14–19 September 2025, Sol Nessebar Resort, Nessebar, Bulgaria
Chairpersons: Krasimir Kamenov, Dimitar Tonev
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Dimitar Tonev
SCIENCE AND THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN BULGARIA Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Gwen Bolsée IMPROVING NUCLEAR ECONOMICS: TOWARDS LEU+ AND HIGH BURNUP FUEL Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Krasimir Kamenov EXPERIENCE OF RWFA FUEL IMPLEMENTATION AT KOZLODUY NPP UNIT 5 Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, Bulgaria |
Chairpersons: Krasimir Kamenov, Gwen Bolsée
| 14:00 – 14:25 |
Nicolas Lamorte FRAMATOME UNIQUE OPERATING EXPERIENCE ON 14FT PRODUCTS Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 14:25 – 14:50 |
Johann Plancher FUEL CYCLE OPTIMIZATION WITH FRAMATOME FARGO SOFTWARE Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 14:50 – 15:15 |
Luis Gonzalez VVER WATER CHEMISTRY COMPATIBILITY WITH WESTINGHOUSE FUEL Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
| 15:15 – 15:40 |
Michal Kuna
WESTINGHOUSE LTA INSPECTION AT TEMELÍN NPP Westinghouse Electric Czech Republic s.r.o., Praha, Czech Republic |
Chairpersons: Akif Abdullayev, Henri Rapeli
| 16:00 – 16:25 |
Johann Plancher
FRAMATOME SOLUTIONS TO FLEXIBLE OPERATION Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 16:25 – 16:50 |
Johann Plancher
EVOLUTION OF FRAMATOME CORE SIMULATORS Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 16:50 – 17:15 |
Pavlo Biziuk
MODELLING OF POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROCESSES IN THE CORES OF VVER-1000 REACTORS USING ANC-H REACTOR CORE SIMULATOR PROGRAM (ARCS) JSC NNEGC Energoatom, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 17:15 – 17:40 |
Henri Rapeli
LICENSING OF A NEW FUEL DESIGN AT LOVIISA NPP Fortum Power and Heat Ltd, Espoo, Finland |
| 17:40 – 18:05 |
Antonios Mylonakis
THE POLCA8H NODAL CODE FOR VVER-1000 Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
Chairpersons: Didier Bardel, Nicolas Vioujard
| 08:30 – 08:55 | Didier Bardel
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF FUEL COMPONENTS: FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-CRITICAL 316L COMPONENTS TO HEAVILY LOADED APPLICATIONS WITH ALLOY 718 Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 08:55 – 09:20 | Gwen Bolsée
FRAMATOME FUEL PORTFOLIO FOR LIGHT WATER BASED SMRs Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 09:20 – 09:45 | Romain Borrossi
PERFORMANCE OF M5FRAMATOME CLADDING DURING LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENT Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 09:45 – 10:10 | Romain Borrossi
PERFORMANCE OF M5FRAMATOME FUEL ROD DURING REACTIVITY INITIATED ACCIDENT INFORMED BY ADVANCED MODELING Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
Chairpersons: Didier Bardel, Nicolas Vioujard
| 10:30 – 10:55 | Romain Borrossi
FRAMATOME’S FUEL ROD AND FUEL ASSEMBLY STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR PWR AND VVER REACTORS Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | Dounia Lhachemi
DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN VVER-1000 FUEL ASSEMBLY BY FRAMATOME: PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Guy Gentet
DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN VVER-440 FUEL ASSEMBLY BY FRAMATOME Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 11:45 – 12:10 | Guy Gentet
FRAMATOME SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT UTILITIES FOR LONG TERM OPERATION Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 12:10 – 12:35 | Guy Gentet
FUEL RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
Chairpersons: Jan Höglund, Dounia Lhachemi
| 14:00 - 14:25 | Karl Buchanan
PROTECT CR: THE LEADING E-ATF SOLUTION BY FRAMATOME Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Nicolas Vioujard
DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE MATERIAL FOR LWR FUEL Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Elmar W. Schweitzer IRRADIATION FEEDBACK OF FRAMATOME’S PROTECT-CR CLADDING TO A BURNUP OF > 70 MWD/KGU Framatome GmbH, Erlangen, Germany |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Jan Höglund
MITIGATION OF LOCAL POWER PEAKING BY INTRODUCING HF SPACER PINS IN THE VVER-440 FOLLOWER FUEL ASSEMBLY Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
Chairpersons: Jan Höglund, Dounia Lhachemi
| 16:05 - 16:30 | Alex Riznychenko
NEXT GENERATION VVER-1000 FUEL DEVELOPMENT Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | Gwen Bolsée
FRAMATOME FUEL RESEARCH CENTERS & LABS Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 16:55 - 17:20 | Oleksandr Mazurok
APPROACHES TO SUPPLY UKRAINIAN NPPS WITH CORE COMPONENTS ES Group LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 17:20 - 17:45 | Angel Demerdjiev
RADIATION SHIELDING ASSESSMENT OF THE CYCLOTRON CENTRE AT INRNE-BAS INRNE-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Chairpersons: Arndt Schubert, Stanislav Linhart
| 08:30 - 08:55 | Arndt Schubert TOWARDS MODELLING OF ADVANCED-TECHNOLOGY FUEL RODS WITH THE TRANSURANUS CODE European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 08:55 - 09:20 | Johann Plancher GALILEE, FRAMATOME FUEL ROD PERFORMANCE CODE FOR LWR Framatome SAS, Lyon, France |
| 09:20 - 09:45 | Veit Marx FRAMATOME ADVANCED SOLUTIONS AGAINST GRID-TO-ROD FRETTING WEAR RISK Framatome GmbH, Erlangen,Germany |
| 09:45 - 10:10 | Veit Marx FRAMATOME’S ADVANCED CORE DISTORTION SIMULATION CAPABILITIES Framatome GmbH, Erlangen,Germany |
Chairpersons: Arndt Schubert, Stanislav Linhart
| 10:30 - 10:55 | Tommaso Carnicella FUEL ASSEMBLY BOW DNBR PENALTY FOR VVER-1000 REACTORS Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
| 10:55 - 11:20 | Stanislav Linhart IRRADIATION-INDUCED GROWTH OF ADVANCED ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS ALVEL, a.s., Brno, Czech Republic |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Michael Brunmayr FRAMATOME – IMPROVEMENT OF FUEL PRODUCT TH PERFORMANCE Framatome GmbH, Erlangen,Germany |
11:45 – 12:10 | Michael Brunmayr VALIDATION OF FRAMATOME SUBCHANNEL CODE COBRA-FLX FOR VVER FUEL Framatome GmbH, Erlangen,Germany |
12:10 – 12:35 | Marcin Kopeć DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING FROM NUCLEAR FUEL INSPECTIONS IN CVR Centrum výzkumu Řež s.r.o., Husinec, Czech Republic |
Chairpersons: Emiliya L. Georgieva, Katalin Kulacsy
| 14:00 - 14:25 | Jürgen Michna INSPECTIONS AND MEASUREMENTS ON FUEL ASSEMBLIES Framatome GmbH, Erlangen, Germany |
| 14:25 - 14:50 | Emiliya L. Georgieva CMS5 BENCHMARKING AGAINST A VVER-1000 PLANT DATA Studsvik Scandpower GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany |
| 14:50 - 15:15 | Fredrik Waldemarsson WESTINGHOUSE FUEL THERMAL-HYDRAULIC TESTING CAPABILITIES Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås, Sweden |
| 15:40 - 16:05 | Nadejda Rijova ANALYSIS OF MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK AT HOT ZERO POWER USING ATHLET, COCOSYS AND DYN3D Enpro Consult, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Chairpersons: Emiliya L. Georgieva, Katalin Kulacsy
| 16:05 - 16:30 | Katalin Kulacsy FUEL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT IN SURO National Radiation Protection Institute (SÚRO), Praha, Czech Republic |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | Maximilian Stark DEVELOPMENT OF VVER-1000 FUEL ASSEMBLY SHIPPING SOLUTION BY FRAMATOME: PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STATUS Framatome GmbH, Erlangen, Germany |
Chairpersons: Roman Glushenkov, Radan Sedláček
| 09:00 - 09:25 | Radan Sedláček FRAMATOME'S PERFORMANCE IN SPIZWURZ CREEP BENCHMARK Framatome GmbH, Erlangen,Germany |
| 09:25 - 09:50 | Roman Glushenkov SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT OF UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR OPERATOR JSC “NNEGC “Energoatom”, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 09:50 - 10:15 | Mykhaylo Tretyakov STUDYING THE INTEGRITY OF SNF ROD CLADDING AT VARIOUS STAGES OF DRY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
10:15 - 10:40 | Valeriy Zuyok DEVELOPMENT OF NEUTRON-ABSORBING MATERIALS AND RCCA WITH INCREASED PERFORMANCE FOR VVER-1000 REACTOR The Science and Technical Establishment "Nuclear Fuel Cycle" of National Science Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| 1. | Vítězslav Matocha EXTENDED VALIDATION OF TRANSURANUS CODE FOR THE PWR CLADDING TYPES CONDUCTED AT UJV REZ ÚJV Řež, a. s., Husinec, Czech Republic |
| 2. | Ondrej Pašta ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING FOR MATERIAL EVALUATION IN NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS Centrum výzkumu Řež s.r.o., Husinec, Czech Republic |
| 3. | Mladen Mitev FROM OPEN TO CLOSED FUEL CYCLE – ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF THE PROCESS Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 4. | Petya Vryashkova STUDY OF FUEL BEHAVIOUR DURING LBLOCA WITH PARTIAL DAMAGING OF REACTOR CORE INRNE-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 5. | Galina Dimitrova MONTE CARLO-BASED STUDIES FOR RADIATION SAFETY IN THE DESIGN OF BGNCC INRNE-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 6. | Elena Geleva Post-Fukushima Stress Tests at Kozloduy NPP: Assessing Resilience to Extreme Climatic Events INRNE-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria |