ANNOUNCEMENT——2009 International Workshop on Thorium Utilization for Sustainable Nuclear Energy (TU2009)

As decided in the first meeting of TU2009 Organizing Committee, the second International Workshop on Thorium Utilization for Sustainable Nuclear Energy will be organized in September 2009 in the City of Baotou. Specific information about this workshop are as follows:

1. Workshop Time:2~6 Sept, 2009.
2. Workshop Location:Shangrila Hotel, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
3. Registration time: The registration forms should be submitted before August 1, 2009.
4. Registration fee: $300 USD per person.
5. Abstracts of papers in English must be submitted before May 30, 2009 by email to: wuguoqin002@163.com.


Please join us at this major event in Baotou!

Attached: Call for Papers for TU2009




Chinese Nuclear Society
Tsinghua University (Department of Engineering Physics)

May,5, 2009

Call for Papers——2009 International Workshop Thorium Utilization for Sustainable Nuclear Energy (TU2009)

TU2009 will be held in Baotou, September 2-6 2009. The City of Baotou is located north of the Yellow River and not too far from the famous Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. It is the largest industrial city in the Province of the Inner Mongolia in China, a pleasant modern city with scenes of beautiful grassland and with a number of historical and cultural sights. This city has earned many honorary titles and awards such as the Chinese Garden City and the UN-Habitat award, and was nominated in 2008 as China’s most well-being city.

TU2009 aims at providing an international forum for researchers, designers, policy makers and business people to present and discuss the state of art in research, technology development for the utilization of thorium including:
· Nuclear fuel cycle strategy and technology roadmap;
· Reactor physics and concept, as well as fuel management
· Reactor design including thermal hydraulics and control
· Nuclear facility safety and economics
· Materials and processing
· Utilization of thorium in other areas

Please submit your paper abstracts by email to: wuguoqin002@163.com, before the deadline of May 30, 2009.

P.S. The workshop web page is www.TU2009.com.










Chinese Nuclear Society
Tsinghua University (Department of Engineering Physics)

May, 5, 2009