Call for Papers

This is the formal Call for Papers for the 2003 Plutonium Futures – The Science Conference. To participate, please submit an extended summary describing the work, significance, and relevance to plutonium and actinide science following the guidelines below. The official language of the conference is English. To facilitate a quick review by our program chairs, we must receive your summary by (February 1, 2003) EXTENDED TO February 14, 2003! The Program Committee will notify you by March 15 if papers are accepted.

Most technical papers will be presented in the main event of the conference, the poster session. The Conference Program Committee will choose about two dozen papers from across the subject areas for oral presentation along with a selection of invited papers. All attendees will receive a copy of the Conference Proceedings at Registraton. All presenters and conference attendees are required to register for the conference. Conference subject categories are listed below.

Guidelines for Submitters:

Summary Content
• Introduction
• Results
• Discussion–include why this work is important
• References

Length
• Minimum is 500 words not including references, tables, and figures.
• No more than 1,000 words including tables and figures.
• Use no more than three figures or tables.

Format
• Title of paper followed by name of authors and their affiliations on first page
• Summary is double-spaced
• References listed at the end with superscript numbers in the text

Font
10- or 12- point font is requested.

Directions
Fill out the Summary Cover Coupon (MS Word Version) or the Summary Cover Coupon (HTML version) and submit it with one original and one copy of the summary by (February 1, 2003) February 14, 2003. Please submit an electronic copy of your summary, either by mailing a disk or by e-mail, in addition to the printed copies. Be sure to include contact information including phone numbers or e-mail addresses with any correspondence. You must also send the signed Copyright Transfer Form (see below).

Hardcopy Submission
Mail to:
Plutonium Futures – The Science 2003
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nuclear Materials Technology Division
Attn: Kathy DeLucas
Mail Stop E500
Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA

Regular Mail Submission of Electronic Media
Please send a 3.5-inch floppy disk or a zip disk containing a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect file. Label the disk with a title, author’s name, format, and whether it is a Macintosh or PC disk.

Electronic Submission
E-mail to Kathy DeLucas, Conference Technical Coordinator, at
duke@lanl.gov

Please attach a Microsoft Word or a WordPerfect document to your e-mail. In the message, include a title, author’s name, word-processing format, software version and whether it is a Macintosh or PC file. If you have difficulties attaching a file, you may include the summary in the body of the e-mail message.

*If the paper was written under a U.S. government contract, the government shall have the rights to the copyright to the extent required by the contract and the authors shall notify AIP of such rights.

If you use previously published material that has a copyright, you are responsible and must receive written permission from the owner, such as either the original publisher or author.

Conference Subject Categories

1. Plutonium Properties
2. Material Science
3. Nuclear Fuels/Isotopes
4. Separations and Process Chemistry
5. Detection and Analysis
6. Plutonium Chemistry and Compounds
7. Actinide Compounds and Complexes
8. Actinides in the Environment
9. Condensed Matter Physics
10. Life Sciences