Ana Maria Ivan received her Diplomat Engineer degree in Industrial Chemistry from the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași in 2004 and a Master’s degree in Nuclear Materials and Technologies from the University of Pitești in 2006. She is now pursuing a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. She worked as a Chemical Engineer at the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) in Mioveni from 2006 to 2018, where she held positions in environmental quality management, wastewater treatment, and post-irradiation examination. In 2018, she moved to the research and development division at INR and was promoted to Junior Scientific Researcher in 2021. Her research topics mainly include: gas and chemical control systems in lead-cooled fast reactors (LFRs), corrosion behaviour in molten lead facilities, adsorption of volatile radiotoxic elements, and analytical techniques for nuclear applications.
Mariano Tarantino graduated in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa in 2004. Ph.D. in Nuclear and Industrial Safety in 2008. Since 2008 he has been an ENEA researcher in the field of liquid metal technologies for nuclear applications, both Generation IV ( Fission) and Magnetic Confinement Fusion.From 2010 to 2018 Scientific Advisor of the Program Agreement between ENEA and the Ministry of Economic Development, where he coordinated all research and development activities on fourth generation nuclear fission systems refrigerated with liquid lead.Currently coordinator of the Innovative Projects Section and responsible for the Nuclear Safety and Sustainability Division of the ENEA Nuclear Department.Background in thermofluid dynamics, expert in nuclear technology and lead cooled fast reactors, with an experimental vocation, he coordinates various projects at a national and international level.
Dr. Daniela Diaconu is a Senior Researcher in the Nuclear Materials and Corrosion Department at the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) — Pitești, Romania, and currently serves as Director of RATEN-ICN. She earned her PhD in Nuclear Engineering (1999), with a specialization in radioactive waste management and safety, from the Institute for Atomic Physics. She has gained recognition through her leadership in European collaborative projects, particularly within the ALFRED (Advanced Lead Fast Reactor European Demonstrator) initiative. Her teaching and supervision activities cover nuclear safety, radioactive waste management, and materials science, while her research interests focus on nuclear materials corrosion, radioactive waste disposal, safety engineering, digitalisation in nuclear processes, and advanced reactor systems, including ALFRED.
Elena Daniela Gugiu earned, from the University of Bucharest, a BS in Nuclear Reactor Physics (1985) and a PhD in Physics (2007). She is currently Principal Research Scientist at RATEN, Mioveni, Romania and acts as Director of 4ALFRED project.Until 2025 she coordinated the R&D program on Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles. Her work in nuclear reactor physics and Generation IV technologies has resulted in a consistent number of publications, numerous technical reports, conference presentations, invited lectures, and contributions to European and IAEA projects. She holds memberships and expert roles within international consortia such as FALCON and projects funded by the IAEA and European Commission, including ELSY, LEADER, PIACE, PASCAL, ECC-SMART, and ANSELMUS. She has represented Romania in the IAEA’s Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR) and has served as an INIS liaison officer. Her research interests include lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) systems, Monte Carlo simulation, neutronics, radiation shielding, structural material analysis, and the safety design of advanced reactor cores.
