Program

First Round: Around March to May 2026

Second Round (Final): Scheduled for around August 11, 2026

Preliminary Program

※Please note that this is a tentative program and the schedule is subject to change without prior notice.

Plenary Session 1

Oct. 13 (Tue.)

8:40-9:15 AM

Accident Tolerant Fuel Must Become Advanced Technology Fuel

Speaker: Toyoshi FUKETA (Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation)

9:15-9:35 AM

Japan’s Policy for the Nuclear Reactor and Fuel Cycle (tentative)

Speaker: Seiichi MIYASHITA (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan）

9:35-10:00 AM

Japan's Efforts toward Practical Deployment of Accident Tolerant Fuel: Roles and Future Contributions of JAEA

Speaker: Shinichiro YAMASHITA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency）

Plenary Session 2

Oct. 13 (Tue.)

10:10-10:40 AM

Present Status and Future Prospects of Nuclear Fuel Research and Development in Japan (tentative)

Speaker: Kan SAKAMOTO (Nuclear Fuel Division, Atomic Energy Society of Japan and Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development)

10:40-11:10 AM

Progress and Prospects in Chinese Nuclear Fuel and Materials Research

Speaker: Wenjing WANG (Branch of Nuclear Power Operation and Application Technology, Chinese Nuclear Society and China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation)

11:10-11:40 AM

Present Status and Prospects of the Korea Nuclear Fuel (tentative)

Speaker: Jae-Don CHOI (Korean Nuclear Society and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)

11:40-12:10 AM

European Perspectives on Nuclear Fuel Development: From today's LWR fleet to tomorrow's Advanced Reactors (tentative)

Speaker: Thomas Heinz WIESE (European Nuclear Society and Framatome)

12:10-12:40 AM

The DOE Advanced Fuels Campaign: Enabling Nuclear Energy Expansion (tentative)

Speaker: Daniel M WACHS (Idaho National Laboratory)

Technical Sessions

Oct. 13 (Tue.)

2:00-3:30 PM

Track7

TRISO Fuel Performance

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Odtsetseg Myagmarjav (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Christopher Reiser (NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH)

Track3

ATF Development Programs

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Yuji Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: David Kermerman (Idaho National Laboratory)

Track4

Verification with PIE database I

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Yutaka Udagawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: HyoChan Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

Track1

New fuel assembly design

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Masao Owaki (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Aaron William Colldeweih (Idaho National Laboratory)

3:35-4:45 PM

Track7

Advanced Reactor Core & Fuel Design

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Shun Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Yasunari Shinohara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)

Track3

Coated Cladding Development for BWR

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Afiqa Mohamad (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Dong-Joo KIM (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

Track6

Fuel Cycle Strategies

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Hatice Akkurt (Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.)
Co-Chair: Ryo Ishibashi (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.)

Track1

Corrosion and hydrogen pickup

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Kan Sakamoto (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Aaron William Colldeweih (Idaho National Laboratory)

5:00-6:50 PM

Track2

Fuel Product Development & Deployment

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Daiki SATO (MHI Nuclear Development Corporation)
Co-Chair: Zeses KAROUTAS (Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC)

Track4

Fuel Performance Code I

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: HyoChan Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Co-Chair: Isamu SATO (Tokyo City University)

Track6

Criticality Safety

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Joseph Faldowski (Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.)
Co-Chair: Masumi Wataru (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

Track5

Fuel Safety Research Supporting Accident Management and Regulation

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Mahmut N. Cinbiz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Co-Chair: Jinya Katsuyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Oct. 14 (Wed.)

8:30-10:20 AM

Track4

AI Application for Nuclear Fuel

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Nathan CAPPS (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Co-Chair: Junji Matsunaga (Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd.)

Track2

Fuel Material Design & Future Fuel Concepts

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Ryosuke OZEKI (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Cristina Munoz-Reja RUIZ (ENUSA)

Track7

Metallic Fuel Fabrication & FCCI

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: Adrien Terricabras (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Track1

Operational and irradiation experiences (1)

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: William Gassmann (Constellation)
Co-Chair: Petra Britt Hoffmann (Framatome)

Track5

High-burnup Fuels

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: Kazuo Kakiuchi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Tatsuya Sasakawa (NFI)

10:35 AM-12:05 PM

Track4

Verification with PIE Database II

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Isamu SATO (Tokyo City University)
Co-Chair: Nathan CAPPS (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Track3

LTA and PIEs of ATF

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Afiqa Mohamad (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Robert S. HANSEN (Idaho National Laboratory)

Track7

TRISO Irradiation & FP Behavior

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Christopher Reiser (NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH)
Co-Chair: Odtsetseg Myagmarjav (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Track1

Operational and irradiation experiences (2)

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Petra Britt Hoffmann (Framatome)
Co-Chair: Kan Sakamoto (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd.)

Track5

Loss-Of-Coolant-Accidents

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: Joosuk Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Co-Chair: Takafumi Narukawa (The University of Tokyo)

1:35-3:05 PM

Track4

Fuel Performance Code II

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Yutaka Udagawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Jérôme SERCOMBE (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)

Track3

Irradiation Effects on Cr Coated Cladding

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Yuta Shimoyama (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Tian ZHANG (Harbin Engineering University)

Track7

MOX & TRU Fuel Evaluation

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Adrien Terricabras (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Co-Chair: Shuhei Miwa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Track5

Fuel and Cladding Performance under RIA and LOCA Conditions

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Tong Liu (SJTU)
Co-Chair: Masaaki Yamato (MHI)

Track2

Cladding Materials & Behavior

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: Jun ADACHI (Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd.)
Co-Chair: TBD

3:20-4:50 PM

Track4

Integrated Code System

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Akiyuki TSUCHIYA (Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.)
Co-Chair: Shigeru Kurematsu (MHI Nuclear Development Corporation)

Track3

Mechanical behavior of Cr-Coated Cladding

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Yuji Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Robert S. HANSEN (Idaho National Laboratory)

Track7

Fast Reactor Structures & Materials

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Shuhei Miwa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Yasunari Shinohara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)

Track6

Fuel Pellet Behavior

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Ricardo Torres (Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.)
Co-Chair: Joakim Karlsson (Studsvik)

Track2

Fuel Behavior, Performance & PIE

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: Zeses KAROUTAS (Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC)
Co-Chair: Daiki SATO (MHI Nuclear Development Corporation)

4:50-6:30 PM

Poster

Room-1 (Hall)

Oct. 15 (Thu.)

8:30-10:20 AM

Track3

Mechanical and Thermal Characterization for ATF Cladding

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Yuji Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Tian ZHANG (Harbin Engineering University)

Track4

Modeling for Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF) I

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Shigeru Kurematsu (MHI Nuclear Development Corporation)
Co-Chair: Yuji OHISHI (The University of Osaka)

Track7

Molten Salt Reactor Fuels

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Shun Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Co-Chair: Yasunari Shinohara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)

Track5

Several Fuels and Failure Modes

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Ian Porter (Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas)
Co-Chair: Yoshihisa Ikusawa (GNF-J)

Track2

Additive Manufacturing & Fabrication

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: Cristina Munoz-Reja RUIZ (ENUSA)
Co-Chair: Ryosuke OZEKI (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)

10:35 AM-12:25 PM

Track3

Performance under High Temperature Conditions

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Yuta Shimoyama (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)
Co-Chair: David Kermerman (Idaho National Laboratory)

Track4

Modeling for Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF) II

Room-2 (Meeting Room 1&2)

Chair: Yuji OHISHI (The University of Osaka)
Co-Chair: Junji Matsunaga (Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd.)

Track6

Cladding Integrity in Dry Storage

Room-3 (Meeting Room 3)

Chair: Yongdeog Kim (KINGS)
Co-Chair: Mi Wang (Studsvik)

Track5

Modeling on LOCA

Room-4 (Meeting Room 4)

Chair: Takafumi Narukawa (The University of Tokyo)
Co-Chair: Tatsuya Sasakawa (NFI)

Track2

Fuel Assembly Mechanical Design

Room-5 (Meeting Room 5)

Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: Jun ADACHI (Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd.)

1:55-3:25 PM

Track4

Fuel Performance Code III (OFFBEAT)

Room-1 (Hall)

Chair: Jérôme SERCOMBE (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
Co-Chair: Shigeru Kurematsu (MHI Nuclear Development Corporation)