Small Modular Reactors Summer School 2026 – Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles

The Small Modular Reactors Summer School 2026 – Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles is a specialist summer school focused on small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced reactor technologies. It brought together students of nuclear energy from multiple universities and countries for hands-on training, facility visits and expert-led instruction. The programme covers technical, deployment, economic and safeguards aspects of advanced reactors and fuel cycles. It is co-hosted by Argonne National Laboratory and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Education Skills and Technology Framework (NEST).

Practical hands-on training, facility visits, expert lectures, and professional and technical skill development related to SMRs and advanced reactor technologies.

The school was attended by university students of nuclear energy from multiple countries; participants were students affiliated with universities.