June 17 – 18
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
ON HEU ELIMINATION
Moderated by José Goldemberg
June 17 – 18 |
| Session 1 – Seminar Opening - Status of HEU in Civil Uses | June 17 16.00-17.30 |
| 1. Welcome/ Introduction - Nuclear Risks of HEU | Director General Ole Harbitz, NRPA (Norway) |
| 2. Basic Facts on HEU Worldwide (incl. RR's Mo-99 production) | Pablo Adelfang, IAEA |
| 3. HEU in Critical Assemblies, Pulsed Reactors and Propulsion Systems | Frank von Hippel, Princeton University (USA) |
| Coffee Break | 17.30-18.00 |
| Session 2 – Where can LEU successfully replace HEU today? | 18.00-20.00 |
| 4. Safari Conversion to LEU | Charles Piani, NECSA (South Africa) |
| 5. 1st Full Conversion of Russian-designed HEU Fuel - Sparrow Flies Lower | Radek. Skoda, CTU (Czech Republic) |
| 6. Using LEU in OPAL - State of the Art, Multipurpose RR | Ron Cameron, ANSTO (Australia) |
| 7. Full Conversion of the Pitesti 14-MW RR Core from HEU to LEU Fuel | Marin Ciocanescu, ICN Pitesti (Romania) |
| 8. Development of LEU Fuel to Convert Research Reactors: NRU, MAPLE and SLOWPOKE | David Sears, AECL (Canada) |
| Session 2 (cont.) | June 18 09.00-10.30 |
| 9. CCHEN Activities for Minimization of the Use of HEU in Chile | Juan Klein |
| 10. Mo-99 from LEU – Facts and Myths | George Vandegrift, ANL (USA) |
| 11. Producing Mo-99 from LEU Targets | Alberto Manzini, CNEA (Argentina) |
| 12. Indonesia's Program for Conversion of Mo-99 Production to LEU Fission | Budi Briyatmoko, BATAN (Indonesia) |
| Coffee Break | 10.30-11.00 |
| Session 3 - How can one extend the substitution of HEU for LEU in more areas? | 11.00– 12.30 |
| 13. A global overview of the High Density UMo fuel development efforts | Mitch Meyer, Idaho National Laboratory/RERTR (USA) |
| 14. Jules Horowitz Reactor and LEU | Daniel Iracane, CEA/Cadarache (France) |
| 15. Converting Miniature Neutron Source Reactors to LEU | Samuel Anim-Sampong, AEC (Ghana) |
| 16. Reduced enrichment program for FRM-II | Anton Röhrmoser, ZWE-FRM II (Germany) |
| Lunch | 12.30-14.00 |
| 17. Can All Research Reactors be Fueled only with LEU in the Future? | Nikolay Arkhangelsky, Rosatom (Russia) |
| 18. U.S. Domestic Efforts and Commitments to Convert Remaining Civil HEU Research Reactors | Jordi Roglans-Ribas, Argonne National Laboratory (USA) |
| 19. Advanced Reactor Development Requirements – is there any need for HEU? | Massimo Salvatores, CEA/Cadarache (France) |
| 20. LEU for ADS-Sub-Critical Facilities | Hanna Kiyavitskaya, JINPR-SOSNY (Belarus) |
| 21. Converted HFR; reliable supply of medical radioisotopes | Fred Wijstma, Petten (Netherlands) |
| Coffee Break | 16.00-16.30 |
| Session 4: Roundtable discussion and chairman’s summary | 16.30 – 18.30 |
| Proposed: Ciocanescu, Salvatores, Vandegrift, Kiyavitskaya, Anim-Sampong, Iracane | |
| END TECHNICAL WORKSHOP | |
