b'including part of the program that takes place at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). INL is conducting irradiations in the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) reactor as part of this program and the results of those TREAT irradiations were high-lighted at this meeting. Presenta-tions were made on the status of the ongoing irradiation testing efforts and technical results were presented and reviewed. A tour of the INL facilities related to irradiation testing also took place. The facilities included the AdvancedThe new JEEP, In-Core Real-TimeFigure 2. Attendees of the French Test Reactor (ATR), TREAT, Hot FuelsMechanical Testing of StructuralAlternative Energies and Atomic EnergyExamination Facility, and IrradiatedMaterials, expands the scope ofCommission (CEA) Paris-Saclay visit.Materials Characterization Laboratory.technical areas covered under Irradiation testing of nuclearFIDES-II and re-establishes key fuels and materials is a key part ofcapabilities lost with the closure of the Department of Energy (DOE)the Halden Reactor.mission at INL. Hosting this groupDiscussions were held on the helped to establish DOE and INLprogress of the FIDES Strategic Plan, international leadership in thiswhich provides direction to the important technical area. future of the experimental program, with reviews of the status of Prague: ongoing work with the four existing Members of the FIDES-II from 12FIDES projects and of the prelimi-countries assembled in Prague,nary proposals being presented for Czech Republic for meetings ofthe next triennium.its Technical Advisory Group andINL is the operating agent for Governing Board. The NEA FIDES-IIDOEs project with NEA FIDES. is a multilateral effort establishedThe government benefits from this to preserve and strengthen thecollaboration by contributing to the global fuel and materials experi- discussion and decisions being made mental capacity. This facilitatesat the technical advisory group and high-priority safety and operations- governing board meetings. Participa-related experiments that benefit ation in-person ensures the DOE/broad community of users aroundINL position on various aspects of the world.the FIDES Strategic Plan (and thus During the meetings, the membersthe future direction of FIDES) is received updates on the progress ofcaptured in the approved document. four ongoing Joint ExperimentalAdditionally, participation in-person Programmes (JEEP), includingallows for DOE/INL to fully engage one that was added to the FIDESwith other participants and allows Programme of Work earlier in 2023.for the NEA FIDES stakeholders to 2023|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 25'