limited to Thermodynamics of Nuclear Fuels, with emphasis on traditional UO2 and MOX fuels and fuels for GENIV reactors.

Expected results

The meeting will help young researchers to effectively understand and use the modern thermodynamic for the understanding of fuel behaviour and the design of new fuels. The information exchange will help to integrate the European activities in this field.

The format of the meeting will help to focus on common problems in the field of thermodynamics. The continuing reduction of experimental thermodynamic laboratories for radioactive materials since the 1980s requests integration of the still available knowledge and infrastructure in Europe but also a pro-active attitude in learning young researchers the strength of thermodynamics in understanding nuclear fuels. It is also extremely important to share the modelling tools databases, etc …) that are being developed and involve many users in early stages.

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