Description

This 18th session of the Frédéric Joliot/Otto Hahn (FJOH) Summer School on “Nuclear Reactors Physics, Fuels, and Systems” will be held in Aix-en-Provence, France, from August 22 to August 31, 2012. This session is dedicated to innovative modular nuclear reactors. The course programme addresses reactor concepts, their motivation, as well as their perceived advantages and limitations. The various lectures will describe the specific features of these reactors, the main underlying physical phenomena, state-of-the-art core and fuel modelling, as well as relevant analysis methods.

The FJOH-2012 participants will learn about the relative merits of innovative modular reactors based on different coolant technologies, not only for electricity generation, but also for sea-water desalination, marine propulsion, district heating, high-temperature and other applications. Different lecturers on the same topic are expected to provide complementary perspectives.

This course represents the continuation of the Frédéric Joliot Summer Schools on «Modern Reactor Physics and the Modelling of Complex Systems», which was created by CEA in 1995 to promote knowledge in the field of reactor physics, in a broad sense, and the international exchange of teachers, scientists, engineers and researchers. The venues of the FJOH School sessions alternate between Karlsruhe and Aix-en-Provence.

Beginning in 2004, the scope of the School was extended to include scientific issues related to nuclear fuels.

The School’s aim is to address the challenges of reactor design and optimal fuel cycles, and to broaden the understanding of theory and experiments.

Lecturers are invited from internationally leading universities, research and development laboratories, and industry. The lectures are at a post-doctoral level. They are intended for junior as well as experienced scientists and engineers engaged in the broad field of nuclear sciences, engineering and technologies.

The programme of each School session is defined by the International FJOH Scientific Board.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Nuclear Energy Division of CEA jointly organize the FJOH Summer School.

The School is sponsored by the CEA Nuclear Energy Division (DEN), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the French Institute for Education and Training in Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN).

FJOH summer school is an advanced post-graduate-level course aimed at junior as well as experienced scientists and engineers engaged in the broad field of nuclear sciences, engineering and technologies.

Lecturers are invited from internationally leading universities and industry. The School format encourages informal discussions and the exchange of knowledge between lecturers and participants.

The Frédéric Joliot / Otto Hahn Summer School course represents the continuation of the Frédéric Joliot Summer Schools on “Modern Reactor Physics and the Modelling of Complex Systems”, which was created by CEA in 1995 to promote knowledge in the field of reactor physics, in a broad sense, and the international exchange of teachers, scientists, engineers and researchers. Beginning in 2004, the scope of the School was extended to include scientific issues related to nuclear fuels. The venues of the FJOH School sessions alternate between Karlsruhe and Aix-en-Provence.

The program of each School session is defined by the International FJOH Scientific Board.

FJOH is jointly organized by the CEA Energy Division (France) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Germany).

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Scientific Board 2012