Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section

Technical Working Group on
Water Reactor Fuel Performance and Technology (TWGFPT)


Meetings & Announcements

2002 Meeting:

Date : 13-15 May 2002

Place : Vienna, Austria

Participants : 29 from 22 countries and 2 Int. Organizations.

Country/Organization Participant
BELGIUM Mr. H. Druenne
Mr. H. Bairiot
BRAZIL Mr. J. A. Perrotta
BULGARIA Mr. D. Elenkov
CANADA Mr. D. Cox
CZECH REPUBLIC Mr. J. Kysela
FINLAND Mr. R. Teräsvirta
FRANCE Mr. M. Boidron
Mr. P. Blanpain
GERMANY Mr. H.P. Fuchs
INDIA Mr. C. Ganguly
Mr. S. A. Bhardwaj
ITALY Mr. F. Vettraino
JAPAN Mr. M. Ichikawa
REPUBLIC OF KOREA Mr. B. W. Lee
THE NETHERLANDS Mr. H. U. Staal
NORWAY Ms. M. McGrath
ROMANIA Mr. C. Gheorghiu
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Mr. N. B. Sokolov
Mr. A. A. Egorov
SLOVAKIA Mr. P. Darilek
Mr. V. Petenyi
SWEDEN Mr. G. Rönnberg
(Chairman)
SWITZERLAND Mr. C. Ott
UNITED KINGDOM Mr. D. Farrant
UKRAINE Mr. A.A. Afanasyev
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ms. M. A. Feltus
EC/INSTITUTE OF TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS (ITU) Mr. K. Laßmann
OECD/NEA Mr. E. Sartori

Agenda of the 2002 Meeting

Monday, 13 May
14:00 Opening of the Meeting (A. Bonne, DIR-NEFW)

Chairman’s Welcome

Presentation of new members

Approval of the Agenda

Approval of the Minutes of the 15th Plenary Meeting

Presentation of Agency programme B on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Material Technologies (2002-03 and proposal for 2004-05) in the framework of Major Programme 1 “Nuclear Power, Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Science”*

15:30 Coffee break
15:50 Information on proposals and recommendations of the 4th Meeting of the IAEA Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy (SAGNE, 4-5 April 2002) relative to the TWGFPT, if any
16:10 Report of the Scientific Secretary
16:30 Status of CRPs including Hydrogen and Hydride Degradation of the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Zr-based Alloys (Ritchie), Data Processing Technologies and Diagnostics of Water Chemistry and Corrosion Control in NPPs (DAWAC, Onoufriev) and Improvement of Models Used for Fuel Behaviour Simulation (FUMEX-II, Menut/Sokolov)
17:30 Wine and Cheese Party, VIC Restaurant, FOE
Tuesday, 14 May
09:00 Information on major results of the TMs held in 2001, e.g. on Advancements in PIE Techniques for Water Reactor Fuel, Dimitrovgrad, Russia, 14-18 May and on Fuel Behaviour under Transient and LOCA Conditions, Halden, Norway, 10-14 September 2001. Status of preparation of TM on Fuel Failure in Water Reactors: Causes and Mitigation, Slovakia, 17-21 June 2002
10:00 Information on preparation of the Report on Comparison of PWR and WWER Fuel Safety Criteria (F. Niehaus, SAS/NSNI). Discussion on further potential activities in this area. Co-operation with OECD/NEA in support of the Fuel Performance Experiment Database (Sokolov/Menut)
10:30 Coffee break
10:35 Discussion on implementation of the 2002-2003 Sub-programme in the Nuclear Fuel Performance and Technology area
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Discussion on the Programme 2004-2005
  • TCMs
  • CRPs
  • New studies, publications
  • Fuel database
  • Special programmes/Technical Cooperation activities
  • Meetings in cooperation with the IAEA
  • Co-operation with other international organizations
14:20 Coffee break
14:40 Discussion on the Programme 2004-2005 (cont'd)
17:30 End of day 2
Wednesday, 15 May
08:30 Drafting recommendations to the Agency
10:30 Discussion and adoption of the recommendations to the Agency on the Programme
2004-2005
11:30 Final adoption of the recommendations to the Agency on the Programme 2004-2005
12:00 Date of the next meeting and other business
12:15 Closing Statements

Summary report of the meeting