Date
January 28-30, 2014
Venue
Ricotti, Tokai-mura, Japan
3-1-1 Funaishikawaekihigashi, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1118, Japan
Purpose
Nuclear nonproliferation is a critical global issue. A key technological challenge to ensuring nuclear nonproliferation and security is the detection of long-lived radioisotopes and fissionable nuclides in a non-destructive manner. This technological challenge requires new methods for detecting relevant nuclides and the development of new quantum-beam sources. For example, one new method that has been proposed and studied is nuclear resonance fluorescence with energy-tunable, monochromatic gamma-rays generated by Compton scattering of laser photons with electrons.
The development of new methods requires the help of researchers from a wide range of fields, such as nuclear physics, accelerator physics, laser physics, etc. Furthermore, any new method must be compatible with the requirements of administrators and nuclear-material inspectors. This symposium provides a valuable forum for meeting many people from all these different fields.
Topics
- Nuclear resonance fluorescence and photonuclear reactions
- Low-spin nuclear structure
- Laser Compton scattering photon beams and other gamma-ray sources
- Nuclear security at airports, seaports, and other important areas
- Material control or inspection for storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuels
- Technological developments for assaying the radioactive materials from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants
- Neutron-induced reactions and compact neutron sources
- Quantum beam sources for nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear physics for nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear data for nuclear nonproliferation
Invited Speakers
- Bernhard Ludewigt (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Calvin R. Howell (Duke University)
- Chary Rangacharyulu (University of Saskatchewan)
- Christopher P.J. Barty (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Deniz Savran (ExtreMe Matter Institute (EMMI) / GSI)
- Dino Jaroszynski (University of Strathclyde)
- Haruo Miyadera (Toshiba Corporation)
- Hideaki Ohgaki (Kyoto University)
- Hiroaki Utsunomiya (Konan University)
- Junji Urakawa (KEK)
- Laurent Audouin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifiqu)
- Luca Serafini (INFN-Milan)
- Masayuki Igashira (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Massimo Ferrario (INFN-Milan)
- Mitsuru Uesaka (University of Tokyo)
- Robert Ledoux (Passport System Inc.)
- Ronald Schwengner (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
- Shuji Miyamoto (University of Hyogo)
- Sydney Gales (ELI-NP)
- Vladimir Nedorezov (Institute for Nuclear Research RAS)
International Advisory Committee
- Christopher P.J. Barty (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Luca Serafini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano)
- Mitsuru Uesaka (University of Tokyo)
- Muhsin N. Harakeh (Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen)
- Shigeru Kubono (RIKEN)
- Sydney Gales (ELI-NP)
- William Bertozzi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Yoshiaki Kiyanagi (Hokkaido University)
- Yoshihiro Nakagome (Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization)
The local organizing committee
Masao Senzaki (Chair), Paul Bolton (Co-chair), Mamoru Fujiwara, Takehito Hayakawa, Ryoichi Hajima, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Michio Seya, Yosuke Naoi, Naoki Kobayashi
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