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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session|Panel|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management (FCWMD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 12
Session Chair:
Isabella J. van Rooyen (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
Although new generation fuel needs to address extreme requirements, new design tools, manufacturing processes and in-service monitoring techniques provide opportunity for paradigm shifts in the science and engineering disciplines enabling visionary fuel types. This panel will bring together academici, industry and vendors to help stimulate next generation fuel designers to think about waste solutions and recovery during the full lifecycle of the fuel and fuel systems, to minimise waste during the manufacturing and waste storage. This panel will discuss their experience, lessons learned or future vision to address gaps that may exists.
Michael Tonks
Univ. Florida
Jenifer Shafer
Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry
Colorado School of Mines
Tyler Gerczak
ORNL
Andy Nelson
Erofili Kardoulaki
LANL
Gabriel Floch
NewCleo