Topical Day | From nuclear data to a reliable estimate of spent fuel decay heat
Auditorium 1 & 2
Boeretang 201
Mol
Overzicht
Nuclear spent fuel continues to emit heat for hundreds of years challenging both intermediate and final disposal. A reliable estimate of this decay heat is of utmost importance for both the design and safe operation of the repositories. Combining state-of-the-art nuclear data, particle transport codes and uncertainty propagation tools, one can develop a procedure to make reliable estimates, including uncertainty, of this decay heat based on the irradiation history of the fuel. In a licensing framework, this procedure needs to be validated against experiments at different scales. This Topical Day aims to bring together specialists in the field of nuclear decay heat data, (non-)destructive analysis of spent fuel and the end-users: designers and future operators of spent fuel repositories for intermediate and final disposal.
The Topical Day is preceded by a training course aimed to introduce Master and PhD students to the topic, or refresh the basic principles to professionals in the domain.
Onderwerpen
During the training course on October 25, the following topics will be treated:
- Observables of fission and fission products
- Observables of spent fuel: n, gamma, heat and radiochemistry
- Prompt neutron/gamma in fission
- Physics of fission yield models
- Q value
- Activation/depletion of reactor fuel
During the Topical Day on October 26, the following topics will be treated:
- Setting the scene – Motivation
- Nuclear data
- Spent fuel characterization
Doelpubliek
- Engineers, scientists from research and industry
- Master students, beginning PhD students involved in the generation of nuclear data
Programma
Het volledige programma kan hier worden gedownload:
Prijs
Early bird registration fee: € 80 (VAT incl, until September 21, 2017)
Late registration fee: € 100 (VAT incl. as from September 22, 2017)
Registration is free for invited speakers, SCK•CEN and EC-JRC Geel collaborators, SCK•CEN Alumni members and course participants of October 25, 2017
BNS members have to register directly via the BNS website.
Registratie
You can register by clicking on the registration button above until October 9, 2017, taking into account the availability of 100 places. Cancellation with total refund is only possible until October 10, 2017.
BNS members have to register directly via the BNS website.
Your registration is only final when you have made your payment by creditcard or bank transfer. You can use our E-terminal application (https://go.app.sckcen.be/eterminal) for paying by creditcard, or you can transfer the money to our bank account IBAN BE 58 5502 7124 0079 of SCK•CEN, Herrmann Debrouxlaan 40, B-1160 Brussels. The address of the bank is Belfius, Koning Albert II laan 30 b2, B-1000 Brussels (SWIFT BIC-code GKCCBEBB). Please make sure that the payment should be made net of all bank charges and commission. Please indicate "Topical Day - decay heat" and your name on the bank transfer. (*) On-site registration is only possible with proof of payment.
Accommodatie
The Topical Day is held at the Lakehouse of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 201, BE-2400 Mol, Belgium.
Rooms can be booked directly with the Lakehouse website or via info [at] lakehouse [dot] be.
Other hotels in the vicinity of the Lakehouse:
- Hotel Corbie: www.corbie.be
- Hotel Alauda: www.alauda.be