Call for Papers

The RRFM 2011 Programme Committee is calling for both oral and poster presentations regarding

All Key Areas of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle of Research Reactors
This includes: Conversion to LEU fuels; 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.

Furthermore the Call for Papers extends to the following areas:

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.
Utilization of Research Reactors – Research reactor services; Utilization experience and good practices; Success stories in improving research reactor sustainability; Utilization in the fields of research & development, education & training and industrial applications; Research reactors networks, coalitions and centres of excellence; Experiences in the transition from full government support to total or partial facility self-sustainability and self-reliance; Utilization in support of international initiatives on innovative nuclear power reactors and fuel cycles; Irradiation programmes carried out in research reactors in support of multilateral undertakings; Challenges, constraints and capability gaps potentially limiting research reactor’s utilization.
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.
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.
2011 TRIGA User Meeting - The 2011 TRIGA User Meeting will be organised as an embedded meeting within RRFM 2011. If you would like to actively participate in the 2011 TRIGA User Meeting by giving an oral presentation please upload a short abstract.

Click here to download the RRFM 2011 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 26.11.2010 through the RRFM 2011 Abstract Submission System.

For abstract submission please go to our RRFM 2011 Abstract Submission System

Abstract review

The abstracts received will be peer reviewed under the auspices of the RRFM 2011 Programme Committee. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by 19 December 2010.

Important dates

Deadline for abstract submission: 26. November 2010

Notification of authors: 18 December 2010

Deadline for full paper submission: 18 February 2011

Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentations: 11 March 2011

Conference: 20 - 24 March 2011

Instructions for authors

Your full paper must be upload by 18 February 2011 at the very latest.

Your Powerpoint presentation must be in our possession by 11 March 2011 at the very latest.

Download instructions for authors

Publication Policy

The proceedings of RRFM 2011 will be published on the RRFM 2011 conference website, linked to the ENS website, with the reference number ISBN 978-92-95064-11-9.

RRFM 2011 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 2011 Secretariat should you have any question:

Tel: + 32 2 505 30 54
Fax: +32 2 502 3902
e-mail: rrfm2011@euronuclear.org