Theme meeting on 'Fission gas release in nuclear fuels'

摘要

A one day DAE-BRNS Theme Meeting on "Fission Gas Release in Nuclear Fuels" was held at BARC, Mumbai on March 16, 2005. This was the first theme meeting, in the series of several theme meetings jointly planned by the Nuclear Fuels Group of BARC and Directorate of Engineering of NPCIL, Mumbai, on the topic of High Burnup Issues in Nuclear Fuels (HBINF-2005). Over 100 delegates participated in the meeting and 27 technical papers were presented. Mr H. S. Kamath, Director, Nuclear Fuels Group, BARC, welcomed the participants. The meeting started with opening remarks by Dr S. Banerjee, Director, BARC, who briefly traced the historic milestones in the last 50 years, which have helped in developing a sound understanding of the fission gas release mechanisms in water reactor fuels. Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic- Energy Commission and Secretary to Government of India, inaugurated the theme meeting.