Final Program - Updated March 12, 2009
SUNDAY
10:00 - 3:00 PM Golf Outing (Sponsored by South Carolina Electric & Gas)
3:00 - 5:00 PM Registration
6:00 - 8:00 PM Welcome Reception – Courtyard (Sponsored by AREVA)
MONDAY Promenade 2 Promenade 3 Promenade 4 Promenade 6
6:30 AM - 4:00 PM Registration - Admiral's Landing
7:00 - 8:00 AM Speaker's Breakfast (Continental) - Promenade 5 Porch
9:00 - 03:00 PM Guest Tour of Historic Beaufort, SC
8:00 - 09:40 AM Opening Session – Commodore Hall
9:40 - 10.00 AM Coffee Break (Sponsored by Global Nuclear Fuel)
10.00 - 12:05 PM Innovative Core Loading Strategies and Methods
Chair: Juan-Luis François
High Enrichment >5wt% UO2 Studies
Chairs: Masatoshi Yamasaki, Dale Lancaster
Validation of Core Analysis Tools for Fuel Management I
Chair: Scott Palmtag
Management, Design, and Operation Issues of Advanced Reactor Fuels
Chair: Ed Pilat
12:05 - 04:00 PM
Break
4:00 - 06:55 PM PANEL Discussion - "World Perspective On Nuclear Fuel Management Needs"
Chair: John Siphers
Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools I
Chair: Robb Borland
Fuel Cycle Core Design for Advanced Reactor Concepts
Chair: Brian Moore
Simulation and Study of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles.
Chair: Mehdi Asgari
7:30 - 10:00 PM Theme Dinner – The Shorehouse (Sponsored by Studsvik)
TUESDAY Promenade 2 Promenade 3 Promenade 4 Promenade 6
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration - Admiral's Landing
7:00 - 8:00 AM Speaker's Breakfast (Continental) - Promenade 5 Porch
8:00 - 09:40 AM PANEL Discussion - "Adequacy of Methods for Nuclear Fuel Management"
Chair: Dmitry Paramonov
Addressing Practical Design Constraints On Fuel Management
Chair: Art Digiovine
Generation-IV Design Concepts
Chair: Michael Todosow
Advanced Fuel Assembly and Burnable Absorber Designs
Chair: Mark DeHart
9:40 - 10.00 AM Coffee Break (Sponsored by Nuclear Safety Associates)
10.00 - 12:05 PM Generation of Cross Section Libraries and Whole Core Transport Calculations
Chair: Joel Rhodes
Model Comparisons Against Measured Reactor Power Data
Chair: Steve Bowman
Validation of Core Analysis Tools for Fuel Management II
Chair: Bob St.Clair
Experiences and Advances In On-Line Core Monitoring
Chair: Geoffrey G Pihl
12:05 - 04:00 PM
Break
4:00 - 06:55 PM PANEL Discussion - "Zero By Ten - Zero fuel leakers by 2010”
Chair: John Schardt
Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools II
Chair: Robb Borland
Fuel and Core Design Based On Thorium Cycles
Chairs: Peter Boczar, Juan-Luis François
Nodal and Lattice Physics Methods
Chairs: Akio Yamamoto, Brian Moore
7:00 - 07:30 PM Cocktails - Admiral's Landing
7:30 - 10:00 PM Banquet – Commodore Hall (Sponsored by Westinghouse)
WEDNESDAY Promenade 2 Promenade 3 Promenade 4 Promenade 6
7:00 - 8:00 AM Registration- Admiral's Landing
7:00 - 8:00 AM Speaker's Breakfast (Continental) - Promenade 5 Porch
8:00 - 09:40 AM MOX Utilization In Reactors
Chairs: Andrew Worrall, Ron Ellis
Research Reactor Topics -- Fuel Management Practices
Chair: Trent Primm
Extended Fuel Cycles and Economic Analysis
Chair: Ed Pulver
Utilization of Zero Power Physics Tests and Core Follow Data to Enhance Core Simulation Fidelity
Chair: Alain Santamarina
9:40 - 10.00 AM Coffee Break (Sponsored by NETZSCH Instruments)
10.00 - 12:05 PM Advances In Reactor Stability
Chairs: Jeff Borkowski
Monte Carlo based Depletion and Full Core Analysis: New Developments and Issues
Chair: Bojan Petrovic
Nuclear Data Needs to Enhance Core Simulation Fidelity
Chair: Russ Mosteller
12:05 - 1:00 PM
Break
1:00 - 2:40 PM Scale Lattice Physics Workshop
Chair: Mark DeHart
2:40 - 3:00 PM Coffee Break (Sponsored by EPRI)
3:00 - 5:00 PM Scale Lattice Physics Workshop
Continued
5:00 PM Meeting Adjourned