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GLOBAL 2003 Conference Scope
The GLOBAL series of conferences on future nuclear energy systems and their fuel cycles concluded its fifth successful event in Paris, September 2001.  At that time, the International Organizing Committee decided to hold the next conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, as an embedded topical meeting of the joint ANS/ENS Winter Meeting in 2003.  All ANS/ENS participants will be welcome to attend the GLOBAL sessions.

The GLOBAL 2003 conference encourages submission of papers on new nuclear systems that are in various stages of conceptualization, research, development, demonstration and early application.  Examples are research activities that evolve from the current Generation-IV initiative and results of ongoing nuclear waste transmutation research and development.  This will also be an excellent opportunity for reviews and discussion of significant national decisions and policies affecting the future of nuclear energy.  These national reviews include progress on establishing national waste repositories, requirements for an acceptable nonproliferation regime for an advanced nuclear fuel cycle and national plans for expanding nuclear energy production.

GLOBAL 2003 will include technical sessions in the following topic areas:
Topic 1:  Advanced Reactor Concepts
1A
 Supercritical Water Reactors
1B
 Integral Primary System Reactors
1C
 Advanced Pressure Tube Reactors
1D
 Other Advanced Light Water Reactors
1E
 Fast Spectrum Gas Reactors
1F
 Gen IV Very High-Temperature Gas Reactors
1G
 Progress in Gas Reactor Design
1H
 Sodium-Cooled Reactors
1I
 Lead-Cooled Reactors
1J
 Reactors Systems for Transmutation
1K
 Sub-Critical Minor Actinide Burners
1L
 Non-Classical Reactor Concepts
Topic 2:  Advanced Fuels and Materials Development
2A
 Coolant/Material Interactions in Advanced Reactor Systems
2B
 Nuclear Fuels for Generation IV Concepts
2C
 Fuels for Minor Actinide Transmutation and Plutonium Burning
2D
 Advances in Nuclear Materials - Ceramics
2E
 Advances in Nuclear Materials - Metal Alloys
Topic 3:  Advanced Integrated Fuel Cycle Concepts
3A
 Transmutation in Thermal Reactors
3B
 Transmutation in Fast Reactors
3C
 Sustainable Fuel Cycle Options
3D
 Integrated Fuel Cycle Concepts
3E
 Systems Analyses for Nuclear Futures
Topic 4:  Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
4A
 Current Commercial Reprocessing Experience
4B
 Transplutonium Isotope Separations
4C
 Historical Perspectives on Reprocessing
Topic 5:  Advanced Reprocessing Technology
5A
 Advanced Aqueous Processes
5B
 High-Temperature Molten Salt Processes
5C
 Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Applications
Topic 6:  Advances in Waste Management Technology
6A
 Improvements in the Vitrification of High-Level Waste
6B
 Advanced Engineered Waste Forms for High-Level Waste
6C
 Engineered Products for Long-Term Storage
Topic 7:  Novel Concepts for Repository Development
7A
 Status of the International SNF Storage Initiative
7B
 Novel Approaches for Enhancing Repository Capacity
7C
 Repository Transportation Issues
Topic 8:  Nuclear Energy Sustainability
8A
 Nuclear Energy Sustainability Panel Discussion
8B
 International Viewpoints on Nuclear Energy Sustainability
Topic 9:  Transition to a Hydrogen Economy
9A
 Hydrogen Generation - 2003 and Beyond
9B
 Options for Hydrogen Distribution
9C
 Technologies for Hydrogen Storage
9D
 Fuel Cell Technology - Putting Hydrogen to Work
Topic 10:  Developments in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology, Policy and Implementation
10A
 Nonproliferation Challenges in the 21st Century
10B
 Atoms for Peace 1953 - 2003: What are the Promises of the Future?
10C
 Technology for Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
10D
 Russian-American Fissile Materials Disposition Programs
Topic 11:  Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
11A
 Vulnerabilities of Nuclear Materials and Facilities to Nuclear Terrorism
11B
 Nuclear Terrorism Threats
11C
 Radiological Terrorism
11D
 Techniques for Combating Radiological Terrorism
Topic 12:  Developments in International Cooperation on Nuclear Energy
12A
 International Cooperation to Improve the Operation of Existing Nuclear Facilities
12B
 International Efforts to Develop Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Systems
12C
 International Cooperation on the Back-End of the Fuel Cycle
12D
 The Importance of International Cooperation to the Expanded Use of Nuclear Technology - the Perspectives of Policymakers
12E
 International Cooperation on Safeguards Technology
Topic 13:  Hot Topics and Emerging Issues
13A
 Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle