Technical tracks - Sfen

Technical tracks

September 17 to 19, 2025
Conférence internationale

This Congress welcomes the submission of technical papers for oral and poster sessions that will be peer reviewed and, if accepted, presented and published.

1. WATER COOLED REACTOR PROGRAMS & RELATED SMR DEVELOPMENTS

– Advances in Generation III+ LWRs
– Generation III+ SMR technologies and applications

Track leaders:
S. TAKENOUTI, EDF
P. DUMAZ, CEA

2. ADVANCES IN GEN-IV AND FUSION TECHNOLOGIES

– Liquid metal technologies
– Molten salt technologies
– High temperature technologies
– Fusion technologies
– Technologies and design of micro-modular reactors

Track leaders:
N. SEILER, CEA
D. VERRIER, Framatome

3. NEW APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED REACTORS

– Heat, e-fuel and hydrogen production
– Cogeneration
– Propulsion
– Space applications

Track leaders:
M. PASQUET, Framatome
P. AMPHOUX, CEA

4. REACTOR PHYSICS

– Deterministic and stochastic neutron transport
– Computational methods and mathematics modelling, incl. AI
– Research reactor programs for current fleet and advanced technologies
– Advances in high fidelity multiphysics modeling

Track leaders:
C. PATRICOT, CEA
P-M. DEMY, Framatome

5. THERMAL HYDRAULICS

– Single and two-phase flow system and core thermal-hydraulics
– Advanced methods for fluid modeling and simulation, fluid/structure interactions

Track leaders:
B. FARGES, Framatome
S. BENHAMADOUCHE, EDF

6. FUELS, MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

– Development of advanced fuels and innovative materials
– Aging issues
– Design and monitoring of civil engineering structures

Track leaders:
A. ALBERO, Framatome
S. BEJAOUI, CEA

7. FUEL CYCLE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

– Advanced fuel cycles
– Advanced separation and reprocessing technologies
– Fuel supply chain
– Waste minimization
– Partitioning and transmutation

Track leaders:
P. GUILBAUD, CEA
C. EVANS, Orano

8. OPERATION, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT

– Long term operation
– Fleet performance and safety
– Instrumentation and control
– Plant safety assessment, regulatory and licensing issues
– Innovation in cybersecurity technology for safety systems in NPPs

Track leaders:
C. VARE, EDF
C. MANSOUR, EDF

9. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NEW PROJECTS AND TECH-ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS

– Innovative methods for manufacturing and building (modularity)
– Improvement of cost and time management
– Interdisciplinary modeling and analysis
– Social and environmental analysis
– Nuclear energy scenario
– Market-level nuclear power plant deployment modeling
– Innovative approaches to nuclear project financing
– Economics-based optimization methods
– Business and economic challenges

Track leaders:
X. DUBOIS, EDF
S. CATHALAU, CEA

About Sfen

The French Nuclear Society is the French knowledge hub for nuclear energy. Created in 1973, the Sfen provides a space where all those who are interested in nuclear energy and its applications can obtain and exchange information.

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