2000SympB

SYMPOSIUM B - Initiative for Inert Matrix Fuel - 6th IMF workshop

The "Initiative for Inert Matrix Fuel" deals with the problem of plutonium and minor actinide excesses, and with their recycling into reactors. The working group has been acting since 1995 and is organising the 6th IMF workshop as a symposium in the frame of the European Material Research Society 2000 spring meeting in Strasbourg.

The proceedings are planned to be published in Progress of Nuclear Energy.

1. Material Science

1.1 Session: Basic properties

1.2 Session: Behaviour under irradiation

1.3 Session: IMF dispositions

2. Reactor Science

2.1 Session: Sensitivity & Benchmark

2.2 Session: Transient & Safety

2.3 Conceptual studies

Scientific Committee:

C. Degueldre (PSI, Switzerland), H. Matzke (ITU, Germany), Ch. Brown (BNFL, U.K.), A. Stanculescu (IAEA, Austria), J. Porta (CEA, France), C. Lombardi (PoliMi, Italy), Y. Lee (KAERI, Korea), R. Ewing (UMichigan, USA), G. Lumpkin (ANSTO, Australia), G. Bruna (FRAMATOME, France), V. Troyanov (IPPE), Y. Suzuki (JAERI)

Invited Speakers:

S. Condradson (LANL), W. Weber (PNL), G. Ledergerber (PSI, Switzerland), J.M. Paratte (PSI, Switzerland), H. Akie (JAERI), Y. Ronen (UBenGurion, Israel)

Symposium Organizers:

C. DEGUELDRE PSI LWV 5232 Villigen-PSI Switzerland Tel: +41 56 3104176 Fax: +41 56 3102205 degueldre@psi.ch http://www.psi.ch/lwv/emrs.htm	S. ION BNFL B582, Sellafield Cumbria CA20 1PG U.K. Tel: +44 1925 832152 Fax: +44 1925 833576 sei1@bnfl.com	H. MATZKE ITU PoBox 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe Germany Tel: +49 7247 951273 Fax: +49 7247 951590 ratzel@itu.fzk.de
C. LOMBARDI PolyTechnic Milano Via Ponzio, 20133 Milano Italy Tel: +39 0223 99 6397 Fax: +39 0223 99 6309, carlo.lombardi@polimi.it	J.M. PARATTE PSI LRS 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland Tel: +41 56 3102070 Fax: +41 56 3104412 paratte@psi.ch	J. PORTA CEA, Cadarache DRN, DER, 13108 St Paul lez Durance France Tel: +33 4 42 25 36 31 Fax: +33 4 42 25 47 58 jporta@cea.fr