IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances and Innovations in Fast Reactor Design and Technology

TM Programme

Track 1: Fast Reactors in National and International Nuclear Energy Programmes

Track 2: Review and comparison of fast reactor designs and technology

o Size, power and modularity
o Breeding and burning
o Long life reactor cores
o Thorium cycle as an alternative

Track 3: Advanced fast reactor and core designs, including SMRs

Track 4: Innovative systems and components

o Plant components (pumps, heat exchangers, fuel handling, etc.)
o Advanced safety systems (DHR systems, core catchers, passive shutdown systems, etc.)
o Coolant purification and chemistry control systems
o Reactivity control
o Establishing infrastructure and supply chain

Track 5: Advanced Fuels and Materials

o Development and performance of metallic, oxide, nitride, and other fuels
o Fuel Fabrication and qualification
o Cladding, structural, and high-temperature resistant materials

Track 6: Experimental facilities and databases

o Quality assurance programmes
o Instrumentation and advanced measurement techniques
o Knowledge gaps in innovative reactor concepts

Resubmit to FR26

FR26

For those high-quality abstracts that are out of scope of this technical meeting, it is recommended to submit them to the IAEA Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR26, May 2026 in Beijing).