The necessary condition for successful fast reactor deployment in the near and mid-term is the understanding and assessment of innovative technological and design options, based on both past knowledge and experience, as well as on ongoing research and technology development efforts. In this respect, the need for in-depth international information exchange is underlined by the fact that the last large international fast reactor conference was held as far back as 1991. Since then, progress in research and development as well as design has not been reported in a coordinated manner, which has made planning and implementation of expensive research and technology development programmes rather challenging. There is a perceived need for an appropriate forum to achieve the objectives of exchanging experience and innovative ideas among experts, and of sharing knowledge and mentoring, whereby experienced scientists and technologists, as well as fast reactor programme managers, would share their perspectives with the future generation of young scientists and technologists, helping them to choose research problems of eminence and pursue their careers to meet the challenges of the development of fast reactors and related fuel cycles. After almost 20 years, this is also the appropriate time, as fast reactor programmes are currently on an accelerated growth path in many countries of the world. Objectives The conference aims at promoting the exchange of information on national and multi-national programmes and new developments and experience, with the goal of identifying and critically reviewing problems of importance and stimulating and facilitating cooperation, development and successful deployment of fast reactors and related fuel cycles in an expeditious manner. Audience The conference is dedicated to scientists and engineers from both public and private sectors, including research institutes, academia, regulatory bodies and industry. Attendance by young professionals is strongly encouraged. Special Events A special session in Tsuruga, with a technical visit to the Monju fast reactor, is planned for the last day of the conference. A special Young Generation Event will be organized in cooperation with the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) initiative of the IAEA. Working Language English Organizers Honorary General Chair Yoichi Fuji-ie Former Chairman, Japan Atomic Energy Commission General Chair Toshio Okazaki President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) General Co-Chair Jacques Bouchard Advisor to the Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) Chairman, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Chairman International Advisory Committee Chair Massimo Salvatores Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Cadarache, France Members Xu Mi China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), China Yu Hong China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), China Jean-Louis Carbonnier Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Saclay, France Jean-Michel Delbecq Electricité de France (EDF) R&D, France Joachim U. Knebel Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany Anil Kakodkar Atomic Energy Commission, India Baldev Raj Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), India Srikumar Banerjee Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India Shreyans Kumar Jain Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), India Yutaka Sagayama Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Satoru Tanaka University of Tokyo, Japan Takashi Nagata Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Yuji Takahashi Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC), Japan Keizo Okada Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc., Japan Moon Hee Chang Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea Soon Heung Chang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea Vladimir S. Kagramanyan State Scientific Center Russian Federation - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (SSCRF – IPPE), Russian Federation Mikhail N. Lysenko Rosatom, Russian Federation Vladimir M. Poplavsky State Scientific Center Russian Federation - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (SSCRF – IPPE), Russian Federation Anatoly V. Zrodnikov State Scientific Center Russian Federation - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (SSCRF – IPPE), Russian Federation Phillip Finck Idaho National Laboratory (INL), United States of America Sal Golub US Department of Energy, United States of America Roland Schenkel European Commission, EU Thierry Dujardin Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD/NEA Alexander Stanculescu NE/NENP, FR09 Scientific Secretary, IAEA Chaitanyamoy Ganguly NE/NEFW, FR09 Scientific Secretary, IAEA International Scientific Programme Committee Chair Toshikazu Takeda Osaka University, Japan Members Yijun Xu China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), China Lixia Ren China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), China Bernard Boullis Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – VELRHO, France Yannick Guerin Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Cadarache, France Christian Latge Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Cadarache, France Jacques Rouault Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Saclay, France Jean-Paul Serpantié AREVA NP Lyon, France Gian-Luigi Fiorini Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Saclay, France Alain Zaetta Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA) – Cadarache, France Concetta Fazio Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Programm NUKLEAR, Germany Werner Maschek Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik, Germany Perumal Chellapandi Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India Raigiri Narayana Jayaraj Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad, India Hattandadi Suresh Kamath Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India Jyesthraj Joshi Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai University, India Tarun Kumar Mitra Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), Kalpakkam, India Hirotake Moriyama Kyoto University, Japan Toshio Wakabayashi Tohoku University, Japan Masaki Saito Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Kazumi Aoto Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Tomoyasu Mizuno Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Takashi Namekawa Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Akira Yamaguchi Osaka University, Japan Naoto Kasahara University of Tokyo, Japan Hideki Yagi Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan Do-Hee Hahn Korea Atomic Energy Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea Joo-Hyun Moon Dongguk University, Republic of Korea Kee-Chan Song Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea Yury M. Ashurko State Scientific Center, Russian Federation - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (SSCRF – IPPE), Russian Federation Alexander V. Bychkov Scientific Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (SSC RIAR), Dimitrovgrad, Russian Federation Yury S. Fedorov Khlopin Radium Institute (KRI), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Boris A. Vasiliev Federal State Unitary Enterprise "OKB Mechanical Engineering" (OKBM), Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Tim Abram University of Manchester, United Kingdom Robert Hill Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America Kemal Pasamehmetoglu Idaho National Laboratory (INL), United States of America Andrew Siegel Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America John Sackett Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (consultant), United States of America Earl Saito GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Ltd., United States of America Georges Van Goethem European Commission, EU Didier Haas European Commission, EU Claes Nordborg Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD/NEA Alexander Stanculescu NE/NENP, FR09 Scientific Secretary, IAEA Chaitanyamoy Ganguly NE/NEFW, FR09 Scientific Secretary, IAEA Local Organizing Committee Chair Yoshiaki Oka University of Tokyo, Japan Vice-Chairs Kaichiro Mishima Kyoto University, Japan Tsutomu Yanagisawa Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Members Nobuo Ishizuka Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF), Japan Takaya Ito Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc. (MFBR), Japan Hiroshi Uetsuka Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Kazutoshi Oba Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Japan Yoshinori Ogata Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Hiroshi Ozaki Fuji Electric Systems Co. Ltd., Japan Toshihiro Oshibe Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan Hisao Ojima Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Katsumi Kuruba Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center (WERC), Japan Masahiko Kobayashi Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company, Japan Yutaka Sagayama Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Toshiyuki Zama Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL), Japan Shusaku Sawada Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd., Japan Yoji Shibata Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association (JEMA), Japan Hisashi Ninokata Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Kenichiro Sugiyama Hokkaido University, Japan Shigemitsu Suzuki Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), Japan Masayoshi Takahashi Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC), Japan Yoshihide Nishikawa Kansai Atomic Conference, Japan Tsuyoshi Noura Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan Akira Fujita JGC Corporation, Japan Hiroyasu Mochizuki Fukui University, Japan Akira Yamaguchi Osaka University, Japan Hayaichi Yokoyama Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industries (CRIEPI), Japan Yusaku Wada Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan Koji Sato Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Secretariat, Japan Takuya Kitabata Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Secretariat, Japan