RERTR 2009 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors

RERTR 2009
31^st International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction in cooperation with the China Atomic Energy Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency will host the “RERTR 2009 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors.” The meeting is organized by Argonne National Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy and Idaho National Laboratory and will be held in Beijing, China from November 1-5, 2009.
This will be the 31^st annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding the conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI).

A tour of selected nuclear facilities at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) is planned for Friday, November 6, 2009.

The meeting venue will be at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center. Block of rooms are available at this hotel. Please contact the resort directly to reserve a room. Information about additional lodging options also available. For details and contact information visit the RERTR 2009 webpage.

Meeting topics: 

• Progress reports of national programs
• Fuel development
• Fuel testing and evaluation
• Measurements and calculations for converted reactors
• Safety tests and evaluations
• Core conversion studies
• Production of fission Mo-99 from LEU
• Utilization of converted (LEU) reactors
• Licensing requirements
• HEU and LEU fuel cycle
• Radiological Programs
• Spent fuel transportation and storage
• HEU Minimization and Global Threat Reduction
• Conversion of accelerator-driven, sub-critical systems from HEU to LEU.

Please register now to reserve a seat at this exciting event. Registration is due by August 1, 2009. This is a very firm cutoff date because of the necessity of obtaining a visa for entry to China. During registration you will be referred to as a "Ticket Buyer"; rest assured registration for RERTR-2009 is free.
A support page on on-line registration (including list of terms, step-by-step instructions, Frequently Asked Questions) is available at the RERTR-2009 web site.

Links: 

• RERTR 2009 webpage
  Home of RERTR-2009 meeting
  
• List of Documents
  Documents for the meeting (available in different formats for your convenience)
• Step-by step instructions and deadline calendar
  to help you keep track of important upcoming deadlines for timely completion of needed forms and documents
• Entry Visa for China
  including "how to apply" steps

Never miss an important update!
Stay informed about the latest on the meeting, schedule and deadline changes:
subscribe now to the official RERTR newsfeed.
Subscribe to RERTR newsfeed

Questions?
Please contact Dr. John Holland at:
rertr@anl.gov or +1 (630) 252-3079.

See you this fall in Beijing,
~ The RERTR 2009 Organizing Committee

Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- to -
Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 5:00 PM (CT)

Outlook Calendar
Google Calendar
Yahoo! Calendar
iCal Calendar

Other Maps:

U.S. Department of Energy / NNSA

The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction in cooperation with the China Atomic Energy Authority will host the “RERTR 2009 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors”. The meeting is organized by Argonne National Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy and Idaho National Laboratory and will be held in Beijing, China from November 1-5, 2009. This will be the 31^st annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding the conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI).

	View other U.S. Department of Energy / NNSA events
	Contact the Host
	Subscribe to receive notifications of future events by this host View XML Feed Subscribe to RSS Feed Subscribe to Atom Feed Add to Google Add to My Yahoo! Add to My AOL Add to My MSN