Name: Technical Meeting on Advanced Technology Fuels:Progress on their Design, Manufacturing, Experimentation, Irradiation, and Case Studies for their Industrialization, Safety Evaluation, and Future Prospects
Start: 2025-10-28T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-31T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Vienna International Center

Technical Meeting on Advanced Technology Fuels:Progress on their Design, Manufacturing, Experimentation, Irradiation, and Case Studies for their Industrialization, Safety Evaluation, and Future Prospects

from Tuesday 28 October 2025 (10:00) to Friday 31 October 2025 (14:00)

Monday 27 October 2025
Tuesday 28 October 2025

10:00 Welcome from DDG-NE
Welcome from DDG-NE
10:00 - 10:10

10:10 Scientific Secretary’s introduction Purpose, scope, expectations and outcome of the meeting
Scientific Secretary’s introduction Purpose, scope, expectations and outcome of the meeting
10:10 - 10:25

10:25

10:25 - 10:40
10:40 Advances in ATF Materials and Manufacturing
Advances in ATF Materials and Manufacturing
10:40 - 14:30
Contributions

10:40 ATF CLADDING MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING WITHIN IAEA ATF-TS CRP - Martin Sevecek (Czech Technical University)

11:10 Development Status of FeCrAl-ODS Cladded Accident Tolerant Fuel for BWRs - KAN SAKAMOTO (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd.)

11:35 Research Progress and Prospect of Cr Coated Cladding Using in CNNC - Yongjun Jiao

12:00 WESTINGHOUSE ENCORE® ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL AND HIGH ENERGY FUEL STATUS AND COMMERCIALIZATION - Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Company)

12:25 FRAMATOME PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT US PWR OPTIMIZATION - Lisa Gerken (Framatome Inc.)

14:00 Discussion on Advances in ATF - All participants. Co-chairs of the sessions to lead
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:00
14:30 Experimental Testing of ATF Materials and Validation Database
Experimental Testing of ATF Materials and Validation Database
14:30 - 18:00
Contributions

14:30 SEPARATE EFFECT TESTS WITH ATF CLADDING MATERIALS WITHIN IAEA ATF-TS CRP - Martin Sevecek (Czech Technical University)

15:00 INTEGRAL TESTING OF ATF FUEL UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE ACCIDENT CONDITIONS IN THE CODEX FACILITY - Zoltán Hózer (HUN-REN EK)

16:00 LEAD TEST RODS PROGRAM WITH CR-COATED CLADDING AT DOEL-4 - JINZHAO ZHANG (TRACTEBEL (ENGIE)) NURIA DONCEL (ENUSA)

16:30 BEHAVIOUR OF BUNDLES WITH CR AND CR/CRN COATED ZR ALLOY CLADDING UNDER SIMULATING DESIGN EXTENTION CONDITIONS AT THE DEGREE FACILITY - Kinya nakamura (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

17:00 ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING WITH CHROMIUM COATING: DIFFUSION-REACTION MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION UNDER EXTREME TEMPERATURES - Lili liu
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 29 October 2025
09:00
09:00 - 15:30
Contributions

09:00 Investigation of the temperature-dependent failure processes in a PVD Cr-coated ZIRLO nuclear fuel cladding material using real-time X-ray micro-tomography imaging - Guanjie Yuan

09:25 The study on the interdiffusion performance of Cr-Zr under high temperature in Cr-coated cladding - Liang He

09:55 Integral Irradiations and Post-Irradiation Examinations of ATF Concepts Performed at Idaho National Laboratory - Robert Hansen (Idaho National Laboratory)

11:00 CORROSION KINETICS OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL UNDER WATER NORMAL OPERATION PWR CONDITION - Vanessa Sanches Pereira da Silva (AMAZUL)

11:25 IAEA Fuel DB - Anzhelika Khaperskaia

11:50 AN OVERVIEW OF CEA LOCA SEPARATE EFFECTS TESTING APPLIED TO CHROMIUM-COATED ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDINGS - Ali Charbal (CEA, Service de Recherche en Matériaux et procédés Avancés, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

12:15 TESTING-SIMULATION OF PELLET-CLADDING MECHANICAL INTERACTION WITH ATF CLADDINGS - Márton Király (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

14:00 High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Cr/CrN Multilayer Coatings on Zr–Nb Alloy for Accident Tolerant Fuels - Abdollah riahi

14:25 SEPARATE EFFECTS TESTS CONDUCTED WITH ATF FUEL CLADDING MATERIALS - Márton Király (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

14:55 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

12:45 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 - 14:00

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:35
Contributions

16:00 IAEA ATF BENCHMARK OF FUEL ROD CODES FOR SIMULATION OF SELECTED SEPARATE EFFECT TESTS - Antoine Bouloré (CEA)

16:30 IAEA ATF-TS benchmark for simulation of bundle tests - Juri Stuckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

17:00 MODELLING OF ATF MICRO-CELL UO2 FUEL BEHAVIOUR UNDER IRRADIATION Impact of thermal conductivity on expected thermal-mechanical behavior under irradiation - Veronica D'AMBROSI (CEA)
18:05 Reception (Salon A-B)
Reception (Salon A-B)
18:05 - 20:05
Thursday 30 October 2025
09:00
09:00 - 11:40
Contributions

09:00 THE IPEN/CNEN (BRAZIL) CONTRIBUTION TO ATF-TS CRP - Alfredo Abe (Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN/CNEN-SP))

09:25 STATUS OF FUEL AND THERMAL HYDRAULIC COUPLED ANALYSIS IN KOREA - HYO CHAN KIM (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

09:50 MANDREL TEST SIMULATION USING THE TRANSURANUS CODE: INSIGHTS FROM AN OFFERR PROJECT - Paul Van Uffelen (European Commission - Joint Research Centre)

10:45 FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF MANDREL TEST WITH ATF CLADDING - Hamidreza Yousefi (University of Pisa)

11:10 Discussion
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45
11:40
11:40 - 17:30
Contributions

11:40 FUEL SAFETY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR ATFS UNDER LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENTS - JINZHAO ZHANG (TRACTEBEL (ENGIE))

12:10 Towards RIA simulations of ATF fuel in large and small modular water cooled reactors by means of TRANSURANUS - Paul Van Uffelen (European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre)

14:00 Advancements in hydrogen-based transient cladding strain limits to support accident tolerant fuel - Michael Orner (Westinghouse Electric Company LLC)

14:25 DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCA FUEL SAFETY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR CR-COATED CLADDING ATF - TRACTEBEL Contribution to IAEA CRP ATF-TS (2021-2024) - JINZHAO ZHANG (TRACTEBEL (ENGIE))

14:50 SUMMARY OF NEA WORKING GROUP FOR FUEL SAFETY’S TECHNICAL OPINION PAPER ON ATF - Lisa Gerken (Framatome Inc.)

15:45 EATF safety benefit: EDF point of view. - Anthony Dyan (EDF) Antoine ambard (edf)

16:10 IAEA PRESENTATION ON FUEL SAFETY ACTIVITY - Surik BZNUNI (NSNI, IAEA)

16:35 Constraints Involved in Safety Review of Accident Tolerant Fuels - Pakistan's Perspective - Hamid Raza

17:00 Discussion on ATF Safety Analysis and Licensing Practices. The recommendations for future activities on the topic, including CRP
12:35 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:35 - 14:00

15:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:45
17:30
17:30 - 18:00
Contributions

17:30 ROLE OF ATF IN ENHANCING SMR PERFORMANCE - Koroush Shirvan
Friday 31 October 2025
09:00
09:00 - 14:00
Contributions

09:00 Current status of development and qualification of advanced technology fuel (ATF) in Russia - Alexander Radostin

09:25 BWR perspective of industrial applications of ATF (high burnups, FFRD, time @ temperature) - BARIS sarikaya (constellation)

09:50 OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF CR-COATED ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL CLADDING IN LARGE PWRS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SMR APPLICATIONS - Youho Lee (Seoul National University)

10:45 Discussion: IAEA future activity, including future CRP on ATF, and TM documentation strategy - All participants. Co-chairs of the sessions to lead

11:45 Summary of the meeting - The Co-Chairs of the sessions to provide summaries of the session discussion The Co- Chairs of the meeting to present the outcomes of the discussions and recommendations for future IAEA activities in the ATF area

12:45 Closure of the meeting