Programme

Wedneday 05 March 2008

08.30 - 10.30

Session IV
Fuel back-end management

Chairman: G. Gruber (Nukem GmbH)

• DEMONSTRATION OF THE EMPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DIRECT DISPOSAL OF SPENT FUEL INTO DEEP VERTICAL BOREHOLES
  W. Filbert et al. (DBE Technology) – Germany

• CORROSION OF SPENT ALUMINIUM –CLAD RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL – SYNERGISM IN THE ROLE OF SPENT FUEL STORAGE BASIN WATER PARAMETERS
  L. Ramanathan et al. (IPEN – CNEA – IAEA) – Brasil/Argentina/Austria

• SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AT LVR-15 REACTOR
  J. Podlaha et al. (NRI et al.) – Czech Republic

• PREPARING ANSTO‘s FINAL HIFAR RESEARCH REACTOR MTR SPENT FUEL SHIPMENT
  M. Anderson and L. Dimitrovski (ANSTO) – Australia

• AREVA NETWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
  C. Anne et al. (AREVA Group) – France/Japan/USA

• GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE: U.S. NUCLEAR REMOVE PROGRAM
  C. E. Messick and J. L. Taylor ( US Department of Energy) – USA

— Parallel sessions —

08.30 - 10.50

Session V
Innovative methods in research reactor analysis

Chairman: R. Nabbi (Research Centre Jülich)

• MONTE CARLO CORE CALCULATION FOR A MIXED TRIGA HEU/LEU CORE
  M. Stummer et al. (Atominstitut Vienna) – Austria

• MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF FISSION ENERGY DEPOSITION IN BERYLLIUM REFLECTORS OF MNSR REACTORS
  S. Anim-Sampong et al. (Ghana Atomic Energy Commission – Kwame Nkrumah University of Schience & Technology) – Ghana

• HIGHLY DETAILED TRIANGULAR MESH DIFFUSION THEORY VS. MONTE CARLO: MODELLING THE MIT RESEARCH REACTOR
  A. P. Olson and T. H. Newton Jr. (ANL – MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory) – USA

• SOPHISTICATED NEUTRONIC CALCULATION OF THE ITER UPPER PORT DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM USING MONTE CARLO METHOD
  P. Bourauel and R. Nabbi (Research Centre Jülich) – Germany

• APPROACH TO CRITICALITY IN THE BR2 REACTOR: MCNP VS. POINT KINETICS METHOD
  S. Kalcheva and E. Koonen (SCK-CEN) – Belgium

• MODELLING OF A PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERISATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
  J. Kettler et al. (Research Centre Jülich) – Germany

• IAEA PROPOSAL FOR A NEW COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON INNNOVATIVE METHODS IN RESEARCH REACTORS ANALYSIS
  P. Adelfang et al. (IAEA) – Austria

10:50 - 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 - 12:00

Closing session

Chairman: E. Koonen (SCK-CEN)

Round table – Conclusions of the chairpersons

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch break

13:00 - 18:00

Technical Tours