Summarizing GLOBAL 2005

Hajimu Yamana
Technical Program Chair, GLOBAL 2005

Number of the papers submitted to Global Series
YearPlace

Papers

1993

Seattle203

1995

Versailles

270

1997

Yokohama294

1999

Jackson Hole433

2001

Paris330

2003

New Orleans

373

2005

Tsukuba

466 + αPapers submitted to 15 topics
TopicsPapersGlobal prospect of energy, resource and environment

7

Current status and strategy for nuclear systems

6

Sustainability and optimization of nuclear systems

26

Advanced reactors

79

Advanced fuels and materials

56

Advanced reprocessing

79

Partitioning and transmutation

43

Advancement and optimization in waste and spent fuel management73

Expanded utilization of nuclear systems

14

Novel energy systems including accelerator driven systems

22

Enhancement of proliferation resistance and non-proliferation

24

Innovative safety approach for nuclear fuel cycle

9Latest status of ongoing fuel cycle optimization study

9World common social issues

9International collaboration on research and development resources in future10Plenary sessions gave us valuable informationnecessary for understanding GLOBAL subjects

Plenary-I

Dr. J. Grossenbacher, Dr. B. R. Barre, Dr. S. Kondo, Mr. Y.
Sokolov, and Dr. M. Xu
Chaired by Dr. H. McFarlane

Plenary-II

Dr. Matsuhashi, Dr. A. Noda, and Dr. B. Frois
Chaired by Dr. S. Tanaka

Plenary panel-I

Proliferation prevention in the next nuclear era -Learningfrom the past and preparing for the future,
moderator Dr. Mel Buckner and Mr. Tom Sanders

Plenary panel-II Prospect on the projected quantities of nuclear systems in thefuture
Chaired by Dr. K. Uematsu and Dr. J Bouchard

Invited and contributed papers showed much up-to-datetechnical information in various research fields
Advanced reactors
Advanced fuels and materials
Advanced reprocessing
Partitioning and transmutation
Optimization in waste and spent fuel management
Expanded utilization of nuclear systems
Novel energy systems including accelerator driven
systems
Proliferation resistance and non-proliferation
Safety approach for nuclear fuel cycle
Ongoing fuel cycle optimization study

Publishing selected papers in a journal

9Technical Program Committee wants to select 35
excellent papers to publish them in the special issue of
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, which is
the Journal of Atomic Energy Society of Japanon condition of authors’ agreements.

Past Trend of the GLOBAL Series
1993, Seattle

By Dr. A. Walter

9Future of Transmutation for Clean Nuclear Power
9Weapons Disposition Options

1995, Versailles
9 Reprocessing as “Hot” Topic
9 Management of Weapons-Pu
9 Advanced Concepts for Pu Utilization
9 New Transmutation Thrusts
9 Importance of Public Acceptance

1997, Yokohama
9Effective Methods of Pu Burning in LWRs
9Vision of Nuclear Energy Utilization in Developing Asia
9International Collaboration for the Promotion of Radioactive Waste
Management
9Innovative Fuel Cycle Technologies for 2nd Nuclear Era

Past Trend of the GLOBAL Series
By Dr. A. Walter

1999, Jackson Hole
9Nuclear Profession to speak with one-voice on the merits of nuclear
9Two Principal Time Frames
1) Near-Term: Led by Industry
2) Long -Term: Led by R&D Community

2001, Paris
9Broad International Perspectives on the Future of Nuclear Energy
9Energy Needs & Sustained Development
9Nuclear Waste Management

2003, New Orleans
9Generation-IV reactor development roadmap released; R&D initiated
9Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative now a major program in the US.

GLOBAL 2005 at Tsukuba
Nuclear Systems for the Future Generation and Global Sustainability

Addressing the circumstances :9Start of the second decade of GLOBAL
9Recent development of climate change, fossil fuel price rise, andenergy demand increase
9Worldwide need to reduce CO2 using nuclear energy
9Progress in GEN-IV, INPRO, AFCI and other R&Ds
9Growing necessity of non-proliferation discussion>>> Epoch of Nobel Prize
9Growing Asian nuclear activities, Japan, China, Korea and India
9Growing interests for hydrogen production by nuclear energy

GLOBAL 2005 at Tsukuba
Nuclear Systems for the Future Generation and Global Sustainability

Common views were obtained on
9 Current status of Nuclear Systems over the world
9 Current status and future strategies of each country
9 Significance of nuclear systems for the global sustainability
9 Growing importance of nuclear systems in the future
9 Necessity of continuing discussion on non-proliferation issues
9 Various progress in specific fields of Reactor, Reprocessing, Fuel, Waste,
Innovative Nuclear Utilization, and so on
9 Significance of getting public acceptance through communication
9 Importance of next generation of nuclear workers and professionals

9 Important to continue to share the information among different countries

FutureTomorrow
Today

GLOBAL Conference ?
Picture by Dr. A. Walter

GLOBAL 2005 at TsukubaNuclear Systems for the Future Generation and Global Sustainability

We are walking
with the same ultimate goalwith different approaches
under different circumstances - - - -Let’s continue to exchange information about Nuclear FuelCycle Systems for the futureat GLOBAL 2007

To Authors, Participants, Invited lecturers
and Panelists, Session Chairs, and all thestaffs, we’d like to extend our sincere
gratitude for their support.

Technical Program Committee, GLOBAL 2005

Chair
Co-Chair
Co-ChairAssistant Chair
Assistant Chair

Hajimu Yamana
Robert W. Benedict
Bernard Boullis
Reiko FujitaYoshio Kani

Thanks to
the distinguished 12 members of the International
Advisory Committee, GLOBAL 2005
andthe 30 members of the Organizing Committee,
GLOBAL 2005.
Special thanks to
Dr. Shunsuke Kondo, chair of AEC, JapanThanks to
15 members of Conference Secretariat Group who supported
GLOBAL 2005 through their volunteer activities

Special thanks to

3 young and powerful staff,
Dr. Yoshikazu Koma, Dr. Yoshihiro Nakano, andDr. Tatsuro Matsumura

Thanks to
Executive Advisors of Technical Program Committee

Dr. Harold McFarlane
Dr. Patrice Bernard
Dr. Toru OgawaUSAFranceJapanThanks to41 Distinguished international members of the Technical Program
Committee fromUSA
CanadaFranceUnited Kingdom
GermanyEU
Belgium
Nederland

Czech
Hungary
RussiaKazakhstan
UkraineLithuania
Serbia-Montenegro
Australia

China
Korea
India
IsraelArgentine
OECD/NEAEC
Switzerland

Thanks to
Secretariat of the committee

Dr. Hiroki Hayafune

members of Program Coordinators Group

Group Leader: Dr. Tetsuo Fukasawa
M. Kawashima
H. Mochizuki
Y. Arai
N. NakaeY. Ikeda

H. Asano
H. UedaT. Takeda
T. Misawa
T. Yokoo

S. Sakurai
Y. Shibata
K. Matsui
H. Niwa
T. Nishimura

Special Thanks toDr. T. Fukasawa and H. Hayafune

On behalf of the Technical Program Committee,
GLOBAL 2005, I would like toThank you, again
andLook forward to

GLOBAL 2007