IAEA activities. Nuclear power reactor fuel engineering

This presentation gave an overview of activities in Nuclear Fuel and Material Section of the Division of Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology and then focused on nuclear fuel performance technology related to water cooled reactors in accordance with the theme of the meeting. He mentioned that number of Coordinated Research Program (CRP) were initiated by the IAEA: FUMAC "Fuel Modelling in Accident Conditions" (2014-2018), SMoRE-2 "Accelerator Simulation and Theoretical Modelling of Radiation Effects, Phase 2" (2016-2020), ACTOF "Analysis of Options and Experimental Examination of Fuels with Increased Accident Tolerance" (2015-2019). This activity was initiated as a part of the post-Fukushima IAEA NS Action Plan to examine approaches for development of water-cooled reactor fuels with enhanced tolerance to severe accidents. One of the IAEA CRPs is on Fuel Modelling (FUMEX), aimed at better understanding of fuel behaviour during accidents through identification of best practices in application of relevant physical models and computer codes used in different Member States