SNETP Events
Every year the SNETP Association organises or supports organisation of different types of events, such as the SNETP Annual Forum, international conferences (PLIM, NDE, …), Information days (for collaborative project coordinators, sectorial SMEs, academia, etc.), as well as sessions with national stakeholders.

SNETP FORUM 2021 presentations
Day 1 – 2 February 2021
Presentation of SNETP Strategy – Bernard Salha, EDF, SNETP President
Presentation of the vision of SNETP pillars: ESNII, NC2I & NUGENIA – Marc Schyns, SCK-CEN; Józef Sobolewski, NCBJ & Steve Napier, NNL
Panel discussion:
- Michael Chudakov, IAEA
- William Magwood, OECD/NEA
- Sama Bilbao, WNA
- Yves Desbazeille, Foratom
- Rosalinde VAN DER VLIES, DG RTD
- Nicolas Février, EDF
Days 2 & 3 February 2021
TS1 – Long term operation & construction (moderated by Pavel Kral, UJV & Luis Herranz, CIEMAT)
- Implementation of new safety requirements in post-Fukushima period (including LTO considerations) – J. Misak, UJV
- Hydrogen Management – Chaumeix, CNRS & Bentaib, IRSN
- Progress towards simulation of passive safety systems – Michael Montout, EdF
- Presentation of results from the PANAS project – Frances Viereckl, TU Dresden
- Material research for LTO – Concetta Fazio, JRC
- Fluid Structure Interaction: A Multi-Physics Application for Design and LTO Support – F. Roelofs, NRG
- Perspectives and opportunities for LTO in Europe – Andrei Goicea, Foratom
- Leveraging Research and Operational Experience for Plant Upgrades and LTO at Loviisa NPP – Harri Tuomisto, Fortum
- On-going” and/or planned research in the present Spanish context – L.E. Herranz, CIEMAT
TS2 – SMRs (Eric Hanus, CEA & Rob Arnold, BEIS
- Micro-reactors – an overview – Mark Davies, USNC
- NUWARD TM – Eric Hanus, CEA
- EnergyWell – SMR under development in the Czech Republic – Marek Ruščák, CVR
- Execution of first privately funded EU SMR deployment – Kalev Kallemets, Fermi Energia
- ELSMOR – Ville Tulkki, VTT
- Passive safety in SMR – Christophe Herer, IRSN
- Experimental support for SMR passive safety systems – Roberta Ferri, SIET
- Lessons-learned from approval of NuScale SMR – Dom Claudio, NuScale
- Nuclear: the need for radical innovation – Jacopo Buongiorno, MIT
- Advanced Modular Reactors for UK – Zara Hodgson, NIRO
TS3 – Fuel development and fuel cycle efficiency (moderated by Steve Napier, NIRO & Bruno Michel, CEA)
- Developments in Advanced Recycle and Sustainability for Future Fuel Cycle Options – Robin Taylor, UK NNL
- Update on the nuclear data for Advanced Fuel Cycle Programme – Allan Simpson, UK NNL
- Benchmark and improvement of fuel performance codes” – Lelio Luzzi, Politecnico MILANO
- Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuel – Mark Davies, USNC
- Future prospects in Framatome Fuel development and related R&D needs – Guy Gentet, FRAMATOME
- Using a basic research approach to improve fuel performance codes – Marjorie Bertolus, CEA
- IRSN FUEL+ software plateform to simulate fuel behviour in accidental conditions – Gaétan GUILLARD, IRSN
- “Spent fuel characterization and evolution until disposal (SFC)” – Peter Jansson, UPPSALA
TS4 – Innovative and perspective materials solutions (moderated by Lorenzo Malerba, CIEMAT & Karl-Fredrik Nilsson, JRC)
- Additive manufacturing for nuclear applications – P. Aubry, CEA
- Ceramic coatings for nuclear applications – F. Di Fonzo, IIT
- High Entropy Alloys for nuclear applications – A. Weisenburger, KIT
- Alumina forming steels for ATF and GenIV cladding – P. Szakalos, KTH
- SiC/SiC joining for cladding applications – M. Ferraris, Polito
- Advanced online monitoring and NDE for nuclear systems – M. Rabung, FhG IZFP
- Innovation on concrete structures – Miguel Ferreira, VTT & Edgar Bohner, VTT
- A way to innovative polymers for nuclear applications: the MAGAPOL initiative – Marc Kuntz, EDF
- How to introduce new materials in design codes – C. Petesch, CEA
TS5 – Energy Systems, new applications, economy, licensing (moderated by Marc Deffrennes, weCARE & Franck Carré, CEA)
- Role of nuclear in future energy mixes – Kirsty GOGAN, TerraPraxis
- Beyond electrification: ways to tackle difficult to decarbonise sectors – Aiden PEAKMAN, NIRO
- Industrial applications of high temperature reactors and the Horizon 2020 GEMINI+ project – Dominique HITTNER & Michael FÜTTERER, NC2I
- Enabling industrial carbon capture using green hydrogen – Ted MORYTO, CNL
- Green Ammonia – Tobias BIRWE, ThyssenKrupp
- Hybrid Energy Systems – Shannon BRAGG-SITTON, INL
- Potential of SMR technologies for cogeneration and hybrid energy systems – Jean-Michel RUGGIERI, CEA
- HTTR licensing experience and commercial modular HTGR safety design requirements including coupling of process heat applications – Hirofumi OHASHI, JAEA
- Economics of SMRs in cogeneration systems – Alexandre BREDIMAS & Blazej CHMIELARZ, USNC
- Tractebel’s vision on Small Modular Reactors – Technical due diligence and market studies – Anicet TOURÉ, Tractebel
TS6 – Decommissioning & waste treatment (moderated by Erika Holt, VTT & Anthony Banford, NNL
- Fuel cycle closure, D&RDWM – Massimo Sepielli, ENEA, Italy with Sogin and ISIN Regulator views
- Decom waste characterization and tools:
- MICADO project – Massimo Morichi, CAEN, Italy
- CHANCE project, Denise Richard, Andra, France
- Decommissioning and pre-disposal waste handling needs, a French perspective – Clement Bosquier, EDF, France
- Decom dismantling PLEIADES project and industry SRA within SHARE project – Christine Georges, CEA, France
- Decommissioning of Ignalina NPP – Dmitrij Ekaterinicev & Jurij Sapoval, INPP, Lithuania
- Sweden’s decommissioning and radwaste perspectives – Andreas Knutsson, Vattenfall, Sweden
- Decom waste minimization:
- INSIDER project – Daniele Roudil, CEA, France
- THERAMIN project on thermal treatments – Matti Nieminen, VTT, Finland
- Sellafield Challenges: Steering the Supertanker – David Connelly, Sellafield, UK
- Radwaste joint programs:
- EURAD ROUTES waste streams and WAC – Elisa Leoni, IRSN, France
- PREDIS project predisposal waste treatment needs – Erika Holt, VTT, Finland
- Small inventory program needs in decom and waste management – Andrea Rapić, Krško NPP, Slovakia
TS7 – Advanced reactor systems (moderated by Paul Schuurmans, SCK-CEN & Nathan Paterson, Foratom
- Overview of Gen-IV developments and GIF – Kamil Tucek, JRC
- Development of Advanced reactor systems : The MYRRHA Project – Didier De Bruyn, SCK•CEN
- Status and next activities related to the ALFRED project – Michele Frignani, Ansaldo
- HLM reactor research – Paul Schuurmans, SCK•CEN
- H2020 ESFR-SMART project – Konstantin Mikityuk, PSI
- Allegro Project and update on Gas cooled fast reactor (GFR) technology – Branislav Hatala, VUJE, a.s. & Petr Vácha, ÚJV Řež, a. S
- New challenges for the SCWR development – Marketa Krykova, CVR
- Support to MSR technology – Ralph Hania, NRG
- Converter of actinides in a molten salt reactor – Paul Gauthé, CEA & Bertrand Morel, Orano
TS8 – Digitalisation – Modelling and Simulation (moderated by Ferry Roelofs, NRG & Didier Banner, EDF)
- IAEA-EPFL activities on open-source software development – Carlo Fiorina, EPFL, Switzerland
- SALOME-MECA: A structural mechanics open-source simulation platform – Dominique Geoffroy, EDF, France
- The role of high fidelity numerical simulations, complementary to experiments, for nuclear reactor safety analyses – Ed Komen, NRG, the Netherlands
- Qualification of System Codes for New Builts – Code requirements and model improvement – Thorsten Hollands, GRS, Germany
- Uncertainty Quantification – Celine Lascar, Framatome, Germany
- Multi-scale Analysis – Antoine Gerschenfeld, CEA, France
- Modelling the effect of stationary perturbations onto the neutron flux in nuclear reactors – Christophe Demaziere, Chalmers, Sweden
- The digital nuclear reactor initiative – Chai Koren, EDF, France
- UK VRD initiative – Albrecht Kyrieleis, Jacobs, UK
- Summary of the session by the moderators
SNETP FORUM 2021 proceedings
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