The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and CIEMAT are co-organising the Seventh International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuclear Systems (SMINS‑7). The workshop will be held in Madrid (Spain) from 31 March to 3 April 2025, hosted by CIEMAT, and with the support of the Joint Programme on Nuclear Materials of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA-JPNM), as well as of the CONNECT-NM Co-funded European Partnership on Nuclear Materials.
Materials research is a field of growing relevance for advanced nuclear systems, such as generation IV reactors, small modular reactors, advanced modular reactors and micro reactors, transmutation systems and fusion devices. For these different systems, structural materials must be selected or developed to address the specific challenges of their foreseen operational environments. This requires both cross-cutting research programmes and advanced experimental/simulation facilities to characterise and evaluate the performance of materials.
The purpose of this workshop is to stimulate an exchange of information on current materials research programmes for different innovative nuclear systems, with a view to identifying and developing potential synergies.
The workshop will cover fundamental studies, modelling and experiments connected with the discovery, design, development, manufacturing and joining, qualification and behaviour in operation of innovative structural materials, including cladding materials, for advanced nuclear systems such as thermal, fast and sub-critical reactors, as well as fusion systems.
Fundamental studies, materials design, materials processing and joining, evolution of material properties:
Metallic alloys, ceramic and ceramic composites, advanced/novel materials for nuclear applications:
Please note that fuel-cladding interactions and zirconium alloys for fuel cladding will not be covered in this edition of the workshop. Other novel materials for accident tolerant fuel cladding in LWR systems are within the scope of the meeting.
Plenary lectures and technical sessions will be organised according to the topics listed above.
A workshop discussion session on “Materials challenges for advanced and small modular reactors: from the need for innovation to licensing” will be organised.
A poster session covering all technical subjects will be held.
31 October 2024 |
Close of abstract submissions |
15 December 2024 |
Notification to authors |
31 January 2025 |
Close of registrations |
Participants willing to give a presentation should submit an abstract by 31 October 2024. A template can be found in Instruction for authors.
When uploading your abstract we also ask that you agree to grant rights for the OECD/NEA to publish the abstract in a summary report on SMINS-7.
Scientific and Organising Committee
Fanny Balbaud (CEA, Chair of the Expert Group on Structural Materials)
Céline Cabet (CEA, Co-chair of the Expert Group on Structural Materials)
Lorenzo Malerba (CIEMAT, Co-chair of the Expert Group on Structural Materials)
and Expert Group on Structural Materials (EGSM) members
Local Organising Committee
Mareike Kiwitt (CIEMAT)
Maria Luisa Fernández Vanoni (EERA)
Lorenzo Malerba (CIEMAT)
Marta Serrano (CIEMAT)
All correspondence with regard to the meeting should be addressed to the workshop Secretariat:
Ian HILL 92100 Boulogne Billancourt France |