Advanced Reactors with Innovative Fuels : Workshop Proceedings, Villigen, Switzerland 21-23 October 1998

Foreword --
Executive Summary --
Opening Session --
Opening Address by S. Ion --
Barriers and Incentives to Introducing New Reactors in the Deregulated Electricity Market by W.L. Wilkinson --
The Need to Preserve Nuclear Fuels and Materials Knowledge by L.C. Walters and J. Graham --
High Temperature Gas Reactors --
European Collaboration on Research into High-Temperature Reactor Technology by T.J. Abram, D. Hittner, W. von Lensa, A. Languille, D. Buckthorpe, J. Guidez, and J. Martin-Bermejo --
Design of B4C Burnable Particles Mixed in LEU fuel for HTRs by V. Berthou, J.L. Kloosterman, H. van Dam, T.H.J.J. Ver der Hagen --
Thorium and Plutonium Utilisation in Pebble-Bed Modular Reactor by U.E. Sikik, H. Dikmen, Y. Cecen, U. Colak, and O.K. Kadiroglu --
A Conceptual Fluidised Particle-Bed Reactor --
Application of Space-Dependent Kinetics by C.C. Pain, J.L.M.A. Gomes, M.D. Eaton, C.R.E. de Oliveira, A.P. Umpleby, A.J.H. Goddard, H. van Dam, T.H.J.J. van der Hagen, and D. Lathouwers --
Design and Performance of Innovative Fuels --
Extensive Characterisation of a Material for Understanding its Behaviour as a Nuclear Fuel: The Case of a Zirconia-Plutonium Inert-Matrix Fuel by C. Degueldre, F. INgold, C. Hellwig, S. Conradson, M. Dobeli, and Y.W. Lee --
Annular Plutonium-Zirconium Nitride Fuel Pellets by M. Streit, F. Inold, L.J. Gauckler, and J.-P. Ottaviani --
Rock-Like Oxide Fuels for Burning Excess Plutonium in LWRs by T. Yamashita, K. Kruamoto, H. Akie, Y. Nakomo, N. Nitani, T. Nakamura, K. Kusagaya, and T. Ohmichi --
Application of Cermica Nuclear Fuel Materials for Innovative Fuels and Fuel Cycles by Y.-W. Lee --
Innovative MOX Fuel for Fast Reactor Applications by K. Bakker, H. Thesingh, t. Ozawa, Y. Shigetome, S. Kono, H. Endo, Ch. Hellwig, P. Heimgartner, F. Ingold, H. Wallin --
Behaviour of Rock-Like Oxide Fuels under Reactivity-Initiated Accident Conditions by K. Kusagaya, T. Nakamura, M. Yoshinaga, and H. Akie --
Theoretical Requirements to Tolerances to be Imposed on Fuel Rod Design Parameters for RBEC-M Lead-Bismuth Fast Reactor by A. Vasiliev, P Alekseev, K. Mikityuk, P. Fomichenko, and A. Shestopalov --
Advanced Plutonium Assembly (APA): Evolution of the Concept, Neutron and Thermal-Mechanic Constraints by J. Porta, B. Gastaldi, C. Krakowiak-Aillaud, and L. Buffe --
Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Minor-Actinide Fuels by M.A. Mignanelli and R. Thetford --
Some Views on the Design and Fabrication of Targets or Fuels Containing Curium by J. Sowers, A. Fernandez, R.J.M. Konings and G. Ledergerber --
Evolutionary and Modular Water Reactors --
Innovative Features and Fuel-Design Approach in the IRIS Reactor by B. Petrovic, M. Carelli, E. Greenspan, H. Matsumoto, E. Padrovani, and F. Ganda --
Core Concept for Long Operating Cycle Simplified BWR (LSBWR) by K. Hiraiwa, N. Yoshida, M. Nakamaru, H. Heki, M. Aritomi --
Core Design Study on Reduced-Moderation Water Reactors by H. Akie, Y. Nakamo, T. Sirakawa, T. Okubo, and T. Iwamura --
The Utilisation of Thorium Fuel in a Generation IV Light Water Reactor Design by T.J. Downar, Y. Xu --
Thorium Fuel in LWRs: An Option for an Effective Reduction of Plutonium Stockpiles by D. Porsch, D. Sommer --
PWRs Using HTGR Fuel Concept with Cladding for Ultimate Safety by Y. Shimazu, H. Tochihara, Y. Akiyama, and K. Itoh --
Feasibility of Partical LWR Core Loadings with Inert-Matrix Fuel by U. Kasemeyer, Ch. Hellwig, D.W. Dean, R. Chawla, G. Meier, and T. Williams --
CEA Studies about Innovative Water-Cooled Reactor Concepts by P. Dumaz, A. Bergeron, G.M. Gautier, J.F. Pignatel, G. PRimpault, G. Youinou --
BARS: BWR with Advanced Recycle System by K. Hiraiwa, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yoshioka, M. Yamaoka, A. Inoue, J. Mimatu --
Advanced Fuel Cycle for Long-Lived Core of Small-Size Light Water Reactor of ABV Type by A. Polismakov, V. Tsbulsky, A. Chibinyaev, and P. Alekseev --
A New Approach for the Systems Dedicated to Transmutation: The Reactor with Compensated Beta by B. Bernardin --
Fast Spectrum Reactors --
A Simplified LMBFR Concept (SFR) by D.V. Sherwood, and T.A. Lennox --
The Design of the Enhanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (EGCR) by H.M. Beaumont, A. Cheyne, J. Gilroy, G. Hulme, T.A. Lennox, R.E. Sunderland, and D.P. Every --
The Flexibility of CO2-Cooled Fast Reactors for Plutonium and Minor-Actinide Management by H. M>
Beaumont, R.E. Sunderland, T.A. Lennox, J.T. Murgatroyd, E.K. Whyman, G. Hulme, and S.J. Crossley --
RBEC Lead-Bismuth-Cooled Fast Reactor: Review of Conceptual Design by P. Alekseev, P. fomichenko, K. Mikityuk, V. Nevinitsa, T. Shchepetina, S. Subbotin, and A. Vasiliev --
Design and Performance Studies for Minor-Actinide Target Fuels by T.D. Newton and P.J. Smith --
Applications of "CANDLE" Burn-Up Startegy to Several Reactors by H. Sekimoto --
Molten-Salt Reactors --
Molten-Salt Reactor for Burning of Transuranium Nuclides Forming in Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle by P.N. Alekseev, A.A. Dudnikov, V. v. Ignatiev, N.N. Ponomarev-Stepnoy, V.N. Prusakov, S.A. Subbotin, A.V. Vasiliev, and R. Ya. Zakirov --
AMSTER: A Molten Salt Reacor Concept Generating Its Own 233U and Incinerating Transuranium Elements by D. Lecarpentier, C. Garzenne, J. Vergnes, H. Mouney, and M. Delpech --
The SPHINX Project: Experimental Verification of Design Inputs for a Transmuter with Liquid Fueld Based on Molten Flourides by M. Hron, J. Uhlir, and J. Vanicek --
Proposal of a Molten-Salt Systm for Long-Term Energy Production by V. Berthou, I. Slessarev, and M. Salvatores --
Accelerator-Driven Systems --
Experimental Investigations of the Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technologies at the Subcritical Facility "Yalina" by S.E. Chiginov, H.I. Kiyavitskaya, I. g. Serafinovich, I.L.adhno, C.K. Rutkovskaia, Y. fokov, A. M>
 Khilmanovich, B.A. Marstinkevich, V.V. Bournos, S.V. Korneev, S.E. Mazanik, A.V. Kulikovsakya, T.P. Korbut, N.K. Voropaj, I.V. Zhouk, and M.K. Kievec --
MYRRHA, A Multi-Purpose ADS for R & D: PRe-Design Phase Completion by H>
 Ait Abderrahim, P. Kupschus, PH. Benoit, E. Malambu, K. Van tichelen, B. Arien, F. Vermeersch, Th Aoust, Ch. De Raedt, S. Bodart, P.D'hondt, Y. Jongen, S. Ternier, and D. Vandeplassche --
Optimisation of Condeptual Design of Cascade Subcritical Molten-Salt Reactor by A. Vasiliev, P. Alekseev, A. Dudnikov, K. Mikityuk, and S. Subbotin --
Transmutation and Incineration of MAs in LWRs, MTRs, and ADSs by Ch De Raedt, B. Verboomen, Th-Aoust, H. Ait Abderrahim, E. Malambu, and L.H. Baetsle --
Determination of the 233Pa(n, f) Reaction Cross-Section for Thorium Fueled Reactors by F. tovesson, F.J. Hambsch, A. Oberstedt, B. Fogelberg, E. Ramstrom and S. Oberstedt --
Miscellaneous Themes --
The Key Role of Critical Mock-Up Facilities for Neutronics Physics Assessment fo Advanced Reactors: An Overview of CEA Cadarache Tools by g. Bignan, D. Rippert, and P. Fougeras --
Advnaced concepts for Waste Management and Nuclear Energy Production in the EURATOM 5th Framework Programme by M. Hugon, V.P. Bhatnagar, and J Martin Bermejo --
Annex 1. List of Participants --
Annex 2. Technical Programme.