Programme

Monday 03 March 2008

08.30 - 09.00

Opening session

Welcome addresses

• S. San Antonio (ENS Secretary General)

Welcome presentation

• 50 YEARS OF NEUTRON RESEARCH AT GKSS
  A. Schreyer and P. Schreiner et al. (GKSS) – Germany

09.00 - 10.30

Session I – Part 1
International topics and overview on new projects and fuel developments

Chairmen: H. Böck (TU Vienna) and P. Beeley (UK Ministry of Defence)

• EPR – MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF A NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE
  R. Leverenz (AREVA NP GmbH) –Germany

• KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (KIT): RESEARCH, TEACHING AND INNOVATION
  J. Knebel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) – Germany

• THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE
  A. Bieniawski (National Nuclear Security Administration) – USA

• RESEARCH REACTOR COALITIONS – FIRST YEAR PROGRESS REPORT
  I. Goldman et al. (IAEA and International Nuclear Enterprise Group) – Austria/USA

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.40

Session I – Part 2
International topics and overview on new projects and fuel developments

Chairmen: H. Böck (TU Vienna) and P. Beeley (UK Ministry of Defence)

• OVERVIEW ON HIGH DENSITY UMO FUEL IN-PILE EXPERIMENTS IN OSIRIS
  M. Ripert et al. (CEA – SCK-CEN – TU Munich – AREVA Cerca) – France/Belgium/Germany

• PROGRESS IN US LEU FUEL DEVELOPMENT
  D. Wachs (INL) – USA

• CURRENT STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DENSITY LEU FUEL FOR RUSSIAN RESEARCH REACTORS
  I. Dobrikova et al. (VNIIMM) – Russia

• 2008 CNEA REPORT ON PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEU FUELS AND TARGETS IN ARGENTINA
  H. Taboada et al. (CNEA) – Argentina

• HOMOGENEOUS AQUEOUS SOLUTION NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 99MO AND OTHER SHORT-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES
  E. Bradley et al. (IAEA) – Austria

12.40 - 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 - 15.20

Session I – Part 3
International topics and overview on new projects and fuel developments

Chairmen: H. Böck (TU Vienna) and P. Beeley (UK Ministry of Defence)

• TRIGA MARK II – FIRST MOROCCAN RESEARCH REACTOR FACILITY
  N. Bouzekri et al. (CNESTEN) – Morocco

• STATUS OF RESEARCH REACTORS IN INDIA
  S. B. Chafle and S. Duraisamy (Bhabba Atomic Research Centre) – India

• PALLAS, THE NEW PETTEN RESEARCH AND ISOTOPE REACTOR
  B. van der Schaaf et al. (NRG PETTEN) – The Netherlands
  

• DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF IRRADIATION DEVICES FOR THE JULES HOROWITZ REACTOR
  D. Parrat et al. (CEA) – France

15.20 - 16.00

Session II – Part 1
Fuel development & fabrication

Chairmen: M. Ripert (CEA/DEC) and D. Wachs (INL)

• PIE RESULTS OF THE KOMO-3 IRRADIATION TEST
  J. M. Park et al. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) – Korea

• POSTIRRADIATION ANALYSIS OF THE LATEST HIGH URANIUM DENSITY MINIPLATE TEST – RERTR-8
  G. Hofman et al. (ANL – INL) – USA

16.00 - 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 - 17.40

Session II – Part 2
Fuel development & fabrication

Chairmen: M. Ripert (CEA/DEC) and D. Wachs (INL)

• LATEST DISPERSED UMo FUEL PLATE MANUFACTURING RESULTS AT AREVA-CERCA
  C. Jarousse et al. (AREVA-Cerca) – France

• RESULTS OF RECENT MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF IRRADIATED DISPERSION UMo FUELS WITH AL ALLOY MATRICES THAT CONTAIN SI
  D. D. Keiser et al. (INL) – USA

• RESULTS OF UMO DISPERSIVE FUEL PLATES IRRADIATIONS FOR FRM-II
  W. Petry and A. Röhrmoser (TU Munich) – Germany

• CURRENT STATUS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF FUEL FOR RESEARCH REACTORS IN CHILE
  G. Torres-Oviedo et al. (Chilean Commission for Nuclear Energy) – Chile

20:00 - 24:00

AREVA dinner at the Museum of Ethnology