Sunday,
16.09.07

Tuesday,
18.9.07

Wednesday,
19.9.07

Thursday,
20.9.07

Poster
Presentations

Q aula A

Q lower ground

marquee

Q corridors

09:00
10:00

- Plenary -
opening of the conference
keynote session - EU research policy

Research expo & science café

Industry expo

Poster gallery

Refreshment break

Refreshment break

10:30
11:30

- Plenary -
keynote session
The politics of science & technology

break

11:45
12:45

- Plenary -
panel debate
Business and Industries view on science and R&D policy, challenges and needs

 Lunch

Lunch
opening
industry
exhibition

13:45
14:45

Refreshment break

Refreshment break

15:15
16:15

topical
workshop 1
E&T & KM

break

16:30
17:30

topical
workshop 1
E&T & KM

Q aula A

Q satellite B

Q satellite C

Q satellite
D

19:00

ENC2007 Welcome Reception - Brussels' town hall (shuttle service)

day 1

Q aula A

Monday 17 September 2007 - morning

09:00
10:00

plenary
keynote session

Opening of the conference / keynotes - EU research policy

Welcome address by M. Maris (ENC Conference Chairman) and F. Deconinck (ENS President)

keynote 1 R. Schenkel (EU Commission DG, Joint Research Centre)
keynote 2 P. Fernandez-Ruiz (Director for Energy-Euratom, DG-Research, European Commission)
keynote 3 The Belgian minister responsible for energy and scientific research (tbc)

refreshment
break

ENC2007 press conference

10:30
11:30

plenary
keynote session

The politics of science & technology
Chair: R. Schenkel, co-chair: S. San Antonio

keynote 1 L. Echávarri (Director General OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
keynote 2 Prof Löfstedt (Director of King’s Center of Risk Management, Kings College)

break

11:45
12:45

plenary
panel debate

Business and Industries view on science and R&D policy , challenges and needs
Chair: John Shepherd

Panelists:
M. Bucaille (Senior Vice-President in charge of Research & Innovation, AREVA)
H. De Man (former CEO of IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics, nanotechnology)
J. Goossen (Westinghouse Electric Company)
P. Gowin (IAEA)
J. Carelli (GE – Hitachi Nuclear Energy)

lunch

Exhibitors lunch reception (marquee)

Monday 17 September 2007 – afternoon – plenary keynote session

13:45
14:45

Science as living knowledge - E&T policy and knowledge management
Chair: P. Beeley, co-chair: P. Gowin

J. Naegele (European Commission DG TREN) - The European Commission policy on education and training in radiological protection
P. Gowin (IAEA) - The IAEA nuclear knowledge management programme

refreshment break (marquee and lower ground)

Monday 17 September 2007 – afternoon – track 1 – New reactor and energy technologies

15:15
16:15

Advanced reactors
chair: S. San Antonio, co-chair: C. Lombardi

IRIS – An advanced, grid-appropriate PWR for near-term deployment
C. Lombardi et al. (Westinghouse) - USA
ACR-1000: Product update
I. Love et al. (Atomic Energy of Canada) - Canada
Why the Westinghouse Advanced, Passive Pressurized Water Reactor, AP1000?
P. Gaio et al. (Westinghouse) - USA

break

16:30
17:30

Advanced reactors
chair: W. De Roovere, co-chair: V.Ranguelova

AP1000 Passive Design for In-Vessel Retention
N.N. et al. (Westinghouse) - USA
Optimizing the ACR-1000 core fore safety, economics and reliability
A. Buijs (Atomic Energy of Canada Ldt.) – Canada
Application of Technology Neutral Methodology for Assessment of Defence in Depth Application for Generation IV Reactor Systems
V. Ranguelova et al. (European Commission, JRC and CEA) - The Netherlands/France
The balanced safety approach of EPR
B. Guesdon (AREVA) - France

Monday 17 September 2007 – afternoon – track 2 – The nuclear fuel cycle / Nuclear operations

15:15
16:15

session 17.2.1

Reprocessing
chair: D. Haas, co-chair: C. Madic

Radioactive spent resins conditioning by the hot super-compaction process at Tihange NPP
B. Centner et al. (Electrabel and Tractebel Engineering) - Belgium
The behaviour of ZR in a LICL-KCL eutectic melt during electrorefining
E. Mendes et al. (European Commission, JRC) – Germany
Main Results of EUROPART project for actinide partitioning
C. Madic et al. (CEA) - France

break

16:30
17:30

session 17.2.2

Fuel
chair: L. Van den Durpel, co-chair: E. Merle-Lucotte

Fabrication of Plutonium Based Coated Particle Fuel for High Temperature Reactors
D. Haas et al. (European Commisssion, JRC) - Germany
Technological aspects concerning the producing procedures of UO2-GD2O3 nuclear fuel
M. Durazzo et al. (IPEN et al.) – Brazil
The Thorium Molten Salt Reactor: Launching the Thorium Cycle while Closing the Current Fuel Cycle
E. Merle-Lucotte et al. (CNRS-IN2P3-LPSC) - France

Monday 17 September 2007 – afternoon – track 3 – Medical applications

15:15
16:15

session 17.3.1

Diagnostics in Nuclear Medicine
chair: T. Lahoutte, co-chair: B. Brans

Clinical SPECT Imaging
T. Lahoutte (VU Brussel) - Belgium

Clinical application of PET/CT in oncology
H. Everaert (VU Brussel), Belgium

break

16:30
17:30

session 17.3.2

Therapeutic Applications 2
chair: F. Corstens, co-chair: A. Bossuyt

Developing radionuclide therapy in the 21th century
B. Brans (Atrium Medical Centre) - The Netherlands

Potential Radionuclides for Radiosynoviortheses. Dosimetric Criteria for their Selection
M.B. Torres Berdeguez et al. (Centro de Isótopos and Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera) - Cuba

Monday 17 September 2007 – afternoon – slow track – workshop 1

15:15
16:15

topical workshop 1

Education & Training and Knowledge Management / Cases
chair: M. Coeck, co-chair: V. Slugen

Contribution to preservation and management of nuclear knowledge on VVER reactor pressure vessels
V. Slugen et al. (Slovak University of Technology) - Slovakia
Physics and Engineering of Nuclear Reactors at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
E. Merle-Lucotte et al. (ENSPG-INPG/LPSC) - France
Nuclear engineering education: pioneering activities in safety, decommissioning and new-build
M. Joyce and T. Aves (Lancaster University) - UK
CHERNE - Developing a network to enhance cooperation for higher education on radiological and nuclear engineering
F. Tondeur et al. (Institute Supérieur de Bruxelles, HE Spaak, CHERNE Network) - Belgium
Popularizing nuclear science and technology to students of some Brazilian high schools
W. A. Soares et al. (Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN), CNEN, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT) – Brazil

break

16:30
17:30

topical workshop 1
(cont'd)

Education & Training and Knowledge Management / round table
chair: M. Coeck, co-chair: A. Hermanne

discussion on challenges and needs for E&T in nuclear engineering and radiological protection

19:00 21:00

Welcome reception at Brussels' town hall