RRFM 2015 - CALL FOR PAPERS

The RRFM 2015 Programme Committee is calling for both oral and poster presentations regarding

All key areas of the nuclear fuel cycle of research reactors - conversion to LEU fuels; fissile material supply; fresh fuel and targets: origin and status, qualification, fabrication; technical aspects of fuel in-core management and safety; fresh and spent fuel transportation; fuel and reactor licensing; spent fuel storage, corrosion and degradation; fuel back-end management including reprocessing.
Utilisation of research reactors – nuclear science and technology including support for nuclear power programmes, education and training, industrial and medical applications; research reactor networks and coalitions, strategic and business plans and other activities to improve the research reactor utilisation and sustainability.

Innovative methods in reactor physics and thermo-hydraulics – development and application of advanced computational methods and tools for core load management (including burn-up calculation), operational and safety analysis, and fuel cycle physics; benchmark exercises; nuclear data improvements.

New research reactor projects – planned and ongoing new research reactors projects; lessons learned from building and operating new research reactors; role of research reactors in developing nuclear competence to implement nuclear power programmes; research reactor projects to meet future demand for radioisotopes; development of national infrastructure necessary to implement new research reactor projects, including inter alia organization and management, uses and applications, stakeholder involvement, nuclear safety and security and human resources development.

Research reactor operation and maintenance – managing issues at either end of the facility 'bathtub curve' (commissioning, early operation and end of life/ageing related issues); refurbishment, long term operation and life-time extension; maintenance assessments and risk informed maintenance programmes; management systems; configuration management; procedure utilisation; communications and work control; design review and control; human resource development and training programmes; regulatory interface; public relations; management improvement programmes and performance monitoring.
Safety and security of research reactors - implementation of IAEA safety standards and security recommendations; review of national regulatory requirements on safety/security and of licensing activities: design review and upgrades including associated facilities (spent fuel storage facilities); safety analysis methods and approaches, including analyses of beyond design base accidents; security management; review of emergency and contingency plans; interface safety/security; threat assessment and design basis threat in RR security; nuclear safety and security considerations in the training and qualification of personnel.
Decommissioning and dismantling of research reactors and waste management – strategies and concepts; decommissioning planning; economics; efficiency improvement measures; licensing; dismantling technologies applied; decontamination and measures to reduce radiation exposure; radiation and environmental protection; treatment, storage and disposal of radioactive waste; logistics and transportation; running projects; lessons learned from ongoing and completed projects.

Mark your diaries and be a part of it! Upload your abstracts on www.rrfm2015.org before 15 November 2014.

Authors should submit their abstract text in English through the Abstract Submission System on

www.rrfm2015.org by:

15 November 2014

Full paper submission deadline: 15 March 2015

Email ALL correspondence to rrfm2015@euronuclear.org

Your abstract contribution will be included in the Conference
Proceedings (Transactions) and posted on the ENS website: www.euronuclear.org

Reference number ISBN 978-92-95064-24-9

RRFM 2015 Conference Secretariat

www.rrfm2015.org

rrfm2015@euronuclear.org

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