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Efforts to enhance the safety, sustainability and economic efficiency of nuclear energy are driving international research into advanced nuclear fuel cycles. A key component of these efforts is partitioning and transmutation (P&T), a technology that seeks to reduce the volume, heat generation and long-term radiotoxicity of nuclear waste. By incorporating P&T strategies into advanced fuel cycles, the management of nuclear waste can be optimised, addressing technical, economic and societal challenges.
The 16th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (16 IEMPT) was held at the NEA headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, from 24 to 27 October 2023, and was organised in co-operation with the IAEA. It brought together experts from various sectors and was supported by international organisations and key partners such as the EU-funded Horizon-2020 Partitioning And Transmuter Research Initiative in a Collaborative Innovation Action (PATRICIA) Project, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the Multipurpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications (MYRRHA) Project, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The meeting included a plenary session on national and international programmes, two special panel sessions, as well as technical sessions and a poster session that covered a wide range of topics related to P&T and advanced fuel cycles. These meetings are part of the NEA’s ongoing efforts to advance knowledge and innovation in nuclear fuel cycle technologies.
