Nuclear Materials 2010
An international conference in association with
Journal of Nuclear Materials

4-7 October 2010, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany

This inaugural conference, formed in association with Journal of Nuclear Materials, will serve as an umbrella for international meetings on nuclear materials science for fission reactors, including the nuclear fuel cycle. It is the intention that NuMat2010 will become an international key scientific forum in the field, during which complementary meetings will benefit from a common organisation structure, while keeping their own identity.

NuMat2010 will combine six international meetings in three parallel sessions, covering the topics of nuclear fuels, structural materials, and molten salts:

• Thermodynamics and Thermophysics of Nuclear Fuels (TNF-2) which addresses the thermal properties and phase relkations of current and future generation reactor fuels.
• Materials Modelling and Simulation of Nuclear Fuels (MMSNF-9) which has become a main forum for exchange of multi-scale modelling in this field.
• Radiation Stability of Complex Microstructures (RSCM-2) which focuses on radiation damage process and properties modification in ceramics, metals and composite materials.
• Molten Salts for Nuclear Applications (MSNA) which will deal with actinides and lanthanides molten salts for reprocessing and fuel.
• Structural and Functional Materials for Fission Reactors (SFMFR), focussing not only on zirconium-based materials but also on advanced steels, ceramics and composites.
• Structural Materials Modelling (SMM) which will complement the MMSNF meeting.

The organisers encourage scientists involved in experimental studies as well as theoretical studies to participate, and particularly in studies aimed at the basic understanding of the properties of nuclear materials and the impact of radiation.

Abstract submission deadline: 1 May 2010

Poster abstracts are now invited on the following topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Themes and topics for oral and poster submission

Themes for abstract submission

• Thermodynamics and Thermophysics of Nuclear Fuels
• Materials Models and Simulations for Nuclear Fuels
• Radiation Stability of Complex Microstructures
• Molten Salts for Nuclear Applications
• Structural and Functional Materials for Fission Reactors
• Structural Materials Modelling and Simulation

General themes

• Radiation Effects
• Nuclear Reactor Fuels
• Structural and Functional Materials for Fission Reactors
• Molten Salts
• Multi-scale modelling

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you. All abstracts will be refereed, on the basis of which they will be assigned to the oral or poster sessions. Lack of originality or not meeting the scope of the conference will be a criterion for rejection.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

If you would like to apply for the Young Scientist Award please email the Conference Secretariat directly.  Please include your date of birth in your applications, noting that you must be under 35 years old to apply.