We are pleased to announce that the

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Radiation Damage in Nuclear Systems

will take place from 11 – 22 May 2020 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.

The two-week Workshop, which features both lectures and hands-on computing exercises, is aimed at helping early-stage career researchers develop a quantitative understanding of the impact of radiation damage on materials, both for existing fission and proposed fusion reactors. There is an emphasis on the conceptual progression of theoretical and experimental techniques across spatial scales from atomistic descriptions to the macroscopic behaviour of bulk material. More information, including a draft timetable, is available at https://www-amdis.org/workshops/ictp-2020. Abstract submissions, and applications for participation can be made through the ICTP website at http://indico.ictp.it/event/9088/.

The event also provides opportunities on networking and knowledge-transfer between researchers from developed and developing countries; the Workshop is organized in collaboration with the IAEA, and financial support for participants from developing countries may be granted. The deadline for participation applications is 14 January 2020.

Confirmed lecturers

• Sergei DUDAREV, UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK
• Yves FERRO, Aix-Marseille Université, France
• Mark GILBERT, UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK
• Wim HAECK, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
• Wolfgang JACOB, IPP-Garching, Germany
• Juan KNASTER, Fusion for Energy, European Union
• Alexander KNOWLES, University of Birmingham, UK
• Sergio LOZANO-PEREZ, University of Oxford, UK
• Lorenzo MALERBA, CIEMAT, Spain
• Sabina MARKELJ, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• Dmitry MATVEEV, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
• Kai NORDLUND, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Jeremy PENCER, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canada
• Thomas SCHWARZ-SELINGER, IPP-Garching, Germany
• Marta SERRANO, CIEMAT, Spain
• Jean-Christophe SUBLET, IAEA
• Udo VON TOUSSAINT, IPP-Garching, Germany
• Gary WAS, University of Michigan, USA
• Steven ZINKLE, University of Tennessee, USA

Workshop Sessions
Week 1

• Collisional cascade simulations
• DFT simulations of defect production and evolution
• Microstructural damage due to neutron irradiation
• Hydrogen retention and transport in nuclear materials
• Advanced materials
• Experimental studies of neutron-induced material damage
• Computing Practical: LAMMPS
• Poster Session

Week 2

• Measurement and simulation of material behaviour under irradiation
• Neutron production to damage metrics
• Nuclear reactions and kinematics simulation
• Multiscale modelling of radiation damage
• Computational Aspects of radiation damage simulation
• Computing Practical: NJOY-2016
• Computing Practical: SPECTRA-PKA, FISPACT-II
• Poster Session

ICTP-IAEA Workshop organizing committee

• Céline CABET, CEA, France
• Kalle HEINOLA, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Christian HILL, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Wolfgang JACOB, IPP-Garching, Germany
• Sabina MARKELJ, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• Nicola SERIANI, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
• Jean-Christophe SUBLET, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Gary WAS, University of Michigan, USA
• Steven ZINKLE, University of Tennessee, USA