ERMSAR-2017 conference of NUGENIA/SARNET on research on severe accidents in nuclear power plants

The 8th ERMSAR conference, which selected papers are hosted in this Annals of Nuclear Energy special issue, was hosted by the Polish National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) organization in Warsaw (Poland) from 16 to 18 May 2017. The Scientific Programme Committee involved eight researchers from diverse organizations (CEA, CIEMAT, ENEA, IRSN, JSI, KIT and University of Pisa). The conference gathered 179 participants from 27 countries and 84 organizations (25% of participants came from out of Europe such as Japan, USA, Singapore, China and Korea), confirming its status of a major international event on nuclear reactor severe accidents. Sixty-five papers and fourteen posters were presented and a significant time was allocated after each presentation for questions and open discussions