Status of GIF Arrangements and other

general information

12th GIF-IAEA Interface Meeting,

26-27 March 2018

Henri PAILLERE

NEA – GIF Technical Secretariat

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Australia, 14th GIF member

➢ After unanimous agreement of the 13th GIF members (decision made at

the PG meeting in Paris, April 2016), Australia (ANSTO) signed the GIF

Charter on 22 June 2016.

➢ ANSTO nominated members for the Policy

Group and the Experts Group.

➢ EG: Mr Lyndon Edwards

➢ PG: Mr Lyndon Edwards, Mr Jarrod Powell

➢ Australia deposited Instrument of Accession to

Framework Agreement on 14 September

2017 in Paris.

➢ ANSTO Implementing Agent

➢ FA Parties informed

➢ Accession effective on 13 December 2017

➢ ANSTO signed MSR MoU and VHTR SA Phase II on 14 December 2017

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Implementing Agents (as of 1 Jan 2018)

New IA

Change of Name

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Arrangements (March 2018)Effective since AUS CA EU FR JP CN KR ZA RU CH US

VHTR SA Extended X X X X X X X X

HP PA 19-Mar-08 / Ext? X X X X S X O X ?

FFC PA 30-Jan-08 / Ext. X X X X X X

MAT PA 30-Apr-10 Amd. X X X X X X X

CMVB PA Prov – PP ready P P P P O P

SFR SA Extended X X X X X X X

AF PA / AF PA (II) 21-Mar-07 / Exp. X X X X X X ? X

GACID PA 27-Sep-07 / Exp. X X X

CDBOP PA 11-Oct-07 / Ext. O X X O X O X

SO PA 11-Jun-09 X X X X X X X

SIA PA 22-Oct-14 X X X X X X X

SCWR SA Extended X X X X X

M&C PA 6-Dec-10 X X O X O

TH&S PA 5-Oct-09 X X O X O

SIA PA Provisional P P P P P

GFR SA Extended X X X

CD&S PA 17-Dec-09 X X

FCM PA Provisional P P P

LFR MOU no limit X X O X X X

MSR MOU no limit X O X X O O O X X XX = SIGNATORY P = PROVISIONAL PARTICIPANT O = OBSERVER S = SIGNATURE PROCESS ONGOING

signed Exp: expired / Ext: extended / Amd: Amendment

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Annual Report 2017 & R&D Outlook 2018

Annual Report 2017:

➢ Draft for EG is being prepared by the Technical Secretariat

➢ After review, revised version to be submitted to the PG for

review & approval

➢ Publication ~ June 2018

R&D Outlook 2018:

– An update of the 2009 R&D Outlook

– Draft in preparation

– Publication planned before Symposium 2018

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Task Force on Research Infrastructures

➢ TOR of the TF approved by the PG in Cape Town (Oct 2017)

➢ 1st meeting took place on 19 February, hosted by GIF

Technical Secretariat in OECD Boulogne

➢ Representatives of GIF systems

➢ Representatives of Expert Group / countries

➢ Representatives of international organisations:

➢ IAEA

➢ NEA

➢ Objectives: promote synergies between systems, enhance

utilisation of research facilities, identify key research

infrastructures that are needed (and may not exist)

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Task Force on Research Infrastructures(19/02)

➢ Chair: R. Garbil from EURATOM / DG RTD

➢ Co-Chair: A. Vasile from France / CEA

➢ Phone conference to be organised 6 April 2018, before

report to the Expert Group in Sun Valley, May 2018

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Task Force Education & Training - webinars

Webinars –

Presentation &

recordings can be

consulted on

www.gen-4.org

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EG/PG meetings in 2018

➢ EG/PG meetings week:

➢ 14-18 May, Sun Valley, USA – technical visit Idaho National

Laboratories on 16 May

➢ Registration site

➢ 15 October (EG) and 18-19 October (PG), Paris, France – back to

back with the 4th GIF Symposium.

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GIF MWG Training Workshop

➢ 1 week training, for 8 Chinese engineers (CNPE and CNEA)

in December 2017

➢ Funded by China

➢ Lectures on:

➢ EMWG (G. Rothwell)

➢ PRPP(J. Cazalet)

➢ RSWG (L. Ammirabile

& Y. Okano)

➢ Feedback was very positive!

➢ Next session planned in China in June 2018 (tbc)

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4th GIF Symposium, 40th EG / 46th PG meetings

➢ 40th EG: 15 Oct 2018

➢ 4th GIF Symposium: 16-17 Oct

2018

➢ Embedded in Atoms for the

Future 2018 (16-17-18 Oct)

➢ 46th PG: 18-19 Oct 2018

➢ Venue: UIC Congress Centre,

near Eiffel Tower – for all

meetings

➢ Call for papers published on: http://gifsymposium2018.gen-4.org

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4th GIF Symposium, Status of Abstracts on 26/03/2018# abstract title main author

1 Determining Optimal Energy Storage System for the AHTR Technology Okaeng Rakereng2 Molten-salt reactor as a necessary element of the nuclear fuel cycle closure for all actinides Victor Ignatiev3 GIF Webinars: An Online Educational Resource Patricia Paviet4 Three Dimensional Transient Analysis for Control Rods Drop into CSR1000 Core (SCWR) Lianjie Wang5 New safety measures propositions for European Sodium Fast Reactor in Horizon-2020 ESFR-SMART project Joel Guidez6 Application of practical elimination approach for Gen IV reactor designs Joel Guidez7 The development of the Liquid Lead Laboratory (LILLA) for mechanical testing in liquid lead" Kamil Tucek8 Developing a Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards Model Ben Cipiti9 Corrosion behavior of austenitic steel in supercritical water Bin Gong

10 CEN Workshop 64: an innovative way to work on a harmonized set of rules for GEN IV reactors Cecile Petesch

11Base-Load Nuclear Reactors with Heat Storage to Buy and Sell Electricity: Integrating Nuclear and Renewables Charles Forsberg

12 Fast reactor related scenario studies by IAEA/INPRO Vladimir Kuznetsov13 Progress of GFR technology Branislav Hatala14 The USA’s Advanced Reactor Technologies (ART) Graphite R&D Program Will Windes15 United States Progress on Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors (FHRs) Charles Forsberg16 Recent Advances in the GIF Very High Temperature Reactor System Michael Fuetterer17 Stress corrosion cracking of alloy 690 in supercritical water Xianglong Guo 18 Considerations for an Off-Grid Small Modular Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor Metin Yetisir19 The Generation-IV Lead Fast Reactor Activities Alessandro Alemberti20 GIF Risk and Safety Working Group: Application of the ISAM methodology to Gen-IV nuclear systems Yasushi Okano21 IAEA Activities Supporting the Development of Innovative Reactors and their Related Applications Stefano Monti22 The Chemistry of the Molten Salt Reactor Fuel Rudy Konings23 Design Guidelines to Comply with GIF Safety Approach for Gen-IV SFRs Tanju Sofu24 Study on the RCCS failure of HTR-PM ZHENG Yanhua25 Implementation of the GEN-IV Requirements in the BN-1200 Design Iurii Ashurko

26 Guidelines on Structures, Systems and Components for Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Systems KUBO Shigenobu27 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SCWR DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA HUYNH Karen28 AN UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF THE SUPER-CRITICAL WATER-COOLED REACTORS Laurence Leung

29ADVANCEMENT IN THERMAL-HYDRAULICS AND SAFETY R&D IN SUPPORT OF SUPER-CRITICAL WATER-COOLED REACTOR DEVELOPMENT Laurence Leung

30 10 Years' overview of a successful R&D contribution of Euratom to Generation IV International Forum Said Abousahl

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Abstracts – per track

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