Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation
12th Information Exchange Meeting
Prague, Czech Republic
24-27 September 2012
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1. Introduction
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is organising the twelfth information exchange meeting on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (P&T). The meeting will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 24 to 27 September 2012, hosted by the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (RAWRA), and co-sponsored by the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
2. Background
Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the key technology for reducing the radiotoxicity and volume of radioactive waste produced. Recent developments indicate the need for embedding P&T strategies into advanced fuel cycles considering both waste management and economic issues.
In order to give experts a forum to present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the P&T field, the OECD/NEA has been organising biennial information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation since 1990. The previous meetings were held in Mito (Japan) in 1990, at ANL (USA) in 1992, in Cadarache (France) in 1994, in Mito (Japan) in 1996, in Mol (Belgium) in 1998, in Madrid (Spain) in 2000, in Jeju (Korea) in 2002, in Las Vegas (USA) in 2004, in Nîmes (France) in 2006, in Mito (Japan) in 2008 and in San Francisco (USA) in 2010.
3. Scope
The meeting will cover scientific, as well as strategic/policy developments in the field of P&T, such as:
- Fuel cycle strategies and transition scenarios
- Radioactive waste forms
- Impact of P&T on geological disposal
- Radioactive waste management strategies (including secondary wastes)
- Transmutation fuels and targets
- Pyro and aqueous separation processes
- Materials, spallation targets and coolants
- Transmutation physics, experiments and nuclear data
- Transmutation systems: design, performance and safety
- Handling and transportation of transmutation fuels
- Economics of P&T
These topics include multi-scale modelling, experiments and instrumentation, novel theories and benchmarks.
4. Programme
The meeting will consist of a plenary session on the first day, followed by technical sessions and a poster session covering above technical subjects.
At the summary session, reviews and findings of each technical session will be presented by the session chairs.
5. Registration and abstract submission
Abstracts of 500 words maximum using “Instruction of authors” should be sent before 15 May 2012 to the Secretariat by means of the “Registration form”. Authors are invited to indicate under which topic (scope above) their paper could be classified and if they would like to have an oral or a poster presentation.
Participants will be informed by 1 July 2012 whether their paper has been accepted. Full papers of accepted abstracts and invited talks must reach the NEA Secretariat in electronic form by 15 September 2012.
Participants planning to attend the meeting without presenting a paper are invited to complete the “Registration form” before 15 September 2012.
No registration fee is required.
6. Important dates
1 January 2012: Start of registration and abstract submission
15 May 2012: Close of abstract submission
June 2012: Select papers / plenary talks / set chair and sessions
1 July 2012: Notification to authors
15 September 2012: Close of registration and full paper submission
7. Venue, hotel, transport, visa, etc
The meeting will be held in Diplomat Hotel Prague. More information will be given in due course.
No registration fee will be required.
8. Scientific advisory committee
| Jean-Paul GLATZ (EC) | Gary DYCK (IAEA) |
| Pierre J. D'HONDT (SCK•CEN, Belgium) | Jan UHLIR (NRI, Czech Rep.) |
| Ivo KAPLAN (RAWRA, Czech Rep.) | Massimo SALVATORES (CEA, France) |
| Dominique WARIN (CEA, France) | Concetta FAZIO (KIT, Germany) |
| Tadafumi KOYAMA (CRIEPI, Japan) | Kazuo MINATO (JAEA, Japan) |
| Il Soon HWANG (SNU, Korea) | Han Soo LEE (KAERI, Korea) |
| Enrique M. GONZALEZ (CIEMAT, Spain) | Janne WALLENIUS (KTH, Sweden) |
| Manuel A. POUCHON (PSI, Switzerland) | Robin J. TAYLOR (NNL, UK) |
| Kemal O. PASAMEHMETOGLU (INL, USA) | Kathryn A. MCCARTHY (INL, USA) |
All correspondence with regard to the meeting should be addressed to the workshop Secretariat:
| Dr. Jan UHLIR, Chair Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc CZ - 250 68 Husinec - Rez 130 Czech Republic Email: uhl@ujv.cz |
Dr. Jim GULLIFORD |
Previous Information Exchange Meetings
- Eleventh Information Exchange Meeting, San Francisco, USA, November 2010
- Tenth Information Exchange Meeting, Mito, Japan, September 2008
- Ninth Information Exchange Meeting, Nîmes, France, September 2006
- Eighth Information Exchange Meeting, Las Vegas, USA, November 2004
- Seventh Information Exchange Meeting, Jeju (Korea), October 2002
- Sixth Information Exchange Meeting, Madrid (Spain), December 2000
- Fifth Information Exchange Meeting, Mol (Belgium), November 1998
- Fourth Information Exchange Meeting, Mito City (Japan), September 1996
- Third Information Exchange Meeting, Cadarache (France), December 1994
- Second Information Exchange Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory (USA), November 1992
- First Information Exchange Meeting, Mito City (Japan), November 1990
Related links
- European Commission
- International Atomic
Energy Agency
Last reviewed: 9 May 2012