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Issue 34 Autumn 2011
http://www.euronuclear.org/e-news/e-news-34/TopFuel2012.htm
More information is available on the TopFuel 2012 Conference Website: www.topfuel2012.org.
The TopFuel 2012 Programme Committee is calling for both oral and poster presentations on the following topics:
Operation and Experience
Fuel operating experience and performance; reliability; high burn-up fuels; water side corrosion and hydriding; stress corrosion cracking; MOX fuel performance; post irradiation data; pool-site examination; radiation effects; water chemistry and corrosion counter-measures; assembly distortion; mixed-core operation; re-use after transportation/storage.
Transient Fuel Behaviour
Transient fuel behaviour and criteria (RIA, LOCA, ATWS, power ramps …); fuel safety-related issues; pellet cladding interaction (PCMI/PCI); transient fission gas releases; cladding bursting/ballooning, pellet fragmentation/dispersal during transient events; small and large-scale fuel testing facilities; fuel behaviour under extended loss of cooling, re-criticality.
Design and Materials
Advances in fuel assembly design; fuel processing and manufacturing; cladding and structural alloy development; MOX fuel design and manufacturing; fuel design for improved thermal hydraulics, mechanical and corrosion-resistant behaviour; irradiation experience in test reactors; accident resistant fuel; fuel design optimisation for disposal; innovative fuel concepts.
Modelling
Development, verification and validation of fuel modelling codes; multiscale modelling; multi-physics coupling; fuel behaviour modelling during operation and under back-end conditions; water chemistry modelling; treatment of uncertainty; statistical analysis; design and analysis methods.
Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation
Interim storage; reprocessing; closed fuel cycles; criticality; fuel behaviour in dry containers, wet storage ponds and during transportation; long-term storage strategies; ageing; R&D activities; fuel database management.
Mark your diaries and be a part of it! Upload your abstracts on www.topfuel2012.org before 15 February 2012.
Authors should submit their abstract text in English through the Abstract Submission System on www.topfuel2012.org by: 15 February 2012 Deadline for draft paper submission: 8 May 2012 Email ALL correspondence to topfuel2012@euronuclear.org. Your abstract contribution will be included in the Conference |
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The abstracts received will be peer reviewed by the TopFuel 2012 Programme Committee. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by 27 March 2012.
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