Programme
The lectures will take place from Monday morning to Friday afternoon at the “Institut d’Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse”. Students must attend the whole school.
The technical programme will consist of lectures on materials, methods and techniques, as well as of case studies on issues of interests for the nuclear materials field. The students will work on case studies in groups tutored by lecturers and present the results of their work to the other students.
The social programme includes a welcome aperitif / dinner, an excursion on Thursday afternoon and a school dinner.
Lectures
L1 Introduction to Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Materials Science (NMS)
L2 Multiscale modelling and characterisation in NMS
L3 Manufacturing techniques
L4 Electron microscopy in NMS
L5 Atomic scale modelling: description of interatomic interactions
L6 Phase field
L7 Calphad modelling
L8 Study of defects in NMS, in particular positron annihilation spectroscopy
L9 X-ray Diffraction techniques
L10 Atomic scale modelling: exploration of configuration space and calculation of properties
L11 Nano-to-macroscale modelling of mechanical properties
L12 Thermochemical and thermophysical property measurement techniques
L13 KMC, rate theory and cluster dynamics
L14 Ion irradiation techniques
L15 Fuel performance codes
L16 Atom probe tomography in NMS
L17 Machine Learning in NMS: modelling and experiments
Case studies
CS1 Coupling of experiment and modelling
CS2 How to Study Irradiation Effects on Materials
CS3 Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour and Qualification of Nuclear Materials
CS4 Transport Properties under Irradiation
Detailed Programme
Key Dates
| Opening of applications | 18.11.2025 |
| Deadline for application | 11.01.2026 |
| Acceptance of application by organizing committee | 21.01.2026 |
| Deadline for payment | 23.02.2026 |
| School | 29.03.2025 – 04.04.2025 |
