Plutonium Futures-The Science Conference

Call for Papers

The second announcement and callfor papers is available for the next Plutonium Futures-The Science Conference. The international conference will be held July 6­10, 2003, in Albuquerque, N.M. The conference addresses scientific and technical issues surrounding plutonium and other actinides and attempts to educate the public and students on these topics.

The conference committee expects an international scientific/academic conference similar to the conference held in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2000, which was attended by more than 400 international participants from 60 institutions and 15 countries.

Featured speakers will include Pierre D'hondt, director of reactor safety at SCK-CEN, who will speak about advances in mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel technology; Roland Schenkel from the Institute for Transuranium Elements, who will speak about the recent highlights of actinide research at ITU; and Teresa Fryberger from the Department of Energy Office of Science, who will speak about environmental aspects of plutonium and other actinides.

Nikolas Ponomorev-Stepnoi, vice president of Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Vic Reis from SAIC, and Los Alamos' Sig Hecker also will be plenary speakers. Helen Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will speak at the banquet about medical implications of plutonium research.

The conference will kick off with a special tutorial for students on Sunday, July 6. On Monday, July 7, the plenary speakers will establish the motivational, historical, and scientific reasons for holding the conference.

On July 8-9, students and technical experts will present posters and presentations. The conference includes a banquet on Wednesday evening, July 9, and concludes on Thursday at noon.

The organizing committee encourages graduate students and postdoctoral fellows along with their research advisors to attend the conference. The committee will defray some or all of the costs for the students. The conference will pay for most of the travel and hotel expenses for students who present papers. Registration fees will be waived for students who attend but do not present papers.

The conference brochure and call for papers is available online at the conference site at www.lanl.gov/pu2003. For more information, contact Kathy DeLucas, (505) 665-3618 or duke@lanl.gov.

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