THE 21St CONFERENCE of the NUCLEAR SOCIETIES in ISRAEL May 22-23, 2002—Haifa, Israel (Hotel Dan-Carmel)
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Second Announcement and Final Program1 THE 21st CONFERENCE OF THE NUCLEAR SOCIETIES IN ISRAEL May 22-23, 2002—Haifa, Israel (Hotel Dan-Carmel) Theme of the Conference: NUCLEAR SCIENCES IN ISRAEL - THE NEXT 50 YEARS (The 50th Anniversary of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission) Participating Organizations: The Israel Nuclear Society The Israel Society of Radiation Protection The Israel Society of Medical Physics The Israel Society of Nuclear Medicine Dear Colleague, You are cordially invited to participate in the 21st Conference of the Nuclear Societies of Israel, which will take place at the Dan Carmel Hotel in the beautiful city of Haifa overlooking the Haifa Bay and the Bahai Gardens, which we will visit during the conference. The conference will bring together scientists, medical experts and engineers from universities, hospitals and research centers, covering a wide range of disciplines in the broad field of Nuclear Science. The conference will provide a timely bridge between the past fifty years (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the IAEC) and the next 50 years in the new millennium. Scientists from Israel, the US, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the IAEA, will present new and challenging ideas in the areas of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Accelerators Design and their Application, Nuclear and Radiation Safety, Radiation Therapy, Medical Physics and others. There will be a technical exhibit associated with the conference. I wish to thank the many participants who provided us with a significant number of high quality invited and contributed papers within a short time span of the deadline. These contributions permitted us to have two most interesting plenary sessions and 15 parallel technical sessions. In addition, a guest program was 1 Last updated on 1-5-2002, 19:09 prepared for your spouses and a field trip following the conference for all to enjoy. A gala dinner hosting distinguished guests and performing Israeli artists will be held on Wednesday evening, May 22nd. I am looking forward to meeting you in Haifa, and hope you will benefit scientifically and enjoy socially this event. Dave Saphier Conference Chairman. For full and updated information on the INS-2002 conference please consult our web-site at http://www.kaleidoscopeltd.co.il/ins.htm, where you will also find registration, hotel and excursions reservation forms. Security arrangements require that all persons attending the conference register ahead of time. Tight security throughout the conference will be provided. Sponsors of the Meeting: Israel Atomic Energy Commission Soreq Nuclear Research Center Nuclear Research Center, Negev The Israel Cancer Association Organizing and Technical Committee: Chairman: D. Saphier, Soreq Nuclear Research Centre, +972-8-943-4704, 067-232-216 [email protected] Members: D. Alezra, Sheeba Medical Center, +972-3-530-2049, [email protected] H. Golan, Rabin Medical Cnt. - Hasharon Hospital, +972-52-881-126, [email protected] M. Goldstein, Nuclear Research Center - Negev, +972-8-656-7214, [email protected] D. Litai, Israel Society of Radiation Protection, +972-9-742-1855, [email protected] A. Keter, Power Division, IAEC, +972-3-646-2937, D. Schwartz, Nuclear Research Center - Negev, +972-8-657-7500, [email protected] G. Shani, Ben-Gurion University,+972-8-646-1296, [email protected] B. Tavron, Israel Electric Corporation, +972-4-864-6606, [email protected] L. Tepper, The Israel Nuclear Society, +972-4-825-4238, [email protected] J.J. Wagschal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,+972-2-658-4521, [email protected] Y. Yariv, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, +972-8-943-4583, [email protected] Conference Venue: The conference will take place in the Dan-Carmel Hotel, located on Mount Carmel, overlooking the beautiful city of Haifa, the Haifa bay and the renowned Bahai gardens. 2 Final Program PROGRAM BY DAY: Tuesday - May 21 17:00 – 19:00 Registration 19:00 – 20:00 Cash Bar Mixer Wednesday – May 22 08:00 – 09:20 Registration and refreshments 09:20 – 10:15 Opening session 10:15 – 11:00 Plenary session A 11:00 – 12:00 Visit to the Bahai Gardens (group 1) 11:20 – 12:20 Visit to the Bahai Gardens (group 2) 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 15:00 Plenary session B 15:00 – 16:30 Parallel sessions 1,2 and 3 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 – 18:30 Parallel sessions 4,5 and 6 19:00 – 23:30 Gala dinner (Including – Shlomit Aharon and her band ) Thursday – May 23 08:00 – 10:15 Plenary session C 10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break 10:45 – 12:30 Parallel sessions 7,8 and 9 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Parallel sessions 10,11 and 12 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 – 17:00 Parallel sessions 13,14 and 15 17:00 – 18:00 Visit to the Bahai Gardens (group 3) Friday – May 24 07:30 – 16:30 Field trip: The secrets of Emek Izrael 3 PROGRAM BY SESSIONS: Opening Session, Wednesday – May 22, 9:20-10:15 Location: Red Room Chairman: Plenary Session A, Wednesday – May 22, 10:15-11:00 Location: Red Room Chairman: L. Tepper (INS) 10:15 – 11:00: NUCLEAR FUSION - OPEN QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH D. Shvarts. ( Nuclear Research Center - Negev) Plenary Session B, Wednesday – May 22, 13:00-15:00 Location: Red Room Chairman: D. Litai (IAEC) 13:00 - 14:00: IS NUCLEAR ENERGY SUSTAINABLE? A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE S. Hirschberg, (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) 14:00 - 15:00: EXPERIENCES IN RADIATION LITIGATION, D. E. Jose, (Jose & Wiedis Assoc, West Chester, PA, USA.) Plenary Session C, Thursday – May 23, 8:00-10:15 Location: Red Room Chairman: M. Goldstein (NRC-Negev) 08:00 – 08:45: HYBRID IMAGING USING NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES AND CT – CLINICAL APPLICATIONS O. Israel (Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel) 08:45 – 09:30: NUCLEAR SAFETY - LEARNING FROM INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. D. Litai ( IEC, Tel-Aviv) 09:30 – 10:15: PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION – PHYSICS, TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS W. Gudowski.( Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) 4 PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS ================================================== Parallel technical sessions 1,2,3: Wednesday - May 22, 15:00 – 16:30 PS 1: Opening-Plenary of Track 6 – Radiation Protection Location: Green Room Session Chairman: Y. Shamai (Soreq-NRC) L Kheifets (WHO-Geneva, Invited) The precautionary principle and EMF: implementation and evaluation B. Ben-Shachar, M. Weinstein, U. German, Neutron Personnel dosimetry – state of art J. Koch and T. Schlesinger Radiation Hormesis: Beneficial Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation – a Critical Review PS 2: Track 3 – Reactor Physics Location: King David Launge Session Chairman: Y. Yeivin (Hebrew University) M. Bettan, S. H. Levine, H. Hirshfeld Method to Determine the Burnup of the IRR1 Fuel Assemblies R. L. Perel Monte Carlo Calculation of Sensitivities to Secondaries’ Angular Distributions – Theory and Validation Y. Ronen and G. Raitses Spectral Shift Control for Pressurized Water Reactors Y. Ronen, M. Aboudy, D. Regev Breeding of 242mAm in a Fast Reactor PS 3: Track 8 – Accelerators and their Applications Location: Rimon Room Session Chairman: Y. Yariv (Soreq-NRC) A. Nagler SARAF The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility A. Facco, D. Berkovits 5 Trends in Intermediate-Energy Superconducting wide-β Linacs A. Pernick Beam Line Shielding Calculations for SARAF G. Haquin, M. B. Goldberg, Y. Ben Meir , T. Arbel and D. Ben Maman Production Yield of 18F-FDG at the SOREQ NRC Cyclotron CYCLONE 5/10 ================================ Parallel technical sessions 4,5,6: Wednesday - May 22, 17:00 – 18:30 PS 4: Track 6 – Radiation Protection Location: Green Room Session Chairman: Y. Leichter (NRC-Negev) Z.B. Alfassi, M. Weinstein, S. Dubinsky, U. German On the decay of peak 3 in the glow curve of TLD-100 A. Beck, Y. Ben-Dov, M. Shmueli, R. Kalish, Y. Avigal, U. Wengrowicz and D. Tirosh CVD Diamond as a Neutron Detector A. Broide, M. Sheinfeld, E. Marcus, U. Wengrowicz and D. Tirosh Mobile Monitoring System for Nuclear Contamination Analysis R. Gitman, M. Tatcher, R. Bar-Daroma, A. Kuten Film Dosimetry of small electron fields PS 5: Track 3 – Reactor Physics Location: King David Launge Session Chairman: Y. Ronen (BGU) M. Segev and A. Galperin The ELCOS Code System – From Basic Neutron Files to Fuel Cycle Simulation M. Todosow, A. Galperin Optimization of Heterogeneous Fuel Designs for Utilization of Thorium In PWRs To Enhance Proliferation Resistance and Reduce Waste J. J. Wagschal and Y. Yeivin Iterating Adjustment for Non-Linear Responses 6 Y.A. Kazansky, D.A.Klinov, E.V.Semenov Efficiency of Transuranium Nuclides Transmutation PS 6: Track 10 – Experimental Methods Location: Rimon Room Session Chairman: Y. Eisen (Soreq NRC) O. Presler, O.Peled, U. German, Y. Leichter and Z. B. Alfassi. Determination of a Source in a Box with Two Detectors. E. Gonen, E. Marcus, U. Wengrowicz, A. Beck, J. Nir, M. Sheinfeld, A. Broide and D.Tirosh Digital Multi Channel Analyzer Enhancement O. Presler, O.Peled, U. German, Y. Leichter and Z. B. Alfassi. Off-center Efficiency of HPGe Detectors. Y.Eisen, I. Mardor, A. Shor, Z. Baum, D. Bar, G. Feldman, H. Cohen, E. Issac, R. Haham-Zada, S. Blitz, Y. Cohen, B. Glick, R. Falk, S. Roudebush, I. Blevis NUCAM3 - A Gamma Camera Using Segmented CdZnTe Detectors ================================ Parallel technical sessions 7,8,9: Thursday - May 23, 10:45 – 12:30 PS 7: Track 6 – Radiation Protection Location: Red Room Session Chairman: T. Schlesinger (Soreq-NRC) R. Marko, R. Kol, E. Katorza, U. German, Y. Balaish, A. Lorber, Z. Karpas, Improving the Assessment of Internal Occupational Exposure to Natural Uranium from Urinalysis by Normalization to Creatinine E.Neeman , V.Steiner Environmental Impact of NORM in Israeli Dwellings S.