b'1.4 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONSAdvanced Fuels Campaign International EngagementPhyllis KingT he Advanced Fuels CampaignNuclear Energy Agency (NEA) charged with conducting integral (AFC) engages with inter- irradiation experiments of inter-national organizations andFramework for Irradiationnational importance. The FIDES various countries to advance U.S.Experiments membership consists of research nuclear energy interests. Below areand regulatory bodies from several key interactions with global collabo- Idaho Falls:NEA countries (Belgium, Czech rators in fiscal year (FY) 23. AFC hosted international membersRepublic, Finland, France, Germany, from the Framework for IrradiationItaly, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Experiments (FIDES) October 14-21,Sweden, Switzerland, and United 2022. FIDES is an internationalStates). They discussed technical framework coordinated throughand business aspects of the program the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Figure 1. FIDES Members from the following participating countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United States.24 2023|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS'