Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management IV
April 12-15, 2009

Call for Papers

Technical Topics

The meeting is a forum for addressing a broad spectrum of front-end nuclear fuel management activities, within the context of reactor physics and fuel cycle economics. Topics will range from methods development and verification to design and implementation of new in-core fuel products and strategies. Technical sessions are projected to include: Addressing Practical Design Constraints On Fuel Management Advanced Fuel Assembly and Burnable Absorber Designs Advanced Fuel Management and Multi-dimensional Burnup Analysis Advances In Reactor Stability Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools Error Quantification of Core Simulation Capabilities. Experiences and Advances In On-Line Core Monitoring Extended Fuel Cycles and Economic Analysis Fuel and Core Design Based On Thorium Cycles Fuel Cycle Core Design for Advanced Reactor Concepts Fuel Temperature Feedback for Steady-State and Transients Generation of Cross Section Libraries and Whole Core Transport Calculations Generation-IV Design Concepts High Enrichment >5wt% UO2 Studies Innovative Core Loading Strategies and Methods Management, Design, and Operation Issues of Advanced Reactor Fuels Model Comparisons Against Measured Reactor Power Data Monte Carlo based Depletion and Full Core Analysis: New Developments and Issues MOX Utilization In Reactors Nodal and Lattice Physics Methods Nuclear Data Needs to Enhance Core Simulation Fidelity. Reactor-Based Plutonium Disposition Research Reactor Topics -- Fuel Management Practices Simulation and Study of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles. Utilities Experience In Reload Design and Licensing Utilization of Zero Power Physics Tests and Core Follow Data to Enhance Core Simulation Fidelity Validation of Core Analysis Tools for Fuel Management

Panel Discussions:

• "World Perspective On Nuclear Fuel Management Needs"
• "Adequacy of Methods for Nuclear Fuel Management"
• "Zero Ten - Zero fuel leakers by 2010"

Questions?

Contact:
• John Siphers, Progress Energy
• john.siphers@pgnmail.com
• Atul Karve, Global Nuclear Fuel
• atul.karve@gnf.com
• Hany Abdel-Khalik, NC State University
• abdelkhalik@ncsu.edu
• Ivan Maldonado, University of Tennessee
• imaldona@utk.edu

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