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Martina Adorni

Nuclear Safety Specialist

Nuclear Energy Agency, France

Santiago Aleza Enciso

Deputy Director for Engineering. Nuclear Safety Directorate, CSN

Michela Angelucci

Researcher - Assistant Professor

University of Pisa

Félix Barrio

Head of the International Relations Division

CIEMAT

Sevostian Bechta

Professor

KTH

Ahmed BENTAIB

Senior researcher

ASNR

Ahmed Bentaib

Nuclear safety specialist

OECD-NEA

Lourdes Borondo

Head of the Safety and Quality Unit

Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant, operated by Iberdrola Generación Nuclear

Matthias Braun

Senior Expert - Severe Accident Analyses

Framatome GmbH

Stephan Brumm

Scientific Officer

European Commission JRC

Laure Carenini

Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection, France

Mauricio Exequiel Cazado

Research Scientist

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Kevin Dieter

Head of Experimental Program

Becker Technologies

Mitchell Farmer

Manager, LWR Programs

Nuclear Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Florian Fichot

Research Engineer

ASNR

Joan Fontanet

Researcher

CIEMAT

Toyoshi Fuketa

Leader of decommissioning plan formulation and technical reviews for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Fabrizio Gabrielli

Deputy Group Leader

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

MONICA GARCIA MARTIN

RESEARCHER

CIEMAT

Fabio Giannetti

Associate Professor

Sapienza University of Rome

Amparo Giner Gonzalez

OPERATION & TECHNICAL TRAINING MANAGER

Westinghouse Electric Company

Anne Cécile Gregoire

Researcher

ASNR - Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection

Sanjeev Gupta

Independent expert

Luis E. HERRANZ

Head of the Unit for Nuclear Safety Research

CIEMAT

Thorsten Hollands

research associate

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH

Angelgiorgo Iorizzo

European Commission, RTD, Euratom Research

Gonzalo Jimenez

Associate Professor

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Christophe Journeau

Fellow

CEA, IRESNE

Teemu Kärkelä

Research Team Leader

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Ivo Kljenak

Scientific councillor

Jozef Stefan Institute

Terttaliisa Lind

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Liviusz Lovasz

Chief Expert for Core Degradation

GRS

David L. Luxat

Sandia National Laboratories

Livia M.-Tiborcz

Technical Expert

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH

Mateusz Malicki

Scientist

Paul Scherrer Institut

Fulvio Mascari

Senior Researcher

ENEA

Alexei Miassoedov

Nuclear Engineer

IAEA

Sandro Paci

Full Professor

Pisa University

Pascal Piluso

Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CEA, France

Ernst-Arndt Reinecke

Department Head

Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH

Federico Rocchi

Senior Researcher

ENEA

Miguel Sánchez

Head of the Modeling and Simulation Area

Nuclear Safety Council (CSN)

Nathalie SEILER

Fellow expert

CEA

Anastasia Stakhanova

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Martin Steinbrück

Group leader

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Kelm Stephan

Principal Investigator

Forschugnszentrum Juelich

Gaus-Liu Xiaoyang

Senior researcher

KIT

NUGENIA TA2 Leaders

Session type: Welcome

Registration

18 May

Session type: Welcome

Welcome and opening

18 May

Moderate

Sandro Paci

Fabrizio Gabrielli

Deputy Group Leader Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Félix Barrio

Head of the International Relations Division CIEMAT

Santiago Aleza Enciso

Deputy Director for Engineering. Nuclear Safety Directorate, CSN

Luis E. HERRANZ

Head of the Unit for Nuclear Safety Research CIEMAT

Session type: Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 1 – SINGULAR CAREERS IN THE SEVERE ACCIDENT RESEARCH

18 May

Moderate

Terttaliisa Lind

- Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

30 years of materials science for nuclear safety. From unexpected findings to improved severe accident codes

Martin Steinbrück

Group leader Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Research, Insights, and Lessons Learned During a Career Focused on Ex-Vessel Severe Accident Behavior

Mitchell Farmer

Manager, LWR Programs Nuclear Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Session type: Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 2 – ‘EXPECTATIONS FROM SA R&D’

19 May

Moderate

Ahmed Bentaib

Nuclear safety specialist OECD-NEA

Round table

Miguel Sánchez

Head of the Modeling and Simulation Area Nuclear Safety Council (CSN)

Toyoshi Fuketa

Leader of decommissioning plan formulation and technical reviews for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Lourdes Borondo

Head of the Safety and Quality Unit Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant, operated by Iberdrola Generación Nuclear

Amparo Giner Gonzalez

OPERATION & TECHNICAL TRAINING MANAGER Westinghouse Electric Company

Session type: Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 3 – Research and Developement Frameworks

20 May

Moderate

Federico Rocchi

Speakers

Angelgiorgo Iorizzo

PO European Commission, RTD, Euratom Research

Recent IAEA Activities Related to Severe Accidents

Alexei Miassoedov

Nuclear Engineer IAEA

Enabling Nuclear Safety Research: NEA Frameworks and Databases

Martina Adorni

Nuclear Safety Specialist Nuclear Energy Agency, France

Session type: Plenary Sessions

Closing Plenary Session

21 May

Moderate

Sandro Paci

Ahmed BENTAIB

Senior researcher ASNR

ERMSAR2026 in numbers

Sandro Paci

Summary and conclusions of the technical sessions

NUGENIA TA2 Leaders

Concluding Remarks

Luis E. HERRANZ

Head of the Unit for Nuclear Safety Research CIEMAT

Introduction of ERMSAR2028

Ivo Kljenak

Scientific councillor Jozef Stefan Institute