Name: Technical Meeting on Experience in Codes and Standards for Fusion Technology
Start: 2025-11-18T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-21T18:00:00+01:00
Location: IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria

Technical Meeting on Experience in Codes and Standards for Fusion Technology

from Tuesday 18 November 2025 (08:00) to Friday 21 November 2025 (18:00)

Monday 17 November 2025
Tuesday 18 November 2025

09:00 Opening and IAEA Introduction
Opening and IAEA Introduction
09:00 - 09:30
Room: M5
09:30 Strategic Approach to Codes and Standards for the Structural Integrity of STEP
Strategic Approach to Codes and Standards for the Structural Integrity of STEP
09:30 - 10:15
Room: M5
Contributions

09:30 Strategic Approach to Codes and Standards for the Structural Integrity of STEP - Yiqiang Wang (UKAEA)
10:15 Session 1
Session 1
10:15 - 12:15
Room: M5
Contributions

10:15 Challenges in Adapting Existing Nuclear Codes & Standards for Fusion Breeding Blanket Design & Manufacturing - Gaurav Verma (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

11:15 Justification Approach and Codification of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Nuclear Fission Components - John Sulley (Rolls-Royce)

11:45 The Need for Codes and Standards in Lead-Lithium Eutectic Manufacturing for Breeder Blanket Applications - Max Monange (EX-Fusion Inc.)
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:30
Room: M5
13:30 ITER’s Experience in Codes & Standards for the Engineering of Tokamaks
ITER’s Experience in Codes & Standards for the Engineering of Tokamaks
13:30 - 14:15
Room: M5
Contributions

13:30 ITER’s Experience in Codes & Standards for the Engineering of Tokamaks - Andreas Lee (ITER Org)
14:15 Session 2
Session 2
14:15 - 17:15
Room: M5
Contributions

14:15 Status of magnet development for fusion machines and applicable design criteria - Carlo Sbochia (Altrusion)

14:45 An Overview of Work Contributing to Fusion Codes and Standards at the University of Manchester - Aneeqa Khan (University of Manchester) Paul Mummery (University of Manchester)

15:45 Fusion Materials and Codes and Standards for Fusion Energy - Jay Brister (Clean Air Task Force)

16:15 Perspectives on Consensus-Based Codes and Standards to Support and Enable a Robust Supply Chain for Commercial Fusion Energy - Andrew Sowder (EPRI)

16:45 Perspectives on US test facilities towards development of a fusion pilot plant - Arnold Lumsdaine (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
17:15 Safety
Safety
17:15 - 18:00
Room: M5

18:00 Closing Discussion
Closing Discussion
18:00 - 18:30
Room: M5
Wednesday 19 November 2025
08:30 An Overview on Development of Codes and Standards for Tokamak Fusion Power Plant in Japan
An Overview on Development of Codes and Standards for Tokamak Fusion Power Plant in Japan
08:30 - 09:15
Room: M5
Contributions

08:30 An Overview on Development of Codes and Standards for Tokamak Fusion Power Plant in Japan - Masataka Nakahira (QST)
09:15 Session 1
Session 1
09:15 - 11:45
Room: M5
Contributions

09:15 Collaboration in Fusion Codes & Standards: Practices from SWIP and a Call for Global Partnership - Guoliang Xiao (Southwestern Institute of Physics，China)

09:45 Recent advancements in pressure codes & standards for fusion power plants - Alasdair Morrison (Oxford Sigma)

10:15 UKAEA Experience with the Development of Fusion Codes & Standards - Douglas Auld (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority) Mutaz Bashir (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority)

11:15 Fusion Codes & Standards: Current Challenges and Future Directions - Luigi Candido (Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd)
11:45 Session 2
Session 2
11:45 - 12:45
Room: M5
Contributions

11:45 Experience of developing a specific fusion safety related standard - Shanliang Zheng (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

12:15 Experience on developing a radiation protection standard - Kun Xu (IPP)
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:00
Room: M5

14:00 Development of Codes and Standards
Development of Codes and Standards
14:00 - 14:45
Room: M5
14:45 Session 2
Session 2
14:45 - 15:45
Room: M5
Contributions

14:45 Development of C&S for fusion in-vessel components: from ITER to DEMO - Giacomo Aiello (EUROfusion)

15:15 DEMO DESIGN CRITERIA FOR IN-VESSEL COMPONENTS – STRATEGIC VISION AND OVERARCHING CONSIDERATIONS - Sreeram Thozhur Madabusi (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
15:45
15:45 - 17:45
Room: M5
Contributions

16:15 The relationship between the regulatory frameworks and codes & standards for fusion facilities - Joachim Herb (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH)

16:45 SPARC PROGRESS AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF RECORD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARC - Tyler Ellis (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)

17:15 Strategic Use and Development of Codes and Standards to Enable the Deployment of Fusion Power Plants - Andrew Proffitt (Helion Energy)
17:45 Closing Discussion
Closing Discussion
17:45 - 18:30
Room: M5

18:30 Reception
Reception
18:30 - 20:00
Room: M5
Thursday 20 November 2025
08:30 Overview of fusion standards in China
Overview of fusion standards in China
08:30 - 09:15
Room: M5
Contributions

08:30 Overview of fusion standards in China - Min Wang (Ministry of Science and Technology, China)
09:15
09:15 - 11:15
Room: M5
Contributions

09:15 How to Develop Production-Level Software for the Fusion Energy Industry in Decentralised Research Environments - Daljeet Singh Gahle (Independent Consultant)

09:45 Machine Protection System (MPS) development lifecycle - Matej Klun (Cosylab d.d.)

10:15 Tritium in Fusion Energy: Ensuring Traceable and Responsible Deployment - Koichi Masuda (Liberty Fusion)
11:15 Session 1
Session 1
11:15 - 12:45
Room: M5
Contributions

11:15 Comparison of potential code & standards for tritium breeding blanket and application of RCC-MRx in CN ITER HCCB TBM-set - XINGHUA WU (CHINA)

11:45 Challenges Related to Tritium Transport in Fusion Reactors: From Component to System Level - Remi Delaporte-Mathurin (Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT)

12:15 Suggestions on FPP Primary System Design Standards from a Security Perspective - Bing Zhou
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:00
Room: M5
14:00 Introduction of Korean DEMO and Korea's Experience with Codes and Standards
Introduction of Korean DEMO and Korea's Experience with Codes and Standards
14:00 - 14:45
Room: M5
Contributions

14:00 Introduction of Korean DEMO and Korea's Experience with Codes and Standards - Sungbo Moon (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy)
14:45 Session 2
Session 2
14:45 - 16:15
Room: M5
Contributions

14:45 STANDARDS REQUIREMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING OF WATER-COOLANT TRITIUM BREEDING BLANKET COMPONENT - Wanjing Wang (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP))

15:15 Experience in Codes and Standards for Blankets at SWIP - Qian Li (Southwestern Institute of Physics)
16:15 Supply chain
Supply chain
16:15 - 17:00
Room: M5

17:00 Closing Session
Closing Session
17:00 - 18:15
Room: M5
Friday 21 November 2025

09:30 Program Committee Meeting
Program Committee Meeting
09:30 - 12:30
Room: M5

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