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Editorial note SBNFC III
Progress in Nuclear Energy 94 (2017) 173
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Editorial note SBNFC III
The Scientific Basis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycles III held in 2015 was organized as a symposium of the EMRS 2015 spring meeting held 11-15 May 2015 in Lille, France. This specific EMRS meeting emphasized technologies for the environment and material-cycles. The Scientific Basis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycles III was the EMRS Symposium F. Pr. Doc. Dr Claude DEGUELDRE from the Paul Scherrer Institut and University of Geneva (today at Lancaster University) was acting as chair and organizer. Pr Dr Dirk BOSBACH from Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany, Dr Christophe POINSSOT from Commissariat l'Energie a Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France, and Dr Joseph SOMERS from Institute for TransUranium elements, ECJRC-ITU Karlsruhe, Germany, acted as co-organizers. Nuclear fuel cycle materials have to withstand demanding temperature, pressure and irradiation environments and are therefore studied to optimise their production and utilisation. The symposium included sessions dealing with nuclear energy vector materials and processes ranging from fuels for thermal or fast reactors, their analysis after irradiation, their reprocessing for reutilisation and the waste forms. Macro-properties such as thermodynamic, thermophysical and mechanical as well as micro- and nanostructural analysis of these materials are discussed for example comparing properties prior and after irradiation. The developed topics were: nuclear fuel production and properties in session I, irradiation effects post irradiation examinations in session II, separation and reutilization in session III, and, nuclear waste form properties in sessions IVa&b. Some presentations also focused on the specific projects and studies related to the accident tolerant fuels. In total, 60 papers from 12 countries were presented in the 4 oral sessions and in the 1 poster session. Session I, on fuel production and properties, was chaired by Dr Joseph. Somers. Papers including an invited paper Synchrotron-radiation-based studies of nuclear fuel cycle materials by Melissa Denecke (University Manchester) followed by 8 contribution papers ranging from extraction of uranium from sea water to electronic properties of uranium silicide were presented in the frame of this session. A panel discussion on accident tolerant fuel (ATF) moderated by Peng Xu (Westinghouse) and Daniel Shepherd (NNL) demonstrated the efforts to investigate AFT, focusing on uranium nitride and uranium silicide. Session II on Post Irradiation Examination was chaired by Professor Claude Degueldre. The invited paper on Effects of irradiation on the microscopic structure and performance parameters of UO2 was
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given by Steven Conradson Synchrotron Soleil (F). Followed 8 papers on post irradiation examinations of nuclear fuels, developing the advantage of combining advanced techniques, their combination draws a complete picture including isotopes, elements, species, structure and morphology. Poster session was chaired by Dr Melanie Chollet (PSI) regrouped 17 posters covering all topics of the symposium. The poster award was given to Mrs Cheng, et al. from Hanover University for the work: How does iron influence the dissolution behaviour of Mo based generation IV reactor fuel? New insights using nanoESITOF-MS. The second day was marked by Session III chaired by Dr Stephane Bourg (CEA). The invited paper: Alpha-damage in minor actinide containing fuels, was given by Thierry Wiss (ITU, JRC, EC). Followed 8 papers going from strategic issues such as is that profitable to extract specific elements from nuclear spent fuel to chemical stability of organic extractants in hydrometallurgical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The Waste form session chaired by Professor Dirk Bosbach was splited in two. The first part with 9 papers started by William Weber (University of Tennessee, USA) invited paper on Long-Term Effects of Helium and Damage Accumulation in Actinide waste forms. The other 8 paper topics ranged from amorphous to crystalline waste forms including composites. The last day Session on Waste form was also chaired by Dirk Bosbach introducing 8 papers dealing with phosphates for the conditioning of radioactive waste. Spectroscopic studies such as: Infrared, Raman, X-ray Absorption and Site-Selective Time Resolved Laser Fluorescence on monazite-type ceramics were discussed. Spectroscopy was also the topic of the last invited paper given by Dr Stefan Neumeier Forschungszentrum Jülich, D. The student award given to Luca Capriotti from ITU, JRC, EC, for his work: Characterization of metallic fuel for minor actinides transmutation in fast reactor. The papers presented in this proceedings are not expressively in the presentation order but follow an order that reflect the nuclear fuel cycle sequences. Pr Dr Claude DEGUELDRE Managing guest editor, Pr Dr Dirk BOSBACH, Dr Christophe POINSSOT and Dr Joseph SOMERS co-guest editors.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Progress in Nuclear Energy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pnucene
Editorial
Editorial note SBNFC III
The Scientific Basis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycles III held in 2015 was organized as a symposium of the EMRS 2015 spring meeting held 11-15 May 2015 in Lille, France. This specific EMRS meeting emphasized technologies for the environment and material-cycles. The Scientific Basis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycles III was the EMRS Symposium F. Pr. Doc. Dr Claude DEGUELDRE from the Paul Scherrer Institut and University of Geneva (today at Lancaster University) was acting as chair and organizer. Pr Dr Dirk BOSBACH from Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany, Dr Christophe POINSSOT from Commissariat l'Energie a Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France, and Dr Joseph SOMERS from Institute for TransUranium elements, ECJRC-ITU Karlsruhe, Germany, acted as co-organizers. Nuclear fuel cycle materials have to withstand demanding temperature, pressure and irradiation environments and are therefore studied to optimise their production and utilisation. The symposium included sessions dealing with nuclear energy vector materials and processes ranging from fuels for thermal or fast reactors, their analysis after irradiation, their reprocessing for reutilisation and the waste forms. Macro-properties such as thermodynamic, thermophysical and mechanical as well as micro- and nanostructural analysis of these materials are discussed for example comparing properties prior and after irradiation. The developed topics were: nuclear fuel production and properties in session I, irradiation effects post irradiation examinations in session II, separation and reutilization in session III, and, nuclear waste form properties in sessions IVa&b. Some presentations also focused on the specific projects and studies related to the accident tolerant fuels. In total, 60 papers from 12 countries were presented in the 4 oral sessions and in the 1 poster session. Session I, on fuel production and properties, was chaired by Dr Joseph. Somers. Papers including an invited paper Synchrotron-radiation-based studies of nuclear fuel cycle materials by Melissa Denecke (University Manchester) followed by 8 contribution papers ranging from extraction of uranium from sea water to electronic properties of uranium silicide were presented in the frame of this session. A panel discussion on accident tolerant fuel (ATF) moderated by Peng Xu (Westinghouse) and Daniel Shepherd (NNL) demonstrated the efforts to investigate AFT, focusing on uranium nitride and uranium silicide. Session II on Post Irradiation Examination was chaired by Professor Claude Degueldre. The invited paper on Effects of irradiation on the microscopic structure and performance parameters of UO2 was
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2016.11.015 0149-1970/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
given by Steven Conradson Synchrotron Soleil (F). Followed 8 papers on post irradiation examinations of nuclear fuels, developing the advantage of combining advanced techniques, their combination draws a complete picture including isotopes, elements, species, structure and morphology. Poster session was chaired by Dr Melanie Chollet (PSI) regrouped 17 posters covering all topics of the symposium. The poster award was given to Mrs Cheng, et al. from Hanover University for the work: How does iron influence the dissolution behaviour of Mo based generation IV reactor fuel? New insights using nanoESITOF-MS. The second day was marked by Session III chaired by Dr Stephane Bourg (CEA). The invited paper: Alpha-damage in minor actinide containing fuels, was given by Thierry Wiss (ITU, JRC, EC). Followed 8 papers going from strategic issues such as is that profitable to extract specific elements from nuclear spent fuel to chemical stability of organic extractants in hydrometallurgical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The Waste form session chaired by Professor Dirk Bosbach was splited in two. The first part with 9 papers started by William Weber (University of Tennessee, USA) invited paper on Long-Term Effects of Helium and Damage Accumulation in Actinide waste forms. The other 8 paper topics ranged from amorphous to crystalline waste forms including composites. The last day Session on Waste form was also chaired by Dirk Bosbach introducing 8 papers dealing with phosphates for the conditioning of radioactive waste. Spectroscopic studies such as: Infrared, Raman, X-ray Absorption and Site-Selective Time Resolved Laser Fluorescence on monazite-type ceramics were discussed. Spectroscopy was also the topic of the last invited paper given by Dr Stefan Neumeier Forschungszentrum Jülich, D. The student award given to Luca Capriotti from ITU, JRC, EC, for his work: Characterization of metallic fuel for minor actinides transmutation in fast reactor. The papers presented in this proceedings are not expressively in the presentation order but follow an order that reflect the nuclear fuel cycle sequences. Pr Dr Claude DEGUELDRE Managing guest editor, Pr Dr Dirk BOSBACH, Dr Christophe POINSSOT and Dr Joseph SOMERS co-guest editors.