Call for Papers
The RRFM 2010 Programme Committee is calling for both oral and poster presentations in the following areas:
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All Key Areas of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle of Research Reactors - 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. Innovative methods in research reactor analysis.
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Innovative methods in research reactor analysis and design - Development and
application of advanced computational methods and tools for research reactors physics, safety and fuel
management: Neutronics Calculations and Experiments, Methods and Tools for Research Reactor Core Analysis
and Design, Fuel Cycle Physics (including Actinides transmutation and proliferation reduction issues), Nuclear
Safety Assessment Methods and Improvements for Research Reactors.
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Utilization of Research Reactors – Preparation and implementation of strategic and business plans, deployment of additional research reactor applications and marketing of research reactor services. Utilization experience and good practices, especially from well utilized research reactors. Stories of success in improving research reactor sustainability. Utilization of research reactors for research, development, education, training and industrial applications. Articulation and operation of research reactors networks, coalitions and centres of excellence. Experiences of successful application of strategic planning in the transition from full government support to total or partial facility self-sustainability and self-reliance; Research Reactor Support for Innovative Nuclear Power Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Research reactor utilization in support of international initiatives on innovative nuclear power reactors and fuel cycles, including inter alia the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO), Generation IV International Forum (GIF), the US DOE Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and the US Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Examples of advanced research carried out in research reactors in support of these multilateral undertakings. Identification of research reactor capabilities needed by the international initiatives on innovative nuclear power reactors and fuel cycles. Identification of challenges, constraints and capability gaps potentially limiting research reactor’s ability to provide necessary support.
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Research Reactor Support for Innovative Nuclear Power Reactors and Fuel Cycles
- Research reactor utilization in support of international initiatives on innovative nuclear power reactors and fuel
cycles, including inter alia the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO),
Generation IV International Forum (GIF), the US DOE Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and the US Global Nuclear
Energy Partnership (GNEP). Examples of advanced research carried out in research reactors in support of these
multilateral undertakings. Identification of research reactor capabilities needed by the international initiatives on
innovative nuclear power reactors and fuel cycles. Identification of challenges, constraints and capability gaps
potentially limiting research reactor’s ability to provide necessary support.
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New Research Reactor Projects – National and regional plans for new research
reactors. Lessons learned from building and operating new research
reactors. Role of research reactors in developing nuclear competence
to implement nuclear power programmes in a medium to long term
perspective. Research reactor capacity needed to meet the future
demand for radioisotopes for medicine and industry. Development of
national and regional infrastructure necessary to implement new
research reactor projects, including inter alia organization and
management, uses and applications, funding and financing,
stakeholder involvement, legislative framework, regulatory
framework, nuclear safety, environmental protection, security and
physical protection, safeguards and human resources.
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Research Reactor Operation and Maintenance – Plant material condition control, managing issues at either end of the facility 'bathtub curve' (commissioning, early operation and end of life/ageing related issues), 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.
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2010 TRIGA User Meeting - The 2010 TRIGA User Meeting will be organised as an embedded meeting within RRFM 2010. If you would like to actively participate in the 2010 TRIGA User Meeting by giving an oral presentation please upload a short abstract.
 Click here to download the RRFM 2010 Call for Papers
We welcome both oral and poster submissions. If you wish to share your knowledge and insights with fellow-members of the research reactor community, please submit your abstract by 27.11.2009 through the RRFM 2010 Abstract Submission System.
Abstract review
The abstracts received will be peer reviewed under the auspices of the RRFM 2010 Programme Committee. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by 19 December 2009.
Important dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 27. November 2009
Notification of authors: 19 December 2009
Deadline for full paper submission: 19 February 2010
Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentations: 12 March 2010
Conference: 21 - 25 March 2010
Instructions for authors
 Your full paper must be upload by 19 February 2010 at the very latest.
Your Powerpoint presentation must be in our possession by 12 March 2010 at the very latest.
 Download instructions for authors
Publication Policy
The proceedings of RRFM 2010 will be published on the RRFM 2010 conference website, linked to the ENS website, with the reference number ISBN 978-92-95064-10-2.
RRFM 2010 Delegates will receive a CD ROM with the proceedings of the conference about 6 weeks after the event.
Please don’t hesitate to contact the ENS / RRFM 2010 Secretariat should you have any question:
Tel: + 32 2 505 30 54
Fax: +32 2 502 3902
e-mail: rrfm2010@euronuclear.org
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