Conference 2018

Program 2018

Double Welcome Reception
28th Oct

Meet up:
On Sunday, we meet at Radission RED's OUI Bar at 18:00 for an evening with like-minded.
Address: Rue d'Idalie 35, 1050 Bruxelles

Billy's Arrival:
Ride for Thorium arrives in Brussels - 18:40

Inspiration Day
(Day 1)
29th Oct

The conference takes place at the Royal Natural History Museum. You will find conference registration at the main entrance.
Address: Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Bruxelles

Registration 8:00 - 8:30
Program 8:30 - late

Welcome by host Rusty Towell

Billy Gogesch
Making a Thorium Documentary

Syd Ball
Lessons from ORNL

Kirk Sorensen
Discover Thorium

Energy and Policy Outlook
Andrei Goicea, FORATOM

A Thorium Policy Road-map for Netherlands
Gijs Zwartsenberg, ThMSR.nl

NRG Introduction Video

10:30-11:00 Coffee break and Poster session

Developers

ThorCon - Lars Jorgensen

Seaborg Technologies - Troels Schönfeldt

MYRRHA - Hamid Aït Abderrahim

Moltex Energy - Adam Owens

Flibe Energy - Kirk Sorensen

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

Copenhagen Atomics - Thomas Jam Pedersen

Aristos Power - Andrei D. Andrei

SAMOFAR - Jan Leen Kloosterman

NRG - Ralph Hania

Prize Ceremony

Group photo

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break and Poster session

Panel Discussion
Experts discuss the way forward for developers, investors and policy

Making of the Thorium Documentary
Myriam Tonelotto

Documentary
see ‘Thorium: The Far Side Of Nuclear’

After work

Science - Day 2
30th Oct
9:00-17:00

Topic 1: Reactor Physics
Noble Metal Behaviour and Extraction in Molten Salt Reactor by Elisa Capelli, TU Delft
Advancing Thorium Fueled Molten Salt Reactor R&D in a University Laboratory
by Rusty Towell, Abilene Christian Uni

10:30 -11:00 Coffee break and Poster session

Topic 2: Enabling Technologies
Early Progress on Additive Manufacturing of Nuclear Fuel Materials by Catherine Thiriet, CNL
Photofission of 238-U Nuclei by Ismail Boztosun, Akdeniz University
A Nuclear Clock With 229Th by Benedict Seiferle, University of Munich

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Monazite - a Potential Source For Future Thorium Energy in India by D. Singh, IREL

Topic 3: Materials and Metals
Chemical Analysis of Molten Salts Before and During Use in A Test Loop by Flame Atomic Absorption
by Kim Pamplin, Abilene Christian Uni
Daniel Cooper, Seaborg Technologies

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break and Poster session

Topic 4: Thermal Hydraulics
Design and Safety Support Analyses of An In-Pile Molten Salt Loop in The HFR
by Marek Stempniewicz, NRG
NEXT Molten Salt Test Loop by Timothy Head, Abilene Christian Uni

Science - Day 3
31st Oct
9:00-17:00

Topics 5: Neutronics and Control
Innovative Multiphysics Modeling Tools for Molten Salt Reactors: Recent Developments
by Manuele Aufiero, Politecnico di Milano
Analysis on Breeding Capability of Moltex's Stable Salt Reactor by Naoyuki Takaki, Tokio City University
The Single Stage Cyclotron Driver (S2CD) for the CYCLADS Project by Matthieu Conjat, iThec

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break and Poster session

Topic 6: Simulation and Modeling
A new approach for comprehensive modelling of molten salt properties by Anna Smith, TU Delft
Detailed Modeling of 233U Fission by Cristiana Oprea, JINR
Molten Salt Chemical Thermodynamics by Raluca Scarlat from Uni Wisconsin

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Topic 7: Fuel Cycle
Principle and Evaluation of Molten Salt Reactor Reprocessing by Sylvie Delpech, IPN Orsay
Proton*Power Thorium Energy System by Ganapati Myneni from ADNA Corporation
Comparison of U-Pu and Th-U cycles in MSR by Jiri Krepel, PSI

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break and Poster session

Chemistry – the Key to Make MSR Technically Feasible by Jean-Paul Glatz, JRC

Panel Discussion
Experts discuss and conclude the way forward

NRG Tour - Alternative Day 3
31st Oct - full day

The lucky ones that were selected have been personally informed

Bus from Brussels to Petten 7:30 (leaving from the conference venue)
Lunch at NRG
Tour of the Petten Test Reactor (HFR) and control room
Tour of NRG facilities
Bus to Amsterdam airport, Schiphol, estimated arrival 16:00