Recent Developments and Applications of Nuclear Technologies

Plenary Session I - Nuclear Energy for Poland

- Nuclear and radiation safety and security
- It's high time to accelerate nuclear power development in Poland
- Basics in the nuclear power development: Important questions in course of the public debate
- Development of sustainable nuclear energy in Europe

Plenary Session II (Application of Nuclear and Ionizing Radiation)

- IAEA activities in support of capacity development and application of radioisotope products and radiation technology
- Nuclear and Ionizing Radiations Technologies
- Role of nuclear and radiation technologies in oil, gas and coal mining, distribution and power sector applications

Session I (Nuclear Energy and Waste Treatment)

- Nuclear fuel worldwide reserves
- Which nuclear power technologies may serve Poland the best
- Nitride – 15N nuclear fuels for advanced Nuclear Power Reactors and Accelerator- Driven Systems
- Nuclear Safety Research at the Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
- Liquid low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes treatment – the challenge for membrane methods
- Neutron fields produced in heavy spallation targets by 200 MeV electron beams

Session II (Environment and Radiation Protection)

- Distribution of stable isotopes in the Sava River in Serbia
- Preliminary studies on origin of variations in concentration of radium isotopes in ground waters
- Natural radioactivity elements in Karpathian, mineral, specific waters and their chemical composition
- Investigation of Particle Size-Dependent Neutron Shielding Efficiency
- Biological dosimetry the perspectives and limitations

Session III (Nuclear Techniques for Industry and Environment I)

- Optimization of Industrial Radiography Technique for Defect Detection of Oil and Gas Pipeline in Weld Regions by Image processing methods
- Corrosion detection improvement of oil and gas pipelines with industrial radiography method by using image processing
- Metrological features of radiometric dust concentration monitors operating with wireless communication system
- Measurement of thin layer thickness deposited on a substrate by PIXE method

Session IV (Food Irradiation)

- A Study on optimization the sample preparation for gas chromatographic methods used in routine irradiated foodstuffs detection
- Vitamin E content and sensory qualities of ?-irradiated sunflower whole grain cookies
- Evaluation of ?-radiation on volatiles in green tea
- Comet Assay to verify the quality of irradiated frozen chicken giblets

Session V (Nuclear Techniques for Industry and Environment II)

- Leakage control methods for metal underground tanks and tanks placed on hardened soil with the use of radioactive tracers
- Calibration and applications of modern track detectors CR-39/PM-355 in nuclear physics and high temperature plasma experiments
- Scintillating setup for high accessibility detection of low activity ionizing radiations.
- Radiation – induced RAFT-mediated graft polymerization.

Session VI (Radiopharmaceuticals and Radioisotope Production)

- Synthesis of Rh[16aneS4-diol]211At and Ir[16aneS4-diol]211At complexes - possibly new precursors for labelling with astatine
- Concept of boron neutron capture therapy facilty at reactor Maria in Świerk
- Gel metal-oxide composites as filling materials for W-188/Re-188 generator columns
- Development and production of radioactive sources for cancer treatment in Brazil

Session VII (Industrial Application of Radiation)

- Mobile Electron Accelerator for Environmental Researches
- Unit processes and unit operations in radiation processing
- Electron beam flue gas treatment process for purification of exhaust gases with high SO2 concetration
- Evaluation of polymers designed for radiation processing
- Radiation modification of the functional properties of the edible films prepared using starch and starch-lipid system
- Development of an Irradiation System for a Small Size Continuous Run Multipurpose Gamma Irradiator

Session VIII (Nuclear Medicine and Therapy)

- PET-CT imaging in clinical hematology
- Supported Software for SPECT Images Analysis and Myocardial Perfusion Diagnosis
- Neurodegenerative Disorders Recognition Using X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy and Artificial Neural Networks Methods
- New challenges on tumor nuclear imaging targeting integrin ?vß3
- Electronics X-ray Sources for Brachytherapy
- Mechanical properties of human bone-tendon-bone grafts and human pins and screws grafts preserved by different methods and radiation-sterilised. Used for ligamet reconstruction