b'2.1 ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUELSAdvanced LWR Fuel Advisory CommitteeCommittee Chair:Bill Gassmann, ExelonCollaborators:Steven Hayes, Ed Mai, and Kate RichardsonT he Advanced LWR Fuel Advisoryindustry. They represent the majoraccident tolerant fuels, especially relative Committee was established insuppliers of nuclear steam supplyto the lead test assemblies operating 2012 to advise the Advancedsystems, owners/operators of U.S.in numerous commercial plants that Fuel Campaign (AFCs) Nationalnuclear power plants, fuel vendors,include Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATF) Technical Director on the direction,Electric Power Research Instituterods; testing infrastructure needs and development, and execution of(EPRI), and Nuclear Energy Institutegaps created by the loss of the Halden the campaigns activities related to(NEI). Members are invited to partici- Reactor in Norway; and development accident tolerant fuels for commercialpate on the committee based on theirof testing plans for the QUENCH light water reactors (LWR). Last yeartechnical knowledge of nuclear plantfacility in Germany.the committee charter was revised,and fuel performance issues as wellThe IAC meets monthly via and this year the committee was askedas their decision-making authority inteleconference and is currently chaired to provide an industry perspective ontheir respective institutions. Duringby William Gassmann of Exelon LWR fuels issues that are broader inthe past year the committee providedCorporation. Additional members scope than just accident tolerant fuels.important industry input relative torepresent Westinghouse Electric The Industry Advisory Committeeutility and fuel vendor perspectives onCompany, Global Nuclear Fuels, (IAC) is comprised of recognizedthe potential benefits of extending theAREVA, Dominion, Duke Energy, leaders from diverse sectors of theburnup of current fuels; continuedSouthern Nuclear, EPRI, and NEI.commercial light water reactorefforts in testing and evaluation of new 24 2020|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS'