foreword
The conference "Nuclear Energy for New Europe"
attempts to address the prospects of nuclear energy in present and future
Europe. It evolved from annual conferences of Nuclear Society of Slovenia
which started in Bovec in 1992. This year the conference was attended by
136 participants from 18 countries and from the International Atomic
Energy Agency. The technical part of the program was complemented by the afternoon trip to the famous Postojna Cave. This and other social
activities stimulated the friendly and productive atmosphere at the
conference.
The editorial activities of these Proceedings started in the January 2004
with Call for papers and 121 abstracts were submitted by May. A Program
Committee meeting was held in June in Ljubljana where the program of the
conference was outlined. Invited lecturers covered a wide range of topics
from first-hand experience from UN inspection in Iraq to media reporting
on nuclear power and to the ITER fusion project. Contributed papers also
presented a variety of new scientific, technical and operational results.
There were 107 presentations at the conference and they were divided into
10 sections. Around half of contributions were presented orally and others
as posters. Each paper was reviewed by two referees before being included
in the Proceedings.
Following the tradition of previous meetings, award was given for the best
paper prepared by first author aged no more than 32 years. Seven young
authors participated in the contest and the Award for Young Authors was
presented to:
Luka Snoj, Slovenia for the paper
Effect of Packing
Fraction Variations on Reactivity in Pebble-Bed Reactor
(co-authored by Matjaž Ravnik)
We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our institution, i.e.,
the Jožef Stefan Institute, and to all other sponsors who contributed to
the success of the meeting. We would also like to acknowledge the
dedication and hard work of all reviewers and the members of the
Organization Committee.
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Marjan Tkavc
Chairman of the Organizing Committee |
Igor Jenčič
Chairman of the Program Committee |
Ljubljana, December 2004
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