OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
9th IEM on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning andTransmutation (9-IEMPT)(Nîmes, France, 25-29 September 2006)

Programme
Registration: Monday 25, (1700 to 2000). Welcome cocktail at 1900.
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Opening session (Tuesday 26, 0900 to 0930)
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Welcome addresses from Conference Chairs:
 L. Echávarri (OECD/NEA Director General) J. Bouchard (Special Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of the CEA)
Welcome to CEA Marcoule Center: L. Martin-Deidier (Director CEA Valrhô)Introduction to the IEM Programme by the Chair of the 9-IEMPT Advisory Committee:
 J. Guidez (CEA Valrhô)

Session on P & T Programmes within Fuel Cycle Strategies(Tuesday 26, Chairs: J. Bouchard and D. Hill)o

Fuel Cycle Strategies and National Programmes on P & T:
 France (CEA Pradel), 0930-1000:
French Fuel Cycle Strategy and Partitioning and Transmutation Programme Japan (JAEA Minato), 1000-1030:
Research and Development Activities on Partitioning and Transmutation ofRadioactive Nuclides in Japan 1030-1100: Coffee Break Republic of Korea (KAERI E H Kim), 1100-1130:
Current Status on Development of P&T in Korea
 USA (US DOE Goldner), 1130-1200:
The United States National Fuel Cycle Strategy Programme Russia (ROSATOM/RIAR Bychkov), Wednesday 27, 0830-0900:
Fuel Cycle Strategies and National Programmes in Russia
 1200-1500: Lunch BreakoInternational Activities on P & T and the Fuel Cycle:
 1500-1530: Overview of EU Activities in Partitioning and Transmutation
Research in the EURATOM 6th and 7th Framework Programmes (EUBhatnagar) 1530-1600: IAEA Activities in the Area of Partitioning and Transmutation(IAEA Stanculescu)
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1630-1700: Overview of NEA activities in Partitioning and Transmutation(OECD/NEA Dujardin)
1700-1730: Improved resources utilisation, waste minimisation andproliferation resistance in a regional context (ANL and CEA Salvatores)Tuesday 26: Conference Dinner at 20:00

Technical Session I: Progress in fuels and targets(Wednesday 27, Chairs: D. Warin and K. Minato)
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0900-0930: Progress in fuels for fast reactors (CEA Tourasse)0930-0950: Overview of ITU Work on Inert Matrix Fuels (ITU Fernandez)
0950-1010: Oxide Fuels and Targets for Transmutation (CEA Sudreau)1010-1040: Coffee Break
1040-1110: Progress in Transmutation Targets from EFTTRA (ITU Haas)
1110-1135: Metallic Fuels for Transmutation (INL Hayes)
1135-1200: JAEA’s Activities on Nitride Fuel Research for Minor Actinide
Transmutation (JAEA Arai)
1200-1400: Lunch BreakTechnical Session II: Progress in partitioning and waste forms(Wednesday 27, Chairs: B. Boullis and S. W. Park)
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1400-1430: Recent Activities on Aqueous Partitioning at JAEA (JAEA Kimura)
1430-1500: Development of Spent Fuel Processing Technologies in the UnitedStates (ANL Laidler)
1500-1530: Coffee Break
1530-1550: EUROPART: European Research Programme for Partitioning of Minor
Actinides Within High Active Wastes Issuing the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear
Fuels – Some of the Principal Results Obtained (CEA Madic)
1550-1610: Partitioning of Fissile and Radiotoxic Materials from Spent Nuclear Fuel
(RIAR Kormilitsyn)
1610-1630: Partitioning Research at the Joint Research Center-Institute forTransuranium Elements (ITU Glatz)
1630-1650: Progress in Partitioning: Activities in ATLANTE (CEA Baron)
1650-1710: Pyroprocess Technology for Metal Fuel Cycle with Integration of Oxide
Fuel Treatment at CRIEPI (CRIEPI Inoue)
1710-1730: Carbide Fuel Reprocessing and Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Development(IGCAR Raj)

Poster Session: contributed papers for all Technical Sessions(Wednesday 27, 1800-2200. A buffet will be served)

Technical Session III: Spallation targets, dedicated transmutation systems, coolants, physics
and nuclear data (Thursday 28, Chairs: C. Fazio and J. Wallenius)

0900-0930: EUROTRANS: European Research Programme for the Transmutationof High-level Nuclear Waste in an Accelerator-driven System (FZK Knebel)
0930-1000: Research and Development on ADS at JAEA (JAEA Oigawa)Page 2 of 8

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1000-1030: Presentation of the MYRRHA Draft-2 Design File: State-of-the-Art of the
Project at Mid-2005 and Prospects for Realisation (SCK CEN Abderrahim Hamit)
1030-1100: Coffee Break
1100-1130: IP-EUROTRANS DM5: Nuclear Data for Transmutation (NUDATRA)
Overview and Status (CIEMAT González),1130-1200: MEGAPIE Target: A Key Experiment for the Demonstration of ADS(CEA Latgé)
1200-1230: Los Alamos Transmutation Research: Heavy Liquid Metal Coolant
Technology and Accelerator-driven Materials Test Station (LANL Li)
1230-1400: Lunch BreakTechnical Session IV: Transmutation in Generation IV Reactors, Implications for waste
management, in particular for geological disposal(Thursday 28, Chairs: A. van Luik and M. Salvatores) 1400-1430: Transmutation capabilities of Generation IV reactors (US DOE Goldner) 1430-1500: Progress in Red-Impact (KTH Gudowski)
 1500-1530: Coffee Break 1530-1600: Criteria Derived for Geological Disposal Concepts (ANL Wigeland) 1600-1630: NEA Study on the Impact of Advanced Cycles on Waste Management
Policies Project (PSI Cavedon) 1630-1700: Issues Related to Public Perception of Radioactive Waste Management
Options (EU Taylor)Summary Session (Guidez and Session Chairs) (Thursday 28, 1700-1800)

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Friday 29 September: Technical visits (ATALANTE, PHENIX, MELOX)

Contributed papers will be presented during the Poster Session on Wednesday 27, from 1800 to
2200. Papers have been arranged in the following order: firstly by topic (according to theTechnical Sessions I to IV) and then, within each topic, by alphabetical order according to thesurname of the submitting author. Consequently, each paper is identified in the Book of Abstracts
and during the poster session as shown below:
Contributed Presentations to Technical Session I: Progress in fuels and targets
J. Carmack, R.J. Kennedy, S. Hayes, D. Utterbeck, G. Chang, B. Hilton
Preliminary Design for the AFC-2 Transmutation Nuclear Fuel Test ...............................I-c-1
M.J. den Exter, F.C. Klaassen, G.J.L.M. de Haas, R.P.C. Schram
Investigation of He-induced Swelling Behaviour of Inert Matrices
by 10B Doping: The BODEX Irradiation Experiment .........................................................I-c-2
P. Jaecki, S. Pillon, D. Warin, L. Donnet, S.L. Hayes, J.R. Kennedy,
K. Pasamehmetoglu, S.L. Voit, D. Haas, A. Fernandez, Y. Arai
Update on the FUTURIX-FTA Experiment in Phénix .......................................................I-c-3
P. Jaecki, D. Warin, J.P. Ottaviani, E. Abonneau, R. Soule,
Y. Peneliau, E. Brunon, D. Haas, A. Fernandez
Update on the CAMIX-COCHIX Experiment in Phénix ....................................................I-c-4
J.R. Kennedy, T. O’Holleran, D. Keiser
Results from the Characterisation of the FUTURIX-FTA Metal Alloy
Transmutation Fuels ........................................................................................................I-c-5

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S. Lemonnier, S. Grandjean, A-C. Robisson, J-P. Jolivet
Sol-gel Chemistry Applied to the Synthesis of Am-bearing Cubic
Stabilised Zirconia: Reactivity and Structure from Solution to Solid State .......................I-c-6
W. Maschek, X. Chen, C. Matzerath Boccaccini, A. Rineiski, J. Wallenius,
V. Sobolev, P. Smith, R. Thetford, J.P. Ottaviani, S. Pillon, D. Haas
First Results of Safety Analyses for ADTS with CERCER and CERMET Fuels
Within the EUROTRANS-AFTRA Programme .................................................................I-c-7
S. Voit, K. McClellan, C. Stanek, S. Maloy
Actinide Nitride Ceramic Transmutation Fuels for the
FUTURIX-FTA Irradiation Experiment .............................................................................I-c-8
Contributed Presentations to Technical Session II: Progress in partitioning and waste forms
H. Asp, G. Modolo, C. Schreinemachers, H. Vijgen
Development of a TODGA-process for Co-separation of Trivalent
Actinides and Lanthanides from a High Active Raffinate .................................................II-c-1
D. Beller, W. Kernan, M. Schanfein, T. Ward, A. Rimsky-Korsakov,
F. Harmon, Q. Newell, L. Lakeotes, T. Beller, B. Howard, P. Attur
Combined Radiation Detection Methods for the AFCI MPAC Project ..............................II-c-2
L. Berthon, N. Zorz, E. Leclerc, B. Gannaz, C. Hill
Use of Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) for theCharacterisation of Complexes – Ligand-metallic Cations in Solution .............................II-c-3
S. Bourg, C. Caravaca, E. Walle, G. de Angelis,
R. Malmbeck, B.G. Lewin, J. Uhlir, T. Inoue, V. Luca
Pyrochemistry Within EUROPART from the Acquisition of Basic Data
to the Processes for the Treatment of Spent Fuels..........................................................II-c-4
B. Camès, B. Saucerotte, D. Rudloff, M. Faucon, I. Bisel
DIAMEX Solvent Behaviour Under Continuous Degradation
and Regeneration Operation............................................................................................II-c-5
C. Caravaca, G. De Córdoba, L. Gutiérrez
Salt Decontamination Treatment from a Pyrochemical Spent
Fuel Process in Molten LiCl-KCl ......................................................................................II-c-6
L. Cassayre, R. Malmbeck, P. Masset, J. Serp, P. Soucek, J-P.Glatz
Electrorefining of UZr and UPuZr Alloys onto Al Cathodes in LiCl-KCl Melt ....................II-c-7
Y-J. Cho, H-C. Yang, H-C. Eun, E-H. Kim, I-T. Kin
Treatment of Waste Salts by Oxygen Sparging and Vacuum Distillation.........................II-c-8
G. De Córdoba, A. Laplace, J. Lacquement, C. Caravaca
Determination of Basic Properties of Actinide Elements in Molten
Chlorides: Application to Neptunium ................................................................................II-c-9
G.D. Del Cul, B.B. Spencer, E.D. Collins
Advanced Head-end Alternatives for the Processing of US Spent Nuclear Fuel .............II-c-10
A.G. Espartero, P. Prados, M.T. Murillo, M. Almaraz,
J. Sánchez-Quesada, J.L. Gascón, J. de Mendoza
Study of the Extracting Properties of New Bis-malonamide Ligands
for An(III) and Ln(III) Co-extraction ..................................................................................II-c-11
Y. Fujii, T. Suzuki, S. Koyama, M. Ozawa
Extensive Reprocessing Process for All Actinide Recycling
Based on Tertiary Pyridine Resin.....................................................................................II-c-12
H. Geckeis, D. Guillaneux, Th. Wiss, F. Joppen, M.A. Denecke,
A. Scheinost, G. Geipel, A. Scheidegger, P. Chaix
European Laboratories for Actinide Research: The Actinide Pooled Facilities ................II-c-13

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A. Geist, G. Modolo, M. Weigl, K. Gompper
Partitioning of Minor Actinides: Research at Jülich and Karlsruhe Research Centres .....II-c-14
A. Geist, M.A. Denecke, P.J. Panak, M. Weigl, B. Schimmelpfennig, K. Gompper
On the Selectivity of BTP Extractants for Am(III) and Cm(III) Over Lanthanides .............II-c-15
A. Geist, D. Magnussen, D. Serrano-Purroy,
B. Christiansen, R. Malmbeck, M. Weigl, K. Gompper
Towards a Hot DIAMEX Test in a Hollow Fibre Module Micro-plant ................................II-c-16
C. Hill, L. Berthon, C. Madic, M.J. Hudson, M.R.S. Foreman
A Study of the Resistance of some N-heterocycles (BTPS) to Radiolysis .......................II-c-17
I-T. Kim, H-S. Park, J-G. Kim, H-C. Yang, Y-J. Cho, E-H. Kim
R&D Activities on the Management of Waste Chloride Salts in KAERI............................II-c-18
T. Koyama, T. Hijikata, K. Kinoshita, T. Yokoo, T. Inoue
Development of Engineering Technology Basis for Pyrometallurgical
Reprocessing: Development of Transport Technology and Pyroprocess Equipments.....II-c-19
S-W. Kwon, J-H. Lee, J-B. Shim, E-H. Kim
The Electrolysis of Actinide Chloride by a Solid CathodeSurrounded with a Ceramic Container .............................................................................II-c-20
A. Laplace, O. Conocar, J. Finne, S. Delpech,
J. Vermeulen, L. Blairat, G. Picard, E. Walle, J. Lacquement
Liquid Metallic Solvents Hierarchy for Actinides/Lanthanides Separation........................II-c-21
J.D. Law, D.R. Peterman, T.A. Todd, D.A. Meikrantz, C.L. Riddle
Flow-sheet Testing of the Fission Product Extraction Process for the
Separation of Caesium and Strontium from Spent Nuclear Fuel......................................II-c-22
A.G. Maslennikov, J. Vermeulen, Ph. Moisy
Uranium Carbide Oxidation with Nitrous Acid in Acid Solutions.......................................II-c-23
B.J. Mincher, D.R. Peterman, S.P. Mezyk
Radiolysis of FPEX Solvent, Decomposition Rate and Effect on Performance................II-c-24
G. Modolo, H. Asp, C. Schreinemachers, H. Vijgen
Recovery of Actinides from High Active Raffinates by Extraction
Chromatography Using TODGA + TBP Impregnated Resins ..........................................II-c-25
M. Ozawa, R. Fujita, S. Koyama,T. Suzuki,Y. Fujii
Strategic Recycling of Fission Products in Nuclear Fuel Cycle
as for Hydrogen Production Catalysts..............................................................................II-c-26
B-H. Park, S-M. Jeong, I-K. Choi, C-S. Seo, S-W. Park
Process Analysis of the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process (ACP) ...................II-c-27
A. Paulenova, P. Tkac
Reactivity of Hydroxamic Acids in Nitric Acid Solutions ...................................................II-c-28
C-S. Seo, S-M. Jeong, J-M. Hur, S-B. Park,
S-S. Hong, D-S. Kang, M-S. Jung, S-W. Park
Inactive Demonstration of the Electrolytic Reduction of Uranium Oxides
in the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process (ACP) ...............................................II-c-29
C. SorelTechnical Feasibility of the DIAMEX Process ..................................................................II-c-30
B.B. Spencer, G.D. Del Cul, C.H. Mattus, E.D. Collins
Development of a Modified Grind-leach Process for Processing
TRISO-coated Reactor Fuel.............................................................................................II-c-31
D.W. Tedder
Practical Actinide Partitioning...........................................................................................II-c-32

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R. Tuláčková, K. Chuchvalcová Bímová, F. LisýElectroseparation Studies of the Actinides and Lanthanides in Molten Fluoride Media ...II-c-33
J. Uhlíř
Current Status of R&D on MSR Fuel Cycle Technology in the Czech Republic ..............II-c-34
Contributed Presentations to Technical Session III: Spallation targets, dedicatedtransmutation systems, coolants, physics and nuclear data
H. Aït Abderrahim, G. Rimpault, L. Cinotti, B. Giraud, C. Artioli, A. Mueller,
Th. Kirchner, R. Sehgal, D. Struwe, A. Orden, J. Pirson, A. Rolfe
Development of the Design of Heavy-liquid-metal-cooled XT-ADS and EFIT:
Status and Recent Results from Domain Design of EUROTRANS..................................III-c-1
F. Álvarez-Velarde, P.T. León, E.M. González-Romero
EVOLCODE2, A Combined Neutronics and Burn-up Evolution Simulation Code............III-c-2
M. Badea, R. Dagan, C.H.M. Broeders
Validation of TRIGA Reactivity Coefficients .....................................................................III-c-3
D.E. Beller, K. Sabourov, J. Chen, K. Folkman, J. Bennion
Preliminary Results of Reactor-accelerator Coupling Experiments (RACE)
Project at Idaho State University......................................................................................III-c-4
D.E. Beller, F. Harmon, T. Ward, F. Goldner
Update on the US AFCI Reactor-accelerator Coupling Experiments (RACE) Project......III-c-5
C.H.M. Broeders, A.Yu. Konobeyev, L. Mercatali
An Extensive Assessment of the Predictive Capabilities of Different Nuclear Models
for the Calculation of Proton-induced Reaction Cross-sections up to 200 MeV ...............III-c-6
C.H. Cho, T.Y. SongCorrosion Resistance of As-received and Surface-treated Steels
Exposed to Static Liquid Lead at 600°C...........................................................................III-c-7
C.H. Cho, C.H. Cho, W.K. Lee, T.Y. Song
Fabrication of the Lead-bismuth Corrosion Test Loop .....................................................III-c-8
E.D. Collins, J-P. Renier
Quantitative Comparisons of Actinide Partitioning-transmutation inLight Water Reactors and Fast Reactors .........................................................................III-c-9
F. Delage, D. Haas, W. Maschek, J.P. Ottaviani, V. Sobolev
Advanced Fuels for Transmutation Systems within EUROTRANS Project......................III-c-10
C. Fazio, A. Alamo, A. Almazouzi, D. Gomez-Briceno,
F. Groeschel, F. Roelofs, P. Turroni
Development and Assessment of Structural Materials and Heavy-liquid-metal
Technology for Transmutation Systems (DEMETRA) within EUROTRANS ....................III-c-11
G. Granget, P. Baeten, M. Schikorr, W. Gudowski, R. Rosa, P. AgostiniExperimental Activities on the Coupling of an Accelerator, a Spallation Target
and a Subcritical Blanket: Status and Recent Results from Domain ECATSof EUROTRANS ..............................................................................................................III-c-12
T. Hill, F. Tovesson
Capture Cross-section Measurement Programme at LANSCE........................................III-c-13
P. Hosemann, N. Li, S. Maloy
Material Testing for Liquid Metal Targets .........................................................................III-c-14
V. Ignatiev, V. Afonichkin, O. Feynberg, A. Lopatkin, A. Merzlyakov,
A. Myasnikov, A. Panov, V. Smirnov, V. Subbotin, A. Surenkov, A. Toropov,
I. Tretiakov, G. Vanukova, R. Zakirov, D. Da Cruz, S. Dulla, E. Malambu,
W. Maschek, A. Rineiski, M. Schikorr, A. Stanculescu, S. Wang

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Progress in Integrated Study of Molten Salt Actinide Recycler andTransmuter System (MOSART) .......................................................................................III-c-15
G.L. Khorasanov, A.P. Ivanov, A.I. Blokhin
Neutronic and Physical Characteristics of an Accelerator-driven Systemwith a Coolant from the Lead-208 Isotope .......................................................................III-c-16
A.J. Koning
Nuclear Data for Transmutation: Current Status ..............................................................III-c-17
S. Koyama, T. MitsugashiraExperimental Evaluation of Transmutation Behaviour for Americium
Under Fast and Thermal Neutron Spectra .......................................................................III-c-18
M. Labilloy, J. Moerenhout, S. Shihab, D. Boulanger, B. Lance
Building a WIMS Validation Database for the Calculationof Spent Nuclear Fuel Inventory.......................................................................................III-c-19
P.T. León, A. Lafuente, J.M. Martínez-Val
Analysis of Thermal Transients in Accelerator-driven Systems .......................................III-c-20
F. Mellier, P. Fougeras, J-F. Lebrat, A. Billebaud, R. Brissot, E. Liatard
Conclusions and Perspectives After the Achievement of the MUSE-4
Programme at the MASURCA Facility .............................................................................III-c-21
A. Plompen (on behalf of the EFNUDAT consortium)
EFNUDAT – European Facilities for Nuclear Data Measurements in theInterest of Nuclear Waste Transmutation and Minimisation .............................................III-c-22
A. Plompen
High-precision and High-resolution Measurements of (n,xnγ) Cross-sections
on the Isotopes of Lead and Bismuth...............................................................................III-c-23
P. Schuurmans, T. Kirchner, A. Cadiou, J.M. Buhour, K. Van Tichelen,
M. Dierckx, R. Stieglitz, D. Coors, L. Cinotti, F. Roelofs, H. Aït Abderrahim
Design and Supporting R&D of the XT-ADS Spallation Target ........................................III-c-24
V. Sobolev, W. Haeck, A. Aït Abderrahim
Assessment of Americium Transmutation in Magnesia and Molybdenum
Targets in Different Spectral Zones of ADS Myrrha .........................................................III-c-25
F. Sordo, P.T. León, J.M. Martínez-Val
Analysis of Solid Spallation Neutron Sources for Experimental
Accelerator-driven Systems .............................................................................................III-c-26
F. Tovesson, T. Hill
Fission Cross-section Measurement Programme at LANSCE .........................................III-c-27
G. Van den Eynde, L. Cinotti, B. Giraud, A. Hogenbirk, P. Vaz,
M.C. Vincente, P. Coddington, D. Struwe, G. Rimpault, C. Artioli
The Transmutation and Irradiation Performances of the XT-ADS....................................III-c-28
F. Varaine, A. Zaetta
Review on Transmutation Scientific Feasibility Studies at CEA .......................................III-c-29
M.C. Vicente, E.M. González Romero
Transmutation Capabilities of the PDS-XADS LBE Core .................................................III-c-30
J. Wallenius, D. Westlén, T. Bäck
Fast Spectrum Transmutation of Minor Actinides in the Topof BWRs Using Metal Fuel ...............................................................................................III-c-31
Contributed Presentations to Technical Session IV: Transmutation in Generation IV
Reactors, Implications for waste management, in particular for geological disposal
J. Ahn, T. Ikegami
Effective Application of Partitioning and Transmutation Technologies
to Geologic Disposal ........................................................................................................IV-c-1

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N. Amrani, W. Boukhenfouf, S. Nehoua, A. Boucenna
The Primordial Role of the Partitioning and Transmutation Option
in the Waste Management Strategy.................................................................................IV-c-2
A. Aquien, M. Kazimi, P. Hejzlar
The Impact of Spent Fuel Reprocessing Facilities Deployment on TRU Inventory
Management for Alternative Fuel Cycle Strategies ..........................................................IV-c-3
N. Cerullo, G. Lomonaco, V. Romanello, E. Bomboni
Nuclear Waste Impact Reduction Using Multiple Fuel Recycling Strategies....................IV-c-4
A. Epiney, S. Pelloni, P. Coddington, R. Chawla
Comparison of Transmutation Capability for Two Generation IV
GCFR Start-up Cores Employing (U,Pu)C Cercer Fuel ...................................................IV-c-5
I.S. Hwang
Global Transmutation Experimental Reactor Concept .....................................................IV-c-6
P.T. León, M. Sánchez, J. Muñoz, J.M. Martínez-Val
Impact of Pebble Bed Once-through Transmutation in the Final Repository ...................IV-c-7
B. Merk, C.H.M. Broeders
On the Accumulated Plutonium Mass Against the Background of the FixedElectricity Amount Regulated by Law in Germany ...........................................................IV-c-8
S. Nakayama, Y. Morita, K. Nishihara, H. Oigawa
Waste Disposal for Partitioning-transmutation Cycle .......................................................IV-c-9
H.P. Nawada, C. Ganguly
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities at the IAEA........................................................IV-c-10
C.H. Zimmerman, R.G. Moore, C. Robbins
The ORION Fuel Cycle Modelling Code ..........................................................................IV-c-11

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