The 30th International QUENCH Workshop
16th to 18th December, 2025 at KIT
The workshop will be held in person more information will be distributed after the summer break under https://quench.forschung.kit.edu/index.php.
The proceedings of the 29th QUENCH Workshop can be found here.
2025 The 30th Frédéric Joliot / Otto Hahn Summer School
on Nuclear Reactors "Physics, Fuels and Systems"
20th-29th August, 2025 at KIT
The Technological Development Path from Proven Designs to Advanced Modular Reactors
Top 1 From early-day reactors to modern-day reactors and challenges
Top 2 HTR for heat production, Top 3 LFR for closing the fuel cycle, Top 4 MSR for waste reduction
Top 5 Reviving early-day reactor concepts: OCR, heat pipes, space reactors (eVINCI)
Successful participation in KERNTECHNIK 2024
The KIT program NUSAFE was again strongly represented at KERNTECHNIK 2024, which took place from 11 to 13 June 2024 in Leipzig. Three NUSAFE scientists were involved in the program committee. Ten employees from the Institute of Technology and Management in Construction (TMB) took part in the event. They presented the research activities of the Deconstruction Department in a total of four presentations and two digital posters. The ROBDEKON II research project was also presented at an exhibition stand with various exhibits at the trade exhibition. Two young scientists from the TMB were awarded prizes for their conference contributions: Siavash Kazemi took third place for the best poster and Eric Rentschler was awarded second place for the best presentation.
Presentation of the project ROBDEKON II
Award Ceremony
Dismantling team represented at KONTEC 2023 in Dresden
From 30.08.2023 - 01.09.2023 the 16th International Symposium “Conditioning of Radioactive Operational and Decommissioning Waste & Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities” including the 16th Status Report of the BMBF “Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities” took place in Dresden. The KONTEC Symposium in Dresden is an international conference focusing on the conditioning of radioactive operational and decommissioning waste and the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. It brings together operational experts, plant manufacturers, service providers, experts and representatives of the authorities to exchange information and experience.
In over 130 specialist presentations, keynote speeches and poster presentations, speakers from industry, research and federal companies passed on their knowledge on the subject to a broad audience of interested parties from Germany, Europe, the USA and Asia.
In five KONTEC direct short lectures and four poster presentations, the research results of various national and international research projects, such as EMOS, EKont, ViSDeMe and MAARISS, were presented by employees of the TMB's “Dismantling of Conventional and Nuclear Structures” department.
In the run-up to KONTEC, the FORKA doctoral seminar was also held on 29.08.2023, organized by the project sponsor “Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS)”. In addition to a workshop on current issues and perspectives in nuclear decommissioning, the training nuclear reactor AKR-2 at TU Dresden was visited. The event concluded with a joint dinner with representatives from industry.
10th European Review Meeting on Severe Accidents Research (ERMSAR)
From May 16 to 19, 2022, scientists from 21 countries met in Karlsruhe at the 10th European Review Meeting on Severe Accidents Research (ERMSAR). The approximately 120 participants of the conference, which was hosted by KIT for the second time, presented and discussed current research results on severe accidents in nuclear power plants and possible preventive measures. One plenary session was specifically dedicated to the topic 'Fukushima: 10 (+1) years after'. For the first time, the IAEA and OECD/NEA were involved in the organization of the conference, in addition to the European research platforms NUGENIA and SNETP and their member institutions. On the last day of the conference, the participants visited the experimental facilities on severe accident research at KIT Campus North, which are embedded in the Programme Nuclear Waste Management, Safety and Radiation Research (NUSAFE). The feedback on the event organized by a team led by Dr. Fabrizio Gabrielli, INR, was consistently positive.
The proceedings of the 10th European Review Meeting can be found here.
