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Test, Research and Training Reactors
 
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Schedule

Tuesday

7:30-8:30am

Breakfast

8:30-Noon

ANS Standards Committee

Noon-2:00pm

Lunch

2:00-5:00pm

TRTR Executive Committee Meeting

12:00-6:00pm

Registration
Exhibitor Set up

5:30-8:00pm

TRTR Opening Reception

 

Wednesday

7:00-8:00am

Breakfast

8:00-8:15am

TRTR Opening Remarks and Introductions
Sy Weiss, TRTR

8:15-8:45am

NRC Introduction
Tom Blount, NRC

8:45-9:15

Improving Communication
John Adams NRC

9:15-9:45am

Break

9:45-11:30

Security Issues
Beth Reed, Bill Schuster, NRC
Pat Daly, Craig Johnson, DOE
Marc Brooks, Mathew Wombacher, Glen Sachtleben, DHS
Bernard Bogdan, FBI

11:30-Noon

Decommissioning
John Hickman, NRC

Noon-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00-1:30pm

Address by Chairman Jaczko

1:30-2:30pm

Reactor Inspection Program and Operator Licensing
Johnny Eads, Patrick Isaac, Marcus Voth, Craig Bassett, Jack Donohue, Greg Schoenbeck, Mike Morlang, NRC

2:30-3:15

Rulemaking (Fingerprinting and EP Changes)
Beth Reed, Randy Sullivan, Mike Norris, Harry Tovmassian, NRC

3:15-3:45pm

Break

3:45-4:05pm

NRC Education Grant Program Update
John Gutteridge, NRC

4:05-4:45

License Renewal Update and Status
Kathy Brock, NRC

4:45-5:00pm

NRC Closing
Kathy Brock, NRC

 

Thursday

7:00-8:00am

Breakfast

8:15am

Bus to AFRRI

9:00-9:10 am

Opening Remarks

 

Session 1

9:10-9:35am

Recent Studies Related to Past Operations at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
D. Chandler, R.T. Primm, III (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

9:35-10:00am

Modeling, Simulation and V&V Upgrade for the Advanced Test Reactor
D.W. Nigg (Idaho National Laboratory)

10:00-10:25am

Operation and Maintenance Experiences at the 5MW MIT Research Reactor
E. Lau (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10:25-10:30am

Featured Sponsor

10:30-10:50am

Break

 

Session 2

10:50-11:15am

Video Examinations of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Reactor Equipment at Research Reactors
D. Luke, A. Robb (CH2M Washington Group Idaho (CWI),LLC)

11:15-11:40am

An Automated NAA Cyclic Irradiation Facility
M. Krause, L. Welch (University of Texas)

11:40-12:05pm

AFRRI TRIGA Reactor Applications in Mouse Studies
G.D. Ledney, T.B. Elliot (Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

12:05-12:10pm

Featured Sponsor

12:10-1:10 pm

Lunch

 

Session 3

1:10-1:35pm

Conversion of the NIST Research Reactor: Maintaining Core Geometry to Avoid A Startup Core
R. Williams, W. Richards, S. O’Kelly, J. Rowe (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
D. Diamond, A. Hanson, L. Cheng, A. Cuadra (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

1:35-2:00pm

Control Rod Operational Inconsistencies During A SCRAM of the NRAD Reactor
T. Maddock (Idaho National Laboratory)

2:00-2:25 pm

Conversion of NSBR Control Room to Digital PLC-Based System
J. Reyenga (NIST Center for Neutron Research)

2:25-2:50pm

Reengineering of Transient Rod Pulse Elements
L.Martin (Sandia National Laboratories)

2:50-3:15pm

Realignment of Wide Range Detectors
K. Mulder (Sandia National Laboratories)

3:15-3:40pm

Update on Uranium-Molybdenum Fuel Foil Fabrication Development Activities at the Y-12 National Security Complex
A.DeMint, J. Gooch, H.A. Longmire, T.C. Andes (Y-12 National Security Complex)

3:40-3:45pm

Featured Sponsor

3:45-5:15pm

Break and AFRRI Tour

5:15pm

Bus From AFRRI to Marriot

6:15pm

Bus to Smokey Glen

   

Friday

7:00-7:50am

Breakfast

 

Session 4

7:50-8:15am

ASTEC Application to the Safety Analysis of Experimental Reactors
L. Maas, M. LaPlanche (Reactor Safety Division, Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN))
C. Seropian (Major Accident Prevention Division, IRSN)

8:15-8:40am

Advanced Test Reactor Experiment Research Program and NSUF Update
F.M. Marshall (Idaho National Laboratory)

8:40-9:05am

A New Beamline Facility for Neutron Capture Therapy Research at the University of Missouri
D.W. Nigg, W.Y. Yoon (Idaho National Laboratory)
S. Slattery (University of Wisconsin)
J.D. Brockman (University of Missouri)

9:05-9:30am

Validation of SIMMER Model of Jules Horowitz Reactor in the Perspective of Transient Calculations
Y. Chegrani (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire)
P. Liu, F. Gabrielle (Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

9:30-9:35am

Featured Sponsor

9:35-9:55am

Break

 

Session 5

9:55-10:20am

Washington State University Reactor HEU to LEU Conversion: A Comparison of HEU vs. LEU Fuel Behavior
D. Wall, C. Hines (Washington State University)

10:20-10:45am

2009 Status Report Research Reactor Infrastructure Program
D.K. Morell (Idaho National Laboratory)

10:45-11:10am

International Atomic Energy Agency Organization and Activities in Support of International Research Reactor Community
E. Bradley, P. Adelfang, I. Goldman, A. Soares (Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, International Atomic Energy Agency)

11:10-11:35am

U.S. Domestic Reactor Conversion Program
A. Bieniawski, K. Sheely, P.Staples (National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy)

11:35-12:00pm

Conversion of the Oregon State TRIGA Reactor from HEU to LEU
R.A. Schickler (Oregon State University)

12:00pm

Tour of NRC Emergency Operations Center

 

Thursday AFRRI Tour Schedule

2:00-2:50pm

Group 1

2:50-3:40pm

Group 2

3:45-5:15pm

All Remaining Groups