Plutonium Futures 2003 conference speakers set

The next Plutonium Futures-The Science Conference will be held July 6-10, 2003 at the Albuquerque Marriott.

The conference addresses scientific and technical issues surrounding plutonium and other actinides and attempts to educate the public and students on these topics. The planning committee has already received a significant number of responses from scientists and researchers throughout the world who are eager to attend the 2003 conference.

The conference committee expects a very successful scientific and academic conference similar in format to the last conference in 2000. More than 400 international participants from sixty institutions and fifteen countries attended the July 2000 conference.

Next year's venue will feature speakers such as Pierre D'Hondt, director of Reactor Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK-CEN), who will speak about advances in mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel technology; and Roland Schenkel from the Institute for Transuranium Elements, who will speak about the recent highlights of actinide research at ITU.

Teresa Fryberger from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science will discuss environmental aspects of plutonium and other actinides. Helen Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will be the banquet speaker. She will discuss medical implications of plutonium research.

Other guest speakers who have been invited but not yet confirmed include Margaret Chu, DOE's director of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, and Nikolas Ponomorev-Stepnoi, vice president of the Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute.

The conference will kick off with a special tutorial for students on Sunday, July 6. The conference committee is encouraging student participation and the conference will pay travel expenses for students who present papers. Monday, July 7, will feature the plenary speakers. The plenary lectures establish the motivational, historical, and scientific reasons for holding the conference. The following days will include presentations by technical experts and poster sessions. The banquet is scheduled for Wednesday evening, July 9.

Registration is $350 if received before June 5, 2003. After June 5, the cost is $450. For American Nuclear Society members, the cost is $300 for early registration and $400 after June 5, 2003. The second announcement and call for papers will be mailed in early August.

To register or express an interest for mailings, access the conference Web site at www.lanl.gov/pu2003.Ê

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