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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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Appendix A

Symposium Agenda

Russian-American Symposium on the Conversion of
Research Reactors to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel

6–10 June, 2011
Moscow
RAS Presidium
Presidential Hall
(Leniniskii Road, 32a, 2nd Floor)

June 8, Wednesday

SESSION 1: WELCOME, PURPOSES, AND TASKS OF SYMPOSIUM

10:00 Welcome and opening remarks Academician N. Laverov, co-chair of symposium (Russian Academy of Sciences)
 
10:10 Welcome from Rosatom S.V. Kiriyenko (Rosatom)
 
10:25 Welcome from Russian Federation Ministries of Formation and Science S.N. Mazurenko (Ministries of Formation and Science)
 
10:40 Tasks and purpose of symposium R. Meserve, co-chair of symposium (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)

COFFEE BREAK (11:00 – 11:20)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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11:20 Keynote briefing: Non-proliferation and the reduction of commercial traffic in HEU P. Adelfang (International Atomic Energy Agency)
 
12:00 Types, purposes, and conversion potential of Russian origin research reactors Yu.G. Dragunov (NIKIET)
 
12:30 Challenges associated with converting reactors to low enriched fuel: History and prospects N.V. Arkhangelsky (Rosatom)

LUNCH (1:00 – 2:30 pm)

2:30 Welcome from U.S. Department of Energy T. D’Agostino (U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration)
 
2:40 Types, purposes, and conversion potential of U.S. origin research reactors J. Roglans (Argonne National Laboratory)

SESSION 2: OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERSION AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

Panel 2.1: Technical challenges associated with conversion and potential solutions

3:00 LEU fuel design for research reactors D. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory)
 
3:20 Reduced enrichment in research reactors: Current status and prospects Yu.S. Cherepnin (NIKIET)
 
3:40 Core Modifications (U.S. viewpoint) J. Stevens (Argonne National Laboratory)
 
4:00 Core Modifications (Russian viewpoint) I.T. Tetiyakov (NIKIET)

COFFEE BREAK (4:20 – 4:40)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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4:40 Maintaining performance and missions (U.S. viewpoint) J. Roglans (Argonne National Laboratory)
 
5:00 Maintaining performance and missions (Russian viewpoint) A.L. Petelin (NIIAR)
 
5:20 Discussion and question and answer period Led by J. Snelgrove, Committee member
 
6:00 Closing remarks

June 9, Thursday

SESSION 2: OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL
CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERSION
AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, CONTINUED

Panel 2.2: Other technical challenges associated with conversion

10:00 Ageing and obsolescence of research reactors H.-J. Roegler (Siemens, ret.)
 
10:15 Ageing and obsolescence of research reactors E.P. Ryazantsev (Kurchatov Institute)
 
10:30 Regulatory challenges (U.S. viewpoint) A. Adams (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
 
10:45 Regulatory challenges (Russian viewpoint) V.S. Bezzubtsev (ROSTEXNADZOR)
 
11:00 Challenges posed by research reactors that cannot be converted (U.S. viewpoint) J. Chamberlin (U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration)
 
11:15 Challenges posed by research reactors that cannot be converted (Russian viewpoint) A.V. Zrodnikov (Institute for Physics and Power Engineering)

COFFEE BREAK (11:30 – 11:50)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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11:50 Discussion and question and answer period Led by V. Ivanov, Committee Member

Panel 2.3: How challenges associated with previously converted reactors were overcome

12:20 Experience with solutions to conversion challenges (U.S. viewpoint) J. Matos (Argonne National Laboratory)
 
12:40 Experience with solutions to conversion challenges (Russian viewpoint) Yu.S. Cherepnin (NIKIET)

LUNCH (1:00 – 2:30)

2:30 Discussion and question and answer period Led by R. Bari, (Brookhaven National Laboratory; consultant to the committee)

SESSION 3: TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED
WITH CONVERSION OF SPECIFIC U.S. AND
RUSSIAN REACTORS (CASE STUDIES)

Panel 3.1: Converting two U.S. reactors

3:00 Challenges associated with the conversion of American reactor MITR T. Newton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
 
3:20 Challenges associated with the conversion of American reactor HFIR D. Cook (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
3:40 Discussion and question and answer period Led by R. Meserve, U.S. Chair

COFFEE BREAK (4:00 – 4:20)

Panel 3.2: Converting two Russian reactors of the six intended for conversion under the recent U.S.-Russian agreement

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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4:20 Concrete challenges and solutions V.A. Starkov (NIIAR)
 
4:40 Classification of reactors according to type of decided tasks V.A. Pavshuk (Kurchatov Institute)
 
5:00 Discussion and question and answer period Led by N. Laverov, R.F. Chair

Panel 3.3: Converting training research reactors

5:20 Conversion of the U.S. training research reactors P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
 
5:40 Problems with conversion of reactor IR-8 V.A. Nasonov (Kurchatov Institute)
 
6:00 Challenges associated with converting training research reactor MIFI E.F. Kruchkov (MEPhI)
 
6:20 Challenges associated with converting training research reactor TPU (Tomsk) Yu.A. Tzibulnikov (TPU)
 
6:40 Discussion and question and answer period Led by A. Zrodnikov, Committee member

June 10, Friday

SESSION 4: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERSION

10:00 Estimation of the risks of the propagation of fissionable elements with the operation of the research reactors A.N. Chebeskov (Institute for Physics and Power Engineering)
 
10:20 Estimation of risk for research reactors B. Bari (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
 
10:40 Desires of reactor users and the future tasks that cannot be solved today on the existing types of the research reactors A.V. Zrodnikov (Institute for Physics and Power Engineering)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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11:00 Design and engineering of future LEU fuel for research reactors: Application to Jules Horowitz Reactor project P. Lemoine (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, France)
 
11:20 Types and designs of future LEU research reactors R.P. Kuatbekov (NIKIET)

COFFEE BREAK (11:40 – 12:00)

12:00 Discussion and question and answer period Led by B. Myasoedov, Committee member
 
12:20 Discussion of the actions which Russian and U.S. organizations could undertake for the realization of the conversion of research reactors
 
12:50 Summary of symposium results R. Meserve, U.S. Chair N. Laverov, R.F. Chair
 
1:10 Adjourn symposium
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13346.
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Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is used for two major civilian purposes: as fuel for research reactors and as targets for medical isotope production. This material can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Stolen or diverted HEU can be used-in conjunction with some knowledge of physics-to build nuclear explosive devices. Thus, the continued civilian use of HEU is of concern particularly because this material may not be uniformly well-protected. To address these concerns, the National Research Council (NRC) of the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) held a joint symposium on June 8-10, 2011.

Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors summarizes the proceedings of this joint symposium. This report addresses: (1) recent progress on conversion of research reactors, with a focus on U.S.- and R.F.-origin reactors; (2) lessons learned for overcoming conversion challenges, increasing the effectiveness of research reactor use, and enabling new reactor missions; (3) future research reactor conversion plans, challenges, and opportunities; and (4) actions that could be taken by U.S. and Russian organizations to promote conversion. The agenda for the symposium is provided in Appendix A, biographical sketches of the committee members are provided in Appendix B, and the report concludes with the statement of task in Appendix C.

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