Tuesday 24 March
2009
Morning: 2 Parallel Sessions (II – Part 2 and III, II – Part 3 and V – Part 1)
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Session II - Fuel Development
Part II - Chairman: D. Wachs |
09.00
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09.20
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IAEA Publication on Good Practices for Qualification of High Density LEU Research Reactor Fuels
J.L. Snelgrove (Argonne National Laboratory) - US |
09.20
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09.40
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IRIS Program: IRIS4 First Results
F. Charollais, M. Ripert, MC. Anselmet, P. Boulcourt, P. Lemoine (CEA), C. Jarousse (AREVA-CERCA) - France |
09.40
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10.00
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Improvements Done in the Development of Dispersed and Monolithic Fuels in CNEA
M.López, R. González, A.G. González (Comisión Nacional de Energia Atómic) – Argentina |
10.00
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10.20 |
Update on Fresh Fuel characterization of U-Mo Alloys
D.E. Burkes, D.M. Wachs, D.D. Keiser, J.-F. Jue, M.A. Okuniewski, F.J. Rice, R. Prabhakaran (Idaho National Laboratory) - US |
10.20
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10.40
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Cd wires as Burnable Poison for BR2 Fuel Element
N. Franck (AREVA-CERCA) – France; S. Kalcheva, E. Koonen (SCK-CEN) - Belgium |
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Session V - Utilisation
Part I - Chairman: H. Gerstenberg
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09.00
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09.20 |
Establishment of a Single-Crystal Filtered Thermal Neutron Beam Facility for Neutron Capture Therapy at the University of Missouri
J. Brockman, L.P. Foyto (University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor) – US
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09.20
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09.40 |
Use of Fission Radiation in Life Sciences and Materials Characterisation
F.W. Wagner, B. Loeper, Th. Bücherl, H. Breitkreutz, W. Petry (Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnits (FRM II) / TU Munich) - Germany
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09.40
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10.00 |
Radioisotope Production for Nuclear Medicine Using the IAE-R1m
J. A. Osso Jr., K.N. Suzuki, R.F. Costa, G. Barrio, T.P. Brambilla, Paula C. Lopes, S.E.T. Borborema, C.R.B.R. Dias, A.L.P.V. Lima, H.T. Gasiglia, J.L. Correia, L.A. Villela, N.C. Silva, R.R.L. Bezerra, R.F. Lima, M.R.F.F. Barboza, J. Mengatti (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares) - Brazil
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10.00
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10.20 |
Design of a Flowing-Nak Experimental Device for In-Core Material Irradiation in the Jules Horowitz Reactor
D. Moulin, C. Biscarrat, S. Christin, G. Laffont, A. Morcillo, E. Pluyette, F. Rey (CEA) - France
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10.20
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10.40 |
EVITA: A Semi-open Loop in BR2 for RJH Fuel Qualification
E. Koonen, P. Gouat, P. Benoit (SCK-CEN) – Belgium, P. Lemoine, M.C. Anselmet, S. Brisson, S. Guillot (AREVATA) - France
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10.40
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11.00
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Coffee Break
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Session II - Fuel Development
Part III - Chairman: S. van den Berghe
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11.00
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11.20
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Effect of Si additions in Al in U-Mo/Al dispersion plates: Observations from side-by-side plates irradiated in RERTR-6, -7A, -9A AND -9B
Y.S. Kim, G.L. Hofman (Argonne National Laboratory), A.B. Robinson (Idaho National Laboratory) - US |
11.20
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11.40
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Micro-XRD Coupled with SEM+EDS Characterization of U-Mo/Al-Si Diffusion Couples
J. Allenou, H. Palancher, X. Iltis, Ph. Martin, F. Charollais, M.C. Anselmet, P. Lemoine (CEA), R. Tucoulou (ESRF), O. Tougait (Université de Rennes), M. Cornen (CEA/Université de Rennes) - France |
11.40
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12.00
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Methods of Increasing the Uranium Charge in Fuel Elements of Research Reactors
G.A. Birzhevoy, A.D. Karpin, V.V. Popov, V.N. Sugonyaev (RF State Scientific Centre IPPE) -Russia |
12.00
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12.20 |
Methods of Increasing the Uranium Charge in Fuel Elements of Research Reactors
G.A. Birzhevoy, A.D. Karpin, V.V. Popov, V.N. Sugonyaev (RF State Scientific Centre IPPE) -Russia
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12.
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12.40
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Fission Induced Swelling and Creep of Uranium-Molybdenum Alloy Fuel
G.L. Hofman, Y.S. Kim, T. Totev (Argonne National Laboratory), A.B. Robinson (Idaho National Laboratory) – US |
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Session V - Utilisation
Part II - Chairman: T. van der Hagen
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11:00
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11:20
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A Multi-National Practical Training Course for Nuclear Candidate Countries Organized by EERRI
H. Böck, M. Villa (Vienna University of Technology/Atominstitute) - Austria, E. Bradley, A. Soares, P. Adelfang, I. Goldman (IAEA), S. Tozser (KFFI Atomic Energy Research Institute), A. Aszodi (TU Budapest) - Hungary, M. Ravnik (Institute Josef Stefan) - Slovenia |
11:20
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11:40
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The Jamaican SLOWPOKE-2 research reactor: Neutron Activation Analysis in Environmental and Health Studies
C.Grant, G. Lalor, J. Preston (International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences / University of the West Indies) - Jamaica |
11:40
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12:00
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Partial Dismantling of Research Reactor-Sofia Prior its Reconstruction into Low Power Reactor
T. Apostolov, E. Anastasova, V.D. Anastasov, M. Hristova, A. Mladenov (Institute for Nuclear Researchand Nuclear Energy/Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) - Bulgaria |
12:00 - 12:20
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Silicon Doping at FRM II
H. Gerstenberg, X. Li, I. Neuhaus (Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)) - Germany |
12.20
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13.20
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Lunch Break
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13.20
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14.30
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Poster Session – Possibility to discuss with authors
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Afternoon: 2 Parallel Sessions
(IV – Part 1 and V – Part 2)
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Session IV -
Innovative Methods in Research Reactor Physics
Part I - Chairman: S. Curr
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14.30
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14.50 |
TRIGA Fuel Burn-up Calculations supported by Gamma Scanning
R. Khan, S. Karimzadeh, H. Böck, M. Villa (Vienna University of Technology / Atominstitute) - Austria
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14.50
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15.10 |
Full fuel cycle time averaged temperature evaluation of FRM II
A.Röhrmoser, W. Petry (Technical University Munich, TUM) - Germany
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15.10
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15.30 |
Analysis of new safety criteria for CABRI reactor core
D. Blanc, F. Ecrabet, S. Pignet, V. Georgenthum, A. Moal (French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN) - France
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Session V - Utilisation
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14.50
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15.10 |
IAEA Publication: TECDOC-1601 – Homogeneous Aqueous Solution Nuclear Reactors for the Production of Mo-99 and other Short Lived Radioistotopes
E. Bradley, P. Adelfang, N. Ramamoorthy (IAEA)
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15.10
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15.30 |
A Coating to Protect Spent Aluminium-clad Research Reactor Fuel Assemblies During Extended Wet Storage
S.M.C. Fernandes, O.V. Correa, J.A. De Souza, L.V. Ramanathan (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nuclear) – Brazil
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15.30
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16.00
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Coffee Break
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Session IV -
Innovative Methods in Research Reactor Physics
Part II - Chairman: S. Curr
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16.00
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16.20 |
Validation of PLTEMP / ANL V3.4 Code for Evaluation of Safety Margins at the BR2 Reactor
S. Kalcheva, E. Koonen (SCK-CEN) - Belgium, A.P. Olson, J.E. Matos (RERTR Program) - US
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16.20
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16.40 |
Role of RELAP / SCDAPSIM in Research Reactor Safety
C.M. Allison, J.K. Hohorst (Innovative Sustems Software LLC) – US, A.J. D'Arcy (South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, NECSA) - South Africa
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16.40
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17.00 |
Severe Reactivity Injection Accident Simulations for Safety Assessment of Research Reactor
S. Pignet, C. Pelissou, R. Meignen (French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN) – France, P. Liu, F. Gabrielli (Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies (IKET) - Germany
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17.00
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17.20 |
MCNP Simulation of Permanent Cd-lined Irradiation Channel for Improved Utilization of Commercial MNSR Facilities
S.A. Jonah, Y.A. Ahmed, U. Sadiq (Ahmadu Bello University) – Nigeria
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Session III - Back-end
Chairman: I. Vidovszky |
16.00
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16.20 |
Lessons learned from the spent fuel shipment Budapest - Mayak
J. Dewes (US DOE, NNSA) – US, S. Tözser, I. Vidovszky (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute) - Hungaria |
16.20
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16.40
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Fresh and Spent Nuclear Fuel Repatriation from the IRT-2000 Research Reactor Facility, Sofia, Bulgaria
T. Apostolov, K. Allen, I. Dimitrov, D. Dimitrov (Instittue for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of Bulgarian) - Bulgaria |
16.40
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17.00 |
TRIGA LEU and HEU Fuel Shielding Analysis During Spent Fuel Transport
C.A. Margeanu, S. Margeanu, C. Iorgulis (Institute for Nuclear Research) - Romania |
19.30 |
Conference dinner
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