ENC 2010

30 May - 2 June 2010 in Barcelona, Spain

ENC 2010

Call for Papers

The European Nuclear Conference (ENC) is the largest international conference of its kind on the European event calendar. This European Nuclear Society (ENS) event has a multidisciplinary approach, looking at nuclear applications in energy production and medical technologies.

ENS and the ENC 2010 Programme Committee are now calling for abstracts in the following areas:

Reactor technologies

Generation III reactors
Generation IV reactors
Small reactors
Research reactors
Innovative reactor concepts, including the thorium cycle
Innovations in the supply chain or construction engineering

The fuel cycle

Front end
In core management and fuel behaviour
Back end
Spent fuel management
Uranium and plutonium recycling, including minor actinides transmutation
Transports of fuel materials
Nuclear materials safeguards
Greenhouse gas emissions from the fuel cycle

Plant operations

Maintenance and operation
Safety management (operation, maintenance, aging …)
Human and organizational factors
Materials technology and testing
Plant life extension
Instrumentation
Decommissioning
Physical protection

Life science applications

Protection of man and the environment
Radiobiology/radioecology
Instrumentation
Diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Isotopes supply
Radiation protection in medical applications

European harmonisation issues
Therapy with alpha emitters

Nuclear medicine training in Europe, present and future trends

Education, training and knowledge management

Initiatives in education, training and knowledge management
Education & training facilities
Challenges and opportunities for nuclear professionals
Recruitment and labour market issues

Nuclear and civil society

Countries’ perspectives on nuclear energy policy
Public information, including communicating on nuclear incidents
Public perception
Stakeholder involvement
Economical impact
Nuclear and the societal debates, including at international fora
Regulation and harmonisation

Upload your abstracts before 13 November 2009

on www.enc2010.org or
contact enc2010@euronuclear.org for further information

Important dates

Deadline for abstract submission: 13 November 2009

Notification of authors: 29 January 2010

Deadline for full paper submission: 30 April 2010

Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentations: 21 May 2010

Conference: 30 May – 2 June 2010

Accepted and presented papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings (Transactions) that will be available on CD-ROM (after the conference) and posted on our website: www.euronuclear.org with reference ISBN 978-92-95064-09-6.

Abstract review

The abstracts received will be peer reviewed under the auspices of the ENC 2010 Programme Committee.

ENC 2010 Programme Committee Chair:
Prof F. Deconinck, SCK-CEN, ENS Past President

ENC 2010 Programme Committee Co-Chair:
J.E. Gutiérrez, Westinghouse Spain , SNE President