Mrs Martine Blat-Yrieix BIOGRAPHY Mrs Martine Yrieix at Blat has worked in the area of PWR fuel cladding since 1990 at EDF R&D Materials department. She was in charged of studies dealing with corrosion and hydrogen pick-up of zirconium alloys. On these topics, she had to exchange with different partners as utilities, fuel vendors or…
Mr. Jiří Rapouc BIOGRAPHY Mr. Jiří Rapouch graduated from the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, with a degree in Corrosion Engineering. Since 2014, he has worked at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, Czechia (VVER-440) as a Chemistry Technologist, responsible for water chemistry control of the primary, secondary, and cooling circuits. In 2019, he became…
Dr. Martin Ševeček BIOGRAPHY Dr. Martin Ševeček is a nuclear engineer educated at the Czech Technical University in Prague, National Tsing Hua University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has broad international professional experience in nuclear fuel development, testing, qualification, and licensing from academia, industry, and national regulator. In his positions at Czech Technical University…
Dr. Christoph Weber Invited Speaker BIOGRAPHY Dr. Christoph Weber obtained his Diploma in Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). After his PhD in physical chemistry, he joined Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg (Switzerland). Between 1991 and 2002 he worked as a technical employee, QS Manager and deputy Manager in the radwaste department. In 2002 he changed to…
Dr. Juri Stuckert Invited Speaker BIOGRAPHY Dr. Juri Stuckert joined Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 1997 and is currently head of Nuclear Safety Research Group at the Institute for Applied Materials. The focus of his scientific interests is the high-temperature material behavior of LWR fuel elements and core materials. He served several times as…
Dr. Martin Steinbrück BIOGRAPHY Dr. Martin Steinbrück graduated in chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and received his Doctor of science in 1990. He has been at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe FZK) since 1991; in that time he worked mainly in the field of Nuclear Safety Research. Dr. Steinbrück is leader…
Mr. Joakim Karlsson Invited Speaker BIOGRAPHY Mr. Joakim Karlsson obtained in 1999 his PhD in Reactor Physics at Chalmers University of Technology. He has 15 years of experience in post-irradiation examinations and testing of nuclear fuel and materials. His present position is PIE specialist at Studsvik Nuclear.
Dr. Mhairi Gass Invited Speaker BIOGRAPHY Dr. Mhairi Gass joined Amec Foster Wheeler in 2010 and is currently the technical lead for core materials research, which focuses on understanding the behaviour of zirconium alloys in light water conditions. This involves a number of test programs, predominately concentration on delivering corrosion data with a detailed characterisation…