Frédéric Joliot and Otto Hahn
20th edition

Aix en Provence, France
August 20 – 29, 2014

Nuclear Reactors: Bridging the Gap between Science and Industry

Jointly organized by
the Nuclear Energie Division of the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA/DEN), France,
and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/INR), Germany

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).

This 20th 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 20 to August 29, 2014. This session is entitled Nuclear Reactors – Bridging the Gap between Science and Industry. It is aimed at junior as well as experienced scientists and engineers engaged in the broad field of nuclear sciences, engineering and technologies.

FJOH-2014 includes plenary lectures, group discussions, seminars, and technical visits. Speakers are invited from internationally leading universities, research and development laboratories, and industry. The lectures are at a post-doctoral level.

The FJOH-2014 programme covers the following two topics:

(i) LWR Physics Methods and Data; and
(ii) LWR Fuels and Structural Materials

Experts in those two fields will describe physics phenomena, state-of-the-art modelling methods, validation experiments and basic data. Other specialists will discuss method implementation in actual reactors, measured performance, lessons learned, practical limitations and expected progress. The first set of lectures will emphasize scientific considerations, while the second set will emphasize industrial issues, in a complementary fashion. The FJOH-2014 objective is to help the school participants develop a good understanding of "where we stand" and where R&D efforts should be most effective at delivering measurable advances.

The FJOH-2014 participants will have the opportunity to share their views on specific cross-cutting subjects and open-ended questions, as part of group reflection and critical thinking activities. Time has been set aside in the school schedule for these activities.

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

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 and sponsor the FJOH Summer School.

Nuclear Reactors
Bridging the Gap between Science and Industry

Key dates

May 16, 2014: Deadline for application.

June 6, 2014: Notification to applicants.

August 19, 2014, 7:00 pm: Welcome to participants with a get-together-dinner at the Hotel NOVOTEL Pont-de-l’Arc.

August 20, 2014, 9:00 am: Start of the school‘s lectures.

August 29, 2014, 2:00 pm: End of school.

Partial participations are not accepted.

Venue

The School will be held at the Hotel Novotel Pont-de-l’Arc, located in Aix-en-Provence, France, 30 km from the Marseille- Provence airport and 40 km from the CEA Cadarache Research Centre. Bus transportation (free of charge) will be provided from Marseille airport, and from Aix-en-Provence TGV railway-station, on August 19 pm. Return transportation will be provided on August 29 at 2 pm.

Registration fees

The fees cover: lectures, class notes, excursions, meals and lodging at the Hotel Novotel Pont-de-l’Arc from August 19 evening to August 29, 2:00 pm.
The fees do not cover travel expenses.