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- Tuesday, June 9th

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Tuesday 09 June 2009

Session 2.1 : Measurement and Detection Methods in Fundamental Physics (Fusion and Plasma Physics)

  Oral presentations in parallel sessions ↑ ↓
 

Room: Callelongue

  Chaired by Dr. Alan COSTLEY (Iter Organization, FR)
08:40 - 09:20

(#5) Invited lecture: A. COSTLEY (Iter Diagnostic Section, FR) - Towards Diagnostics for a Fusion Reactor.

09:20 - 09:40

(#236) R. REICHLE (CEA/DSM , FR) - On the Operational Specifications and Associated R&D for the VIS/IR Diagnostic for ITER.

R.Reichle, E.delaCal, Y.Corre, M.Davi, A.Manzanares, J.L.dePablos , R.Vila, S.Salasca , J.M.Travere

09:40 - 10:00

(#116) P. MOREAU (CEA/DSM, FR) - Development of a Magnetic Diagnostic Suitable for the ITER radiation environment.

Ph.Moreau, A.Le-Luyer, P.Pastor, Ph.Malard, J.B.Lister, J.M.Moret, G.Chitarin, S.Peruzzo, R.Vila, J.Romero, B.Brichard, I.Bolshakova, I.Duran, G.Vayakis

10:00 - 10:20

(#59) R. SABOT (CEA/DSM, FR) - Microwave Reflectrometry: a Sensitive Diagnostic for Electron Density Property Measurement in Tore-Supra Fusion Plasmas.

R.Sabot, C.Bottereau, F.Clairet, T.Gerbaud, J.C.Giacalone, P.Hennequin, S.Heuraux, C.Honoré, D.Molina, M.Schubert, L.Vermare, A.Casati, A.Macor, C.Nguyen, E.Trier

 

Room: Morgiou

  Chaired by Dr. Jean-Pierre LEYRAT (CEA/DAM, FR)
08:40 - 09:00

(#24) N. BOUKHAROUBA (Univ. of Guema, DZ) - Final Results of a New Measurement of the H(n,n)H Elastic Scattering Angular Distribution at 14.9 MeV.

Nourredine Boukharouba, ThomasN.Massey, RobertC.Haight, Steven M. Grimes, DonaldE.Carter, AllanD.Carlson, CharlesE.Brient, FredB.Batemam

09:00 - 09:20

(#26) M. ANGELONE (ENEA, IT) - Neutron Spectroscopy by Means of Artificial Diamond Detectors Using a Remote Read Out Scheme.

M.Angelone,D.Lattanzi, M.Pillon, S.Almaviva, Marco Marinelli, E.Milani, G.Prestopino, C.Verona, G.Verona‑Rinati, G.Aielli, R.Cardarelli, R.Santonico

09:20 - 09:40

(#39) O. FLAMENT (CEA/DAM, FR) - Challenges for Embedded Electronics in Systems Used in Future Facilities Dedicated to International Physics Programs.

O. Flament, J. Baggio, S. Bazzoli, S. Girard, J. Raimbourg, J.L. Leray

09:40 - 10:20

(#68) Invited lecture: I. THFOIN (CEA/DAM, FR) - High Resolution Neutron Imaging for Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments.

I. Thfoin, T. Caillaud, O. Landoas, B. Rossé, J. L. Bourgade, V. Yu Glebov, T. C. Sangster

10:20 - 10:40 Coffee Break
Session 2.2 : Instrumentation and Measurement Methods for
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  Oral presentations in parallel sessions ↑ ↓
 

Room: Callelongue

  Chaired by Pr. Bernard BOULLIS (CEA/DEN, FR)
10:40 - 11:20

(#6) Invited lecture: Ph. GARDERET (AREVA-NC, FR)

11:20 - 11:40

(#146) I. ESPAGNON (CEA/DRT, FR) - SIGALE, a New Code for Automatically Determining Radionuclide Activities Using CdZnTe Spectrometry.

I.Espagnon, A.C.Simon, F.Lamadie, C.Mahé

11:40 - 12:00

(#275) J. ROUQUEROL (Univ. of Provence, FR) - Sample-Controlled Evolved Gas Analysis : an Efficient Technique to Produce Tailored Uranium Oxide Powder from Hexahydrated Uranyle Nitrate.

Jean ROUQUEROL, Françoise ROUQUEROL, Sylvie BORDERE, Philip LLEWELLYN

12:00 - 12:20

(#264) A. NONELL (CEA/DEN, FR) - Application of Collision Reaction-Cell Based MC-ICPMS to In-Situ Interferences Resolution for Isotopic Measurements of Nuclear Samples.

A. Nonell, M. Granet, J. Moureau, G. Favre, H. Isnard, F. Chartier

12:20 - 12:40

(#155) A.-C. SIMON (CEA/DRT, FR) - Determination of Actinides Isotopic Composition : Performances of the IGA Code According to the Experimental Setup.

A.C.Simon, F.Carrel, I.Espagnon, M.Lemercier

 

Room: Morgiou

  Chaired by Pr. Abdallah LYOUSSI (CEA/DEN, FR)
10:40 - 11:00

(#144) F. DE BRUYCKER (EC/ITU, DE) - Experimental Studies on Nuclear Fuel at High Temperature and High Pressure Via Laser Heating.

F.DeBruycker, D.Boboridis, D.Manara

11:00 - 11:20

(#107) G. DUCROS (CEA/DEN, FR) - Use of Gamma Spectrometry for Measuring the Fission Product’s Release During a Simulated PWR Severe Accident: Application to the VERDON Experimental Programme.

G.Ducros, S.Bernard, M.P.Ferroud-Plattet, O.Ichim

11:20 - 12:00

(#149) Invited lecture: K. KATSUYAMA (JAEA, JP) - Application of X-Ray Computer Tomography for Observing the Central Void Formations and the Fuel Pin Deformations of Irradiated FBR Fuel Assemblies.

Kozo Katsuyama, Tsuyoshi Nagamine, Hirotaka Furuya

12:00 - 12:20

(#210) E. BARAT (CEA/DRT, FR) - ADONIS: a New Concept of X/GAMMA PULSE analyzer.

Eric Barat, Thomas Dautremer,Thierry Montagu

12:20 - 12:40

(#242) M. JOYCE (Univ. of Lancaster, GB) - The Design, Build and Test of a Digital Analyser for Mixed Radiation Fields.

M.J.Joyce, M.D.Aspinall, F.D.Cave, Z.Jarrah

 

Room: Sormiou

  Chaired by Dr. Martyn SWINHOE (LANL, US)
10:40 - 11:00

(#138) P. BERGONZO (CEA/DRT, FR) - Diamond Detectors for Alpha Monitoring In Corrosive Media For Nuclear Waste Monitoring.

P. Bergonzo, C. Mer, D. Tromson, J. de Sanoit, M. Pomorski

11:00 - 11:20

(#145) S. DOGNY (AREVA-NC, FR) - Feedback from the Operation of the ISOCS in Support to the Plutonium Facility Decommissioning Project at the MARCOULE UP1 Reprocessing Plant (France) and Possible Gain for New Projects with New CANBERRA Systems.

Stéphane DOGNY, Hervé TOUBON

11:20 - 11:40

(#241) F. CARREL (CEA/DRT, FR) - Measurement of Plutonium in Large Concrete Radioactive Waste Packages by Photon Activation Analysis.

F. Carrel, M. Agelou, M. Gmar, F. Lainé, B. Poumarède

11:40 - 12:00

(#148) G. GRANIER (CEA/DEN, FR) - A Methodology to Evaluate the Performances of Software, Using Gamma Spectrometry, for Determining the Isotopic Composition of Plutonium and Uranium.

G. Granier, JB. Porcher, N. Pepin, A-C. Simon, B. Benezeche

12:00 - 12:40

(#153) Invited lecture: A.-C. RAOUX (CEA/DEN, FR) - Improvement of the Matrix Effect Compensation in Active Neutron Measurement by Simulated Annealing Algorithm.

A-C. Raoux, J. Loridon, A. Mariani, C. Passard

12:40 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Session 2.3 : Safeguards Measurements and Homeland Security
  Oral presentations in parallel sessions ↑ ↓
 

Room: Callelongue

  Chaired by Dr. Alain PLUQUET (CEA/DRT, FR)
14:00 - 14:40

(#1) Invited lecture: R. KOUZES (PNNL, US) - Interdiction of Nuclear Threats at Borders.

Richard T. Kouzes

14:40 - 15:00

(#157) S. AHLEN (Univ. of Boston, US) - A Background-Free Direction-Sensitive Neutron Detector.

Steven Ahlen, Denis Dujmic, Peter Fisher, Andrew Inglis, Hidefumi Tomita, Hermann Wellenstein

15:00 - 15:20

(#161) L. BUTCHINS (Home Office, GB) - Is the Holy Grail Plastic ? Radiation, Identification from Plastic Scintillators.

L. Butchins, J. Gosling, R. Lacey, J. Stearn, M. Hogbin

15:20 - 15:40

(#176) A. PORTA (CEA/DSM, FR) - Reactor Neutrino Detection for Non Proliferation with the NUCIFER Experiment.

A. Porta, for the Nucifer collaboration

15:40 - 16:00

(#277) V. VALKOVIC (ACTdoo, HR) - Environmental Security of the Adriatic Coastal Sea Floor.

V.Valkovic, J.Obhodas, D.Sudac

 

Room: Morgiou

  Chaired by Pr. Martyn SWINHOE (LANL, US)
14:00 - 14:20

(#162) S. DAZELEY (LLNL, US) - Neutron Detection with Water Cerenkov Based Detectors.

Steven Dazeley, Adam Bernstein, Nathaniel Bowden, Serge Ouedraogo, Robert Svoboda, Melinda Sweany

14:20 - 14:40

(#165) H. FURUTA (TI Tokyo, JP) - Measurement of Reactor Neutrinos and Backgrounds at the Experimental Fast Reactor JOYO.

H. Furuta, M. Kuze, M. Ishitsuka, T. Konno, F. Suekane, H. Tabata, Y. Sakamoto, C. Ito, M. Takamatsu, KASKA collaborators

14:40 - 15:20

(#177) Invited lecture: B. QUITER (UC Berkeley, US) - Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence for Materials Assay.

Brian Quiter, Stan Prussin, Vladimir Mozin, Bernhard Ludewigt, Steve Tobin, Greg McKinney

15:20 - 15:40

(#175) A. PICCOTTI (INFN, IT) - Cosmic Ray Radiography with RPC for High-Z Material Identification.

R. Arnaldi, P. Cortese, G. Dellacasa, N. De Marco, A. Ferretti, M. Gagliardi, M. Gallio, R. Gemme, G. Luparello, P. Mereu, A. Musso, A. Piccotti, C. Oppedisano, E. Scomparin, D. Stocco, E. Vercellin

15:40 - 16:00

(#259) M. SWINHOE (LANL, US) - An Integrated Approach for Determining Plutonium Mass in Spent Fuel Assemblies with Nondestructive Assay.

Martyn T. Swinhoe, Stephen J. Tobin, Mike L. Fensin, Howard O. Menlove

 

Room: Sormiou

  Chaired by Dr. Michel BRUGGEMAN (SCK-CEN, BE)
14:00 - 14:20

(#245) M. BRUGGEMAN (SCK-CEN, BE) - k0-NAA for Environmental Monitoring for Safeguards.

P. Vermaercke, M. Bruggeman, F. Farina, L. Sneyers

14:20 - 14:40

(#178) F. RUDDY (Westinghouse Electric Co., US) - Detection of Fission Neutrons Using Semi-Insulating Silicon Carbide Detectors.

F.H. Ruddy, R.W. Flammang, J.G. Seidel, S.M. Watson, J.T. Johnson

14:40 - 15:00

(#163) W. EL KANAWATI (CEA/DEN, FR) - Improvement of the Calibration Database of the EURITRACK Tagged Neutron Inspection System.

W. El Kanawati, C. Carasco, B. Perot, A. Mariani, V. Valkovic, D. Sudac

15:00 - 15:20

(#248) B. CABRERA-PALMER (SNL, US) - Advances Towards Readily Deployable Antineutrino Detectors for Reactor Monitoring and Safeguards.

D. Reyna, L. Sadler, B. Cabrera-Palmer, J. Lund, N.S. Bowden, A. Bernstein, S. Dazeley

15:20 - 16:00

(#181) Invited lecture: M. SWEET (IAEA, AT) - The IAEA Universal Nondestructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform (UNAP).

Martin R. Sweet, Mark M. Pickrell, Matthew R. Newell, Richard B. Williams, Robert B. Merl, Colin J. Carrol, David G. Pelowitz

16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break
  Oral presentations in plenary session
 

Room: Callelongue

16:20 - 17:20 Poster summaries “2.1, 2.2 & 2.3 sessions”
Dr. Daniel PARRAT (CEA/DEN, FR) & Dr. Alain LEBRUN (IAEA, AT)

Session 2.4 : Power Nuclear Reactors Instrumentation and Measurements Methods

  Oral presentations in parallel sessions ↑ ↓
 

Room: Callelongue

  Chaired by Dr. Jean-Marc CAVEDON (PSI, CH)
17:20 - 18:00

(#77) Invited lecture: F. BAQUE (CEA/DEN, FR) - R&D Program for Improving Inspection of Sodium Cooled Systems.

F. Baqué, G. Rodriguez, D. Verwaerde, J. Sibilo

18:00 - 18:20

(#76) C. BABU RAO (IGCAR, IN) - Raman Distributed Sensor System for Temperature Monitoring and Leak Detection in Sodium Circuits of FBR.

Pandian.C, Kasinathan.M, Sosamma.S, Babu Rao.C, Jayakumar.T, Murali.N, Vishal Paunikar, Suresh Kumar, Rajan.K.K, Baldev Raj

18:20 - 18:40

(#286) R. BASKARAN (IGCAR, IN) - Aerosol Characterization and Measurement Techniques Towards SFR Safety Studies.

R. Baskaran, V.Subramanian, J.Misra, R.Indira, P.Chellapandi, Baldev Raj

 

Room: Morgiou

  Chaired by Dr. Jean-François VILLARD (CEA/DEN, FR)
17:20 - 17:40

(#284) G. BUIMISTRIUC (STU, RU) - Intelligent Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor for Measurements in Extreme Conditions.

Grigory Buimistriuc, Alexander Rogov

17:40 - 18:00

(#90) E. ROSENKRANTZ (Institut d’Electronique du Sud, FR) - Non-Destructive Ultrasonic Method for Nuclear Rods Measurement and Gas Released Measurement.

Eric Rosenkrantz, Jean-Yves Ferrandis, Gérard Leveque, Philippe Thevenin, Daniel Baron

18:00 - 18:20

(#83) R. COULON (CEA/DRT, FR) - Sodium Fast Reactor Power Monitoring using 20F Tagging Agent.

R. Coulon, S. Normand, G. Ban, V. Dumarcher, HP. Brau, L. Barbot, T. Domenech, V. Kondrasovs, G. Corre, AM. Frelin, T. Montagu, T. Dautremer, E. Barat

 

Room: Sormiou

  Chaired by Dr. Marc SCHYNS (SCK/CEN, BE)
17:20 - 17:40

(#81) P. BORODKIN (SEC NRS, RU) - Application of Integral Ex-Core and Differential In-Core Neutron Measurements for Adjustment of Fuel Burn-Up Distributions in VVER-1000.

P. Borodkin, G. Borodkin, N. Khrennikov

17:40 - 18:00

(#82) F. BRONSON (CANBERRA, US) - The Application of Mathematical Modeling and Simulations for Commercial Nuclear Instrumentation Design, Development and Calibration.

F. Bronson, S Croft, W. Russ

18:00 - 18:20

(#262) A. GIRAUD (CEA/DRT, FR) - Full Autonomous Monitoring Tools Inside Nuclear Reactor Building.

Alain GIRAUD, José VEAU

19:15 Bus departure for Gala Dinner at CASSIS
00:00 Back to Parc Chanot (Bus)