Monday 1 May 2006 |
07.30 - 08.30
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Registration
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08.30 - 08.40
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Welcome Address
J. Stamenov, Director of Institute
for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria |
08.40 - 09.00
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Opening Address
K. Ilieva, President
of the Bulgarian Nuclear Society, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Session 1
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International Topics - Chair:
H. Sztark, CERCA, France
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09.00 - 09.25
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Progress in the work about reconstruction of
the IRT research reactor in Sofia - invited paper
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T. Apostolov - INRNE, Bulgaria |
09.25 - 09.50
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Update on GTRI: Status, progress and plans
for the Department of Energy’s Global Threat Reduction
Initiative - invited paper
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A. Bieniawski, DoE, USA |
09.50 - 10.15
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Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
Programme (RERTR): Update on efforts within the Global Threat
Reduction Initiative – invited paper
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P. A. Staples, DoE, USA
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10.15 - 10.45
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Coffee
break and poster viewing
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10.45 - 11.10
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Supporting the Global Threat Reduction Initiative
through nuclear material recovery: Collaboration between NNSA
and AREVA - invited paper
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P. Tanno – NNSA DoE, USA; I. Hunter,
T. Louvet, J-L. Falgoux – AREVA, France
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11.10 - 11.30 |
Announcement: Launch of the “Global Nuclear
Clean-out Coalition” |
J. Edlow - Edlow International Company, USA;
G. Gruber - RWE NUKEM, Germany |
11.30 - 11.55
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IAEA’s views on Research Reactor Conversion
and Spent Fuel Return to the country of origin - invited
paper
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A. Atger - IAEA
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11.55 - 12.20
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TRIGA worldwide
activities – invited
paper
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H. Böck - Atominstitut, Austria; P. Colomb,
H. Nadal, J-L. Falgoux, A. Veca - TRIGA International/AREVA
, France
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12.20 - 12.45
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ENEA Triga
RC-1 research reactor and TRADE Project: An important contribute
to the ADS road-map - invited
paper
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P. Agostini, S. Monti, M. Palomba, L. Picardi, R. Rosa
- ENEA, Italy
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12.45
- 14.00
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Buffet lunch
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Session 2 |
Fuel development, qualification,
fabrication and licensing - Chair: M. Meyer - Idaho National Laboratory, USA |
14.00 - 14.25
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Progress in the RERTR Fuel Development Program
– invited paper
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M.K. Meyer, R. Ambrosek, R. Briggs,
G. Chang, C.R. Clark, J.F. Jue, D.D. Keiser, D.M. Meyer, G.A.
Moore, K.A. Moore, D.M. Wachs, J.M. Wight, J.F. Williams INL
- USA; M.R. Finlay, G.L. Hofman, Y.S. Kim, I. Prokofiev, H.J.
Ryu, J.L. Snelgrove, T.C. Wiencek, ANL - USA
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14.25 - 14.50
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Attempt to solve the instability in the irradiation
behaviour of low enriched UMo-Al dispersion fuel
- invited paper
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G.L. Hofman, Y.S. Kim, H.J. Ryu, J. Rest,
M.R. Finlay - ANL, USA
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14.50 - 15.15
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Monolithic UMo full size prototype plates manufacturing
development status as of April 2006
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C. Jarousse - CERCA, France; P. Lemoine - CEA, France;
W. Petry - Munich TU, Germany
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15.15 - 15.40
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Monolithic fuel fabrication process development
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C.R. Clark, N.P. Hallinan, J.F. Jue, D.D. Keiser,
J.M. Wight - INL, USA |
15.40
- 16.10
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Coffee break and poster
viewing
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16.10 - 16.35
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Progress on LEU very high density fuel and
target development in Argentina |
S. Balart, P. Cabot, O. Calzetta, A. Durán,
J. Garcés, J.D. Hermida, A. Manzini, E. Pasqualini, H.
Taboada - CNEA, Argentina |
16.35
- 17.00
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Plates and fuel of monolithic U-Mo with
zircaloy-4 cladding
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E. Pasqualini - CNEA, Argentina
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17.00
- 17.25
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Continuous casting of
wide U-7wt.%Mo alloy foils for a monolithic fuel by a single
cooling roll
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K.H. Kim, S.J. Oh, D.B. Lee, C.K. Kim, D.S. Sohn - KAERI,
Korea
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17.25
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Close of Day One |
