FR26: From Innovation to Implementation

Scientific Programme

Track 1. Innovative Fast Reactor Designs

1.IFR

• Advanced fast reactor concepts, including core, systems, and components design, small modular fast reactors, and deployment strategies aligned with future energy systems.

Track 2. Fast Reactor Safety and Licensing

2.FRS

• Safety approaches, analysis methods, passive systems, severe accident behaviour, 3S (Safety, Security, Safeguards), safety requirements and the regulatory framework for fast neutron reactors.

Track 3. Fuel Cycle Technologies and Sustainability

4. NFC

• Fuel cycle strategies and their impacts on waste minimization, hydro and pyro processes and associated waste streams, infrastructures, enablers (e.g., transportation).

Track 4. Fast Reactor Fuels and Materials

3.FCW

• Fuel and structural materials, coolant chemistry and related technologies.

Track 5. Test Facilities and Experiments

5.TFE

• Experimental infrastructure and test facilities, including component tests, and integral experiments.

Track 6. Modelling and Simulationn

6.M&S

• Computational methods, multi-physics tools, validation and verification, and the use of AI and machine learning.

Track 7. Economics, Integrated Systems, and Non-Electric Applications

7.ENE

• Economic assessments, integration with other energy systems, non-electric uses (e.g. hydrogen production and desalination).

Track 8. Commissioning, Operation and Decommissioning

8.COD

• Practical experience in starting up, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of fast reactors, including instrumentation and control technologies, in-service inspections, and management of waste streams.

Track 9. Public Engagement, Knowledge Management, and Education and Training

9.E&T

• Approaches and experiences for building public support, stakeholder engagement, knowledge preservation, and training to support long-term development.