Webinars

In 2016, the GIF Education and Training Task Force began organising a webinar series which features speakers from around the world, explaining why GEN IV reactor systems are crucial for the sustainability of the nuclear fuel cycle. The webinar series was launched with a presentation by former GIF Chair John Kelly on “Atoms for Peace – the Next Generation” and includes monthly webinars. The Task Force was elevated to a Working Group in November 2019.

All webinars are also accessible on “YouTube” under the "GIF Education and Training Working Group".

By following the links below, you will access all past webinars.

GIF Portal - Webinar - (jaea.go.jp) - or

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

2021 (series from 49)

Series 49: MOX Fuel for advanced reactors
	28 January 2021 Presenter: Dr. Nathalie Chauvin, CEA, France

Series 50: Overview of Waste Treatment Plant, Hanford Site
	25 February 2021 Presenter: Dr. David Peeler, PNNL, USA

Series 51: Introducing new Plant Systems Design (PSD) Code
	25 March 2021 Presenter: Prof. Nawal Prinja, Jacobs, UK

Series 52: Experience of HTTR licensing for Japan's New Nuclear Regulation
	22 April 2021 Presenter: Dr. Etsuo Ishitsuka, JAEA, Japan

Special Webinar: Progress and Future Prospects toward Deploying GEN IV reactors as Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
	28 April 2021 Generation IV International Forum: 20th Anniversary Celebration

Series 53: Opportunities for Generation-IV Reactor Designers through Advanced Manufacturing Techniques
	25 May 2021 Presenter: Dr. Isabella van Rooyen, INL, USA

Series 54: In-Service Inspection and Repair Developments for SFRs and Extension to other Gen-IV Systems
	1 July 2021 Presenter: Dr. Francois Baqué, CEA, France

Series 55: Evaluating Changing Paradigms Across the Nuclear Industry
	27 July 2021 Presenter: Dr. Jessica Lovering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Winner of the ANS 2020 Pitch Your PhD Competition

Series 56: Graded Approach: Not just Why and When, but How
	26 August 2021 Presenter: Dr. Vince (Alois) Chermak, INL, USA

Series 57: Experimental R&D in Russia to justify Sodium Fast Reactors
	23 September 2021 Presenter: Dr Iuliia Kuzina, IPPE, Russia

Series 58: Metal Fuel for Prototype Generation-IV SFR : Design, Fabrication and Qualification
	28 October 2021 Presenter: Dr. Chan Bok Lee, KAERI, Korea

Series 59: Geometry Design and Transient Simulation of a Heat Pipe Micro Reactor
	18 November 2021 Presenter: Dr. Jun Wang, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Series 60: Development of an austenitic/martensitic gradient steel connection by additive manufacturing
	15 December 2021 Presenter: Dr. Flore Villaret, CEA/EDF, Winner of the 2021 Pitch Your Gen IV Research Competition

2022 (series from 61)

Series 61: ESFR SMART a European Sodium Fast Reactor concept including the European feedback experience and the new safety commitments following Fukushima accident
	27 January 2022 Presenter: Mr. Joel Guidez, CEA, France

PAST WEBINARS:

2020 Webinars (series 37 to 48)

Series 48: Development of Multiple-Particle Positron Emission Particle Tracking for Flow Measurement
	17 December 2020 Presenter: Dr. Cody Wiggins, VCU, USA

Series 47: Neutrino and Gen IV reactor systems
	19 November 2020 Presenter: Prof. Jonathan Link, Director of the center for neutrino physics, Virginia Tech, USA

Series 46: Global Potential for Small and Micro Reactor Systems to Provide Electricity Access
	28 October 2020 Presenter: Dr. Amy Schweikert, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Series 45: Maximizing Clean Energy Integration: The Role of Nuclear and Renewable Technologies in Integrated Energy Systems
	22 September 2020 Presenter: Dr. Shannon Bragg-Sitton, INL, USA

Series 44: Molten Salt Reactor Safety Evaluation - A US Perspective
	26 August 2020 Presenter: Dr. David Holcomb, ORNL, USA

Series 43: Overview of Small Modular Reactor Technology Development
	29 July 2020 Presenter: Dr. Frederik Reitsma, IAEA, Austria

Series 42: Comparison of 16 reactors neutronic performance in closed Th-U and U-Pu cycles
	24 June 2020 Presenter: Dr. Jiri Krepel, PSI, Switzerland

Series 41: Performance Assessments for Fuels and Materials for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
	28 May 2020 Presenter: Dr. Daniel LaBrier, Idaho State University (ISU), USA

Series 40: GIF VHTR Hydrogen Production Project Management Board
	29 April 2020 Presenter: Mr. Sam Suppiah, CNL, Canada

Series 39: MicroReactors: A Technology Option for Accelerated Innovation
	26 March 2020 Presenters: Dr. Dasari V. Rao and Dr. Holly Trellue, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), USA and Mr. Yasir Arafat, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), USA

Series 38: SFR Safety Design Criteria (SDC) and Safety Design Guidelines (SDGs)
	26 February 2020 [10 am in Japan: please check your time zone on the registration page] Presenter: Mr Shigenobu Kubo, JAEA, Japan

Series 37: Thermal-Hydraulics in Liquid Metal Fast Reactors
	29 January 2020 Presenter: Dr. Antoine Gerschenfeld, CEA, France

2019 (series 25-36)

Series 25: Scientific and Technical Problems of Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Two-Component Nuclear Energetics
	30 January 2019 Presenter: Dr. Alexander Orlov, IPPE, Russia
Series 26: Safety of Gen IV Reactors
	19 February 2019 Presenter: Dr. Luca Ammirabile, Euratom, EU
Series 27: The ALLEGRO Experimental Gas Cooled Fast Reactor Project
	20 March 2019 Presenter: Dr. Ladislav Belovsky
Series 28: European Sodium Fast Reactor: An Introduction
	15 April 2019 Presenter: Dr. Konstantin Mikityuk, PSI, Switzerland
Series 29: Formulation of Alternative Cement Matrix for Solidification/Stabilization of Nuclear Waste
	22 May 2019 Presenter: Mr. Matthieu De Campos, Universite de Lille 1, France
Series 30: Interactions between Sodium and Fission Products in Case of a Severe Accident in a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor
	19 June 2019 Presenter: Mr. Guilhem Kauric, CEA, France
Series 31: Security Study of Sodium-Gas Heat Exchangers in Frame of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors
	31 July 2019 Presenter: Ms. Fang Chen, CEA, France
Series 32: Lead Containing mainly isotope Pb-208: New Reflector for Improving Safety of Fast Neutron Reactors
	29 August 2019 Presenter: Dr. Evgeny Kulikov, National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Moscow, Russia
Series 33: Gen IV Coolants Quality Control
	25 September 2019 Presenter: Dr. Christian Latge, CEA, France
Series 34: Passive Decay Heat Removal System
	23 October 2019 Presenter: Dr. Mitchel Farmer, ANL, USA
Series 35: Czech Experimental Program on MSR Technology Development
	12 November 2019 Presenter: Dr. Jan Uhlíř, Research Centre Řež, Czech Republic
Series 36: Advanced Gas Reactor TRISO Particle Fuel
	18 December 2019 Presenter: Dr. Madeline Feltus, DOE, USA

2018 (series 17 to 24)

Series 17: Design, Safety Features and Progress of the HTR-PM
	24 January 2018 Presenter: Prof. Dr. Yujie Dong, INET, Tsinghua University, China
Series 18: Materials Challenges for Generation IV Reactors
	21 February 2018 Presenter: Dr. Stu Maloy, LANL, USA
Series 19: SCK•CEN’s R&D on MYRRHA
	21 March 2018 Presenter: Prof. Hamid Aït Abderrahim, SCK•CEN, Belgium
Series 20: Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection of Gen IV Reactor Systems
	23 May 2018 Presenter: Dr. Robert Bari, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Series 21: Molten Salt Actinide Recycler and Transforming System with and Without Th-U support: MOSART
	07 June 2018 Presenter: Dr. Victor Ignatiev, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
Series 22: Astrid, Lessons Learned
	30 July 2018 Presenter: Mr. Gilles Rodriguez, CEA, France
Series 23: Advanced Lead Fast Reactor European Demonstrator, ALFRED Project
	26 September 2018 Presenter: Dr. Alessandro Alemberti,Ansaldo Nucleare, Italy
Series 24: Russia BN 600 and BN 800
	19 December 2018 Presenter: Mr. Ilya Pakhomov, IPPE, Russia

2017 (series 5 to 16)

Series 5: Very High Temperature Reactors
	25 January 2017 Presenter: Dr. Carl Sink, DOE, USA
Series 6: Gas Cooled Fast Reacto
	22 February 2017 Presenter: Dr. Alfredo Vasile, CEA, France
Series 7: Supercritical Water Reactors (SCWR)
	28 March 2017 Presenter: Dr. Laurence Leung, CNL, Canada
Series 8: Fluoride-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors (FHR)
	27 April 2017 Presenter: Prof. Per Peterson, UC Berkeley, USA
Series 9: Molten Salt Reactors (MSR)
	23 May 2017 Presenter: Dr. Elsa Merle, CNRS, France
Series 10: Lead Fast Reactor (LFR)
	12 June 2017 Presenter: Prof. Craig Smith, US Naval Graduate School, USA
Series 11: General Considerations on Thorium as a Nuclear Fuel
	12 July 2017 Presenter: Dr. Franco Michel-Sendis, OECD/NEA, France
Series 12: Metallic Fuel for SFRs
	22 August 2017 Presenter: Dr. Steven Hayes, INL, USA
Series 13: Energy Conversion
	21 September 2017 Presenter: Dr. Richard Stainsby, NNL, UK
Series 14: Estimating Costs of Gen IV Systems
	25 October 2017 Presenter: Dr. Geoffrey Rothwell, OECD/NEA, France
Series 15: Feedback Phenix and Superphenix
	29 November 2017 Presenter: Dr. Joel Guidez, CEA, France
Series 16: Sustainability, a Relevant Approach for Defining Future Nuclear Fuel Cycles
	14 December 2017 Presenter: Dr. Christophe Poinssot, CEA, France

2016 (series 1 to 4)

Series 1: Atoms for Peace - The Next Generation
	Webcast: 29 September 2016 Presenter: Dr. John Kelly, Department of Energy, USA
Series 2: Closing the Fuel Cycle
	Webcast: 19 October 2016 Presenter: Prof. Myung Seung Yang, Institute of Energy and Environment Youngsan University, Republic of Korea
Series 3: Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Design
	22 November 2016 Presenter: Dr. Claude Renault, CEA, France
Series 4: Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors
	15 December 2016 Presenter: Dr. Bob Hill, ANL, USA