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Summer School 2007

Date

Jun 12-15, 2007

Location

European Commission
Joint Research Centre

Institute for TransUranium Elements

Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz

176344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Germany

Organized by:

Actinet

Organising members

The ACTINET Summer School 2007 focusses on Actinide Science and Applications, and is suitable for students and young researchers who have an interest in basic actinide chemistry, physics and material science.

The lectures, featuring experts from international organisations and ITU, will address the following four topics:

basic actinide science ( day 1 ),
the nuclear fuel cycle ( day 2 ),
reactor fuel under irradiation ( day 3 ),
environmental aspects of actinides ( day 4 ).

The Summer School will give its participants a glance at the intriguing science of the 5f elements and their applications in modern society.

The lectures will be given during the morning sessions, whereas the afternoons will be devoted to visits of the laboratories of ITU (controlled area), of the neighbouring German research centre FZK, and of laboratory demonstrations in the following areas:

Photoemission Spectroscopy for Actinide Characterisation ( Actinide Research )
Transport Properties under Extreme Conditions ( Actinide Research )
Thermoconductivity of reactor fuels ( Materials Research )
Electron Microscopy of Nuclear Materials ( Materials Research )
Fabrication of Advanced Nuclear fuels ( Nuclear fuels )
Spent Fuel Corrosion ( Hot Cells Technology )
Laser Ablation - ICP-MS as Technique to Characterise Hot Cell Samples( Hot Cells Technology )
Safeguards - Chemical Separation in Glove Box ( Nuclear Chemistry )
INE-Beamline for Actinide Research at ANKA ( FZK-INE, ANKA )
Prototype Vitrification Test Facility ( FZK-INE )
Quench Facility ( FZK-IMF )

Additional information

http://itu.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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Schedule

Day 1

Begin	End	Description
08:30	09:00	Welcome address (T. FANGHÄNEL, EC-JRC-ITU)
09:00	09:45	Plutonium - The Element of Surprise (G. CHOPPIN, Florida State University)
09:45	10:30	The Physics of the Actinides ( G. LANDER, ILL)
10:30	11:00	Tea & Coffee
11:00	11:45	Surface Chemistry and Electronic Structure studied by Photoemission Spectoscopy (T. GOUDER, EC-JRC-ITU)
11:45	12:30	Aquatic Chemistry and Thermodynamics of Actinides (V. NECK, FZK-INE)
12:30	14:00	Lunch
14:00	17:00	Laboratory visits

Day 2

Begin	End	Description
09:00	09:45	Fuel Cycle Strategies (D. WARIN, CEA)
09:45	10:30	Advanced Re-processing (J.-P. GLATZ, EC-JRC-ITU)
10:30	11:00	Tea & Coffee
11:00	11:45	Actinide Fuels and Targets (R. KONINGS, EC-JRC-ITU)
11:45	12:30	Forensic Study of Highly Radioactive Materials - Chernobyl Accident (B. BURAKOV, V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute)
12:30	14:00	Lunch
14:00	17:00	Laboratory visits

Day 3

Begin	End	Description
09:00	09:45	Radiation Effect in Actinide-Bearing Solids (B. WEBER, Pacific Northwest Laboratory)
09:45	10:30	Electron Microscopy of Nuclear Fuels (T. WISS, EC-JRC-ITU)
10:30	11:00	Tea & Coffee
11:00	11:45	Nuclear Fuel Behaviour (J. SPINO, EC-JRC-ITU)
11:45	12:30	Actinide Waste Forms (J. KNEBEL, FZK-INE)
12:30	14:00	Lunch
14:00	17:00	Laboratory visits

Day 4

Begin	End	Description
09:00	09:45	Molecular Enivronmental Science of the Actinides (F. LIVENS, UNIMAN)
09:45	10:30	Environmental Aspects of Actinides (M.BETTI, EC-JRC-ITU)
10:30	11:00	Tea & Coffee
11:00	11:45	Nuclear Waste Disposal: Facts and Perspectives (H. GECKEIS, FZK-INE)
11:45	12:30	Long Term Stability of Spent Nuclear Fuel (V. RONDINELLA, EC-JRC-ITU)
12:30	14:00	Lunch
14:00	17:00	Laboratory visits

Presentations

	Betti - Applications Environmental aspects of actinides	4 MB
	Burakov - Forensic study of highly radioactive materials formed as a result of Chernobyl accident	14 MB
	Choppin - Plutonium the element of surprise	778 kB
	Geckeis - Nuclear waste disposal - Facts and perspectives	3 MB
	Glatz - Advanced Reprocessing	3 MB
	Gouder - Electronic Structure and Chemical Reacitivity of Actinide Surfaces	1 MB
	Knebel - Plutonium Management and Discussion of Perspectives	5 MB
	Konings - Actinide Fuels and Targets	3 MB
	Lander - The condensed-matter physics of the actinides	2 MB
	Livens - Actinide Elements in Sediments of the North-East Irish Sea	3 MB
	Neck - Aquatic Chemistry and Thermodynamics	69 kB
	Papaioannou - Post Irradiation Examinationson Nuclear Fuel Rods and Specimens	11 MB
	Rondinella - Long term stability of spent nuclear fuel	4 MB
	Warin - P and T and Fuel Cycle Strategies	629 kB
	Wiss - Electron microscopy of nuclear materialsElectron microscopy of nuclear materials	11 MB