Abstracts Being Accepted for the 2014 Small Modular Reactors Symposium

Abstracts Being Accepted for the 2014 Small Modular Reactors konferenz Abstracts Being Accepted for the 2014 Small Modular Reactors Symposium Abstracts Being Accepted for the 2014 Small Modular Reactors SymposiumAbstracts are now being accepted for the 2014 Small Modular Reactors (SMR) Symposium, to be held April 15-17 at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C. The annual symposium provides strategic and technical information for bringing small modular reactors - considered one of the most promising reactor concepts in the nuclear arena - from konzeption and concept to realization.Past SMR Symposium participants have included representatives from such organizations as AREVA, BW Nuclear Energy, CH2M Hill, China National Nuclear Corp., Curtiss-Wright Flow Control, Fluor Nuclear Power, General Atomics, Hitachi, Holtec International, JAEA, KAERI, Lockheed Martin, Los Alamos National Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NuScale Power, Oak Ridge National Lab., Rolls-Royce, Scientech, Tennessee Valley Authority, URS Corp., Westinghouse Electric Co., Worley Parsons, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.The program will cover SMR development and deployment from the research phase to the applied concepts that are shaping the design, manufacturing and construction of small and medium modular reactors. Authors are invited to submit abstracts on topics includingPlant and fuel engineering, design and applicationsSystems, structures, components, instrumentation and controls, and materials Nuclear engineering analysis (including reactor physics, thermal hydraulics VV etc.) Safety and risk management, risk assessment methods, human factors, and incorporating design and operational lessons learned from Fukushima Daiichi Codes and standards, regulatory issues, and licensingAdvanced manufacturing, modular fabrication, plant construction and supply chain management andPlant economics and financing.The symposium will also feature a keynote presentation by William C. Ostendorff, commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and a number of other notable speakers including Edward McGinnis, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy, John Schuster, director of structured finance at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Edward Kee, vice president of NERA Economic Consulting, and Carl Cho, director of Citigroups risk management division.The deadline for submitting an abstract for the symposium is Oct. 14, 2013. To submit a 400-word abstract, visit www.asmeconferences.org/SMR2014/Author/NewAbstract.cfm. To learn more about the 2014 Small Modular Reactors Symposium, visit asmeconferences.org/SMR2014.