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| Abstract Submission | Dec. 01, 2008 (Closed) |
| Abstract Acceptance Notification | Dec. 15, 2008 |
| Draft Full Papers *, Extended Abstracts | Feb. 15, 2008 Extended |
| Review Notification | Feb. 28, 2009 |
| Final Papers */Copyright (Full Paper or Extended Abstarct) | Mar. 15, 2009 |
* PDF file only. MS-Word file is not required.
Submitted abstract file is used only for the first step of review.
Abstract book will not be published in ICAPP '09.
Then it is not needed to update your abstract file after its review.
The 2009 International Congress on the Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '09) will have full-length technical papers (8-10 page) and extended abstracts (one page and following instructions for the full paper), which will be peer reviewed and published on a CD-ROM, available at the meeting. Papers of archival quality will be recommended for publication in special issues of the Nuclear Science & Engineering and Nuclear Technology Journals. At least one author is required to register for the congress and present his or her paper.
Authors should submit a one-page 500 word abstract (text only) with name, affiliation, address, phone, fax and email information by uploading here. Please Indicate Track Number. Track descriptions shown below.
Once abstracts have been accepted, authors may then upload their full-length draft papers or extended abstracts for review. Please submit a PDF file of your draft by uploading here. Please name your draft file according to your paper number (ex. 9001-draft.pdf). Maximum size of the PDF draft full paper (or extended abstract) file is 2.5MB. Instructions for preparation of full-length papers / extended abstracts are noted in the Author Kit. Template is also available in MS Word.
Once draft papers are reviewed and approved, authors may then send their final papers (or extended abstracts) for CD-ROM Publication by uploading here.
Again, please submit a PDF file. Please name your final paper file according to your paper number (ex. 9001-final.pdf).
Maximum size of the PDF final full paper (or extended abstract) file is 2.5MB.
Hard copy of papers are no longer required.
Note that AESJ will not edit or proof read your final paper (or extended abstract).
Only one author needs to sign copyright form and send its scanned image by e-mail: info@icapp09.org or fax to +81-3-3581-6128.
Technical Tracks (Draft)
The technical program will consist of invited plenary, panel sessions and focused in-depth technical sessions.
The technical sessions will be organized along specific areas of technical interest listed below.
Evolutionary designs, innovative, passive, light and heavy water cooled reactors, issues related to meeting near term utility needs, design issues; business, economical cost challenges, infrastructure limitations and improved construction techniques, including modularization.
Design and development issues, components and materials, safety, reliability, economics, demonstration plants and environmental issues, fuel design and reliability, power conversion technology, impact of non electricity applications on reactor design, advanced thermal and fast reactors.
Reactor technology with enhanced fuel cycle features for improved resource utilization, waste minimization, and power conversion capabilities. Potential reactor designs with longer development times, such as super critical water cooled reactors and liquid metal cooled fast reactors, and worldwide collaborative programs, such as Gen IV, INPRO and GNEP.
Training, O&M costs, life cycle management, risk-based maintenance, operational experience, performance and reliability improvements, outage optimization, human factors, plant staffing, outage reduction features, major component reliability, repair and replacement, in-service inspection, and codes & standards.
Transient and accident performance, including LOCA and non-LOCA, severe accident analysis, impact of risk-informed changes, accident management and emergency situations, advances in regulatory issues for operating and future plants, life assessment and management of aging plant, degradation and damage extension lessons from plant operations, containment with radiological and non-radiological inventory, probabilistic safety assessment and reliability engineering, new methodologies for plant safety analysis.
Nuclear data libraries and related error files, lattice calculation, deterministic and Monte-Carlo approaches, core and burn-up calculations, burn-up benchmarks, and multi physics coupling. Progress achieved in this domain in improvement of core performances (for existing and next generation reactors). New fuels, new fuel management, new reactor cores (e.g. pebbled bed reactors) and characterization of spent fuels.
Phenomena identification and ranking, computer code scaling applicability and uncertainty, containment thermal hydraulics, component and integral system tests, improved code development and qualification, single and two phase flow, advanced computational thermal hydraulic methods.
TRU separation processes, fuel and target design for transmutation, transmutation performances, scenarios for P&T deployment, review of national programs on P&T, impact of P&T on waste minimization, advanced reprocessing processes and technologies (Purex, Coex, Urex, Pyro...), nuclear material recycling technologies (MIMAS, Vibropack...), modelling of processes, back-end fuel cycle options, uranium and plutonium management issues, waste conditioning storage and disposal, thorium cycle, fully integrated fuel cycle and symbiotic nuclear power systems, Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS).
Fuel, core, reactor pressure vessel and internals structures, advanced materials issues, environmental effects and fracture mechanics, quakeproof or quake-absorbing design and analysis, concrete and steel containments design and analysis, design and monitoring for seismic, dynamic and extreme accidents, irradiation issues, materials and structural mechanics issues, codes and standards for new generation plants.
Environmental impacts and carbon reduction of nuclear and alternative systems, including application to non-power applications such as the production of hydrogen, sea water desalination, heating and other co-generation applications, medicai and biological application, biological effects of low dose radiation (Added: Nov. 21, 2008). Scenario analysis of nuclear role substitution for fossil fuels not only for power but for transportation, and its quantitative contribution.
General issues not directly related to plants designs but linked to the near-term deployment of new Nuclear Power Plants, such as international licensing, convergence of designs, electrical grid concerns, environmental and siting issues, macroeconomics & financing, education and training, technological infrastructure, public acceptance, and non-proliferation.
Other advanced reactor concepts, space nuclear power and propulsion, planet surface nuclear power systems and other innovative systems with intended design features such as fail-proof safety and security, proliferation resistance, small power reactors, modular deployable reactors, long-life once burn cores and other applications that are not primarily emphasized by conventional power reactor systems.
Human and manufacturing resources development, international collaborative arrangement analysis to support world nuclear energy deployment, especially in developing countries and with respect to fuel supply and waste management and non-proliferation concerns.
To international travelers who are participating in the congress and who will need an invitation letter to obtain a visa for travel to Japan, please request your letters as soon as possible. Send requests to: info@icapp09.org .
The participants from the following countries are required to obtain VISA.
Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine
Please note that some countries will require at least three to four months, thus it is important to submit visa applications as soon as possible.
In order to print a visa invitation letter, the following criteria must be met:
Invitation requests cannot be approved until the information provided has been verified.
PLEASE NOTE: Invitation letters can take up to two weeks to process.
Only questions/concerns regarding invitation letters should be directed to www.icapp09.org
For information regarding VISA requirements, please contact your local consulate.
Please note: AESJ is not authorized to assist with the VISA process beyond providing invitation letters. AESJ does not have any influence over the decisions made by any embassy. All questions/concerns regarding the status of your VISA should be directed to your local consulate.