Call for Papers
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Categories
CLEARING THE WAY
- DOE Projects
- Commercial Nuclear Plants Decommissioning Projects
- International Decommissioning and Site Closure
- EPA/DoD Projects
- Regulatory Infrastructure for Decommissioning Implementation
- NORM/UMT/Smaller Non-Reactor Issues/Projects
- Stakeholder Involvement
- Implementing the NRC/EPA Memorandum of Understanding
- Environmental Aspects of Deactivation and Decommissioning
- Dismantling of the sodium and other metal coolant reactors
- Dismantling of the installations having contained operations on tritium
CLEARING THE WAY MADE EASIER
- Low Level Radioactive Waste Management
- Improved/Innovative Technologies for Dismantlement
- Improved/Innovative Technologies for Decontamination of Material
- Improved/Innovative Technologies for Measuring Radiation
- MARSSIM/Site Release/LTP/FSS
- Dose Modeling/RESRAD/D&D
- Regulatory Infrastructure for Technology Development
- Groundwater Monitoring, Control and Remediation
- Environmental Monitoring and Modeling
- Deactivation and Decommissioning Site Characterization
- Remote handling dismantling works
- Lessons Learned—Industry Experience
AFTER CLEARING THE WAY
- Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance of DOE and Commercial Facilities
- Activities to Improve Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance
- Regulatory Infrastructure Long Term Surveillance and Maintenance of Sites
- Onsite Spent Fuel Management
- Workforce Restructuring for Site Transition
- Preservation of Natural, Historic, and Cultural Resources
- Land Use Planning
- Transfer of Real Property
- Reutilization of Closed Sites/Facilities
- Manage and Transfer Strategic Materials
- Community Assistance
- Stakeholder Involvement/Public Relations
- Records Management
- Perpetual License and/or Entombment
Instructions for Authors
Contributors are invited to submit summaries on the conference topics list. The summary should contain sufficient detail to allow the merit of the paper to be judged. The Technical Program Committee will decide whether the paper will be presented at a technical session or as a poster.
Format
- Summaries should be typed, single spaced, and in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Figures and tables should be provided with the paper.
- Use SI units with English units following in parentheses, if needed.
Length
- Text – 4 pages maximum, English only
- Figures and tables – three figures and/or tables maximum, included in page count.
- Page charge of $100 per page for summaries that exceed 4 pages.
Content
- Papers may cover technical accomplishments as well as key policy success but should represent information that has not been reported previously.
- Introduction – clearly state the objective; direct the reader to the purpose of the work and define context
- Work Description – review methods and/or analyses
- Results – provide data or information gained from the study
- Conclusions and Discussions – provide interpretation of results and discussion of relevance to DD&R
Author's Organizational Approval
- All internal reviews and organizational approvals must be completed prior to submittal of the final extended summary.
- It is the responsibility of the author to protect proprietary information.
Where to Submit a Summary for Review
Submit summaries via the ANS website in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Click on the “Electronic Paper Submission and Review” link under Resources and Tools. If you experience problems submitting your abstract via the web, please notify Ellen Leitschuh (Telephone: 708-579-8253 or Email: eleitschuh@ans.org).
Final Summary Preparation for Publication in Conference Proceedings
After the Technical Program Committee reviews the submissions, authors of accepted summaries will receive instructions for preparation of final summaries. Summaries will be included on the proceedings CD, which will be distributed at the beginning of the conference.
Important dates
- Summary submittal due date: January 29, 2010
- Author notification: April 2, 2010
- Final summary due date: April 30, 2010
Technical Program Chair, James Byrne, DD&R Professional Division of ANS; Assistant Technical Program Chair, Sue Aggarwal; DD&R Program Chair, Nadia Glucksberg