International Thorium Energy Conference 2023 – CERN, Geneva (Postponed to September 1 to 5, 2024)

Europe/Zurich
Jean-Christophe de Mestral (iThEC), Jean-Pierre Revol (Yonsei University (KR))
Description

Due to circumstances beyond the Organizing Committee’s control, mainly related to logistic issues, the Committee have decided to change the date of the conference. In doing so, we will benefit from recent improvements in the facilities at CERN and can expect a larger panel of participants to be available.

Discussing the role of thorium in the future of our civilisation remains as relevant as ever. We are fully committed to making iThEC24, to be held at CERN from September 1st to September 5th, 2024, a great success, as was the case for ThEC13.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this change may cause you. We hope we will still be able to count on your support and advice.

We will send out updated documentation and a link to the conference as soon as they become available. 

The Organization Committee expresses its deep appreciation for your understanding.

The international Thorium Energy Committee iThEC is organizing, in cooperation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, iThEC23, an international conference on thorium as a sustainable energy resource, at CERN, in Geneva Switzerland, from Sunday September 24 to Thursday September 28, 2023.

 

 

Ten years after the ThEC13 conference at CERN, considerable progress has been made in Thorium research and the times are ripe to review the status of innovative Thorium technologies as a game changer in carbon-free energy generation. iThEC23 will bring together the main actors in the development of thorium energy systems in order to promote global scientific exchange and cooperation among specialists.A public event for all interested is also on the programme.

After an introductory session on global energy issues, the conference will address the scientific and technical advances offered by thorium to alternative nuclear technologies for carbon-free energy production, as well as to recycling and transmutation of spent nuclear fuel. The conference will be a forum for experts to present and discuss state-of-the-art and future developments of thorium facilities and enabling technologies, including mining, fuel cycles, materials, thermal hydraulics, neutronics, controls, simulation and modelling, advanced nuclear reactors and accelerators. Future industrial, environmental and commercial prospects will be presented, together with national thorium policies, to inform potential investors.

 

The conference subjects will be presented in a broadly accessible language at the event for the general public.

 

Conference subjects at a glance

  • Global energy challenges and opportunities at the dawn of the Third Millennium
  • Thorium origin and physical properties
  • Conceptual aspects of thorium power reactors, MSR, HTR, Lead- and LBE-cooled reactors.
  • Neutron physics of thorium reactors
  • Thorium fuel cycle and elimination of nuclear waste
  • Materials technology
  • Thorium accelerator-driven systems (ADS)
  • Non-proliferation, thorium systems safety and regulations

An International Scientific Advisory Committee chosen among international actors in the development of thorium energy systems was set up in order to advise on topics and potential speakers. 

 

Registration for the conference is now open  
We encourage you to register a soon as possible, to profit from the lower fees before the early registration deadline  

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

Participants
  • Frederick BORDRY
  • Ganapati Myneni
  • GELES CLAUDE
  • Jan Honinckx
  • Jean-Pierre Revol
  • Jonna Vejrup Carlsen
  • Marcello Losasso
  • Mohammed Yahia
  • Yacine Kadi
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    • Reception cocktail and Conference check-in at Hotel President Wilson Hotel President Wilson, Quai Wilson 47, 1211 Genève (CERN)

      Hotel President Wilson, Quai Wilson 47, 1211 Genève

      CERN

      Reception at Hotel President Wilson – Distribution of participant kit including CERN access pass 47, quai Wilson, Geneva

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    • Conference check-in continuation

      Registration for those who could not register at the reception on Sunday evening

    • 1
      Conference outlook - by President of iThEC
      Speaker: Jean-Christophe De Mestral (iThEC)
    • 2
      Welcome - by CERN Director General
      Speaker: Fabiola Gianotti (CERN)
    • 3
      Societal energy issues and pathways to a clean energy future
    • 4
      Energy and sustainability, a role for nuclear energy - by IAEA representative
    • Conference Photo
    • 10:55
      Coffee / Conference Photo
    • 5
      Nuclear energy in the future of America - by DOE representative
    • 6
      Nuclear energy in the future of Europe - by EURATOM representative
    • 7
      Thorium in the future of India - by representative of AEC
    • 13:00
      Lunch Break
    • 8
      Thorium historical review and resources - by a geologist from Norway
    • 9
      Thorium Chemistry & Physical property review
    • 10
      History of nuclear reactors having used thorium
    • 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11
      Thorium fuel cycle - by IAEA representative
      Speaker: Mr Kailash Agarwal (IAEA)
    • 12
      Thorium prospects in Turkey
    • 13
      Women in Nuclear
    • Globe public event: on the theme Energy, Thorium and Society: the role of Science / Evènement public: sur le thème Energie, Thorium et Société: le rôle de la Science
    • Specific Thorium Projects
    • 14
      Thorium in GEN IV / SMR Physics
    • 15
      Thorium Molten Salt Reactors / China
    • 16
      Thorium Molten Salt Reactors / USA
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Conference Photo
    • Specific Thorium Projects
    • 17
      Thorium Molten Salt Reactors / France
    • 18
      Thorium Molten Salt Reactors / Denmark
    • 19
      Other Reactors using Thorium
    • 20
      The Newcleo Project
    • 13:00
      Lunch Break
    • 21
      Introduction to ADS and the MYRRHA project
    • Specific Thorium Projects
    • 22
      The Transmutex Project
    • 23
      China ADS
    • 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • 24
      The KIPT ADS
    • 25
      Development and demonstration of a small ADSR using an electron accelerator
      Speakers: Asiya Saad Rumana, Ganapati Mineni, Prof. Roger Barlow
    • 19:30
      Conference cocktail and banquet at Hotel President Wilson, Geneva Geneva (Hotel President Wilson)

      Geneva

      Hotel President Wilson

      Conference banquet talk delivered by M. Pascal Couchepin Former President of the Swiss Confederation

    • 26
      Slot to be filled
    • Technology Development
    • 27
      Thorium Fuel Fabrication / Thor Energy
    • 28
      Thorium Fuel Fabricatiion / IGCAR India
    • 29
      Innovative Thorium Fuel
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Technology Development
    • 30
      Thorium Reporcessing: Pyro
    • 31
      Thorium Reporcessing: Thorex
    • 32
      Slot to be filled
    • 33
      Slot to be filled
    • 13:00
      Lunch Break
    • 34
      Present and future of Nuclear Data for Science and Technology: An international perspective
      Speaker: Arjan Koning (IAEA)
    • Thorium Physical Data
    • 35
      The neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF) at CERN: From fundamental physics to advanced nuclear technologies
      Speaker: Alberto Mengoni (IAEA)
    • 36
      Neutron capture and fission on Thorium: Impact of accuracy and uncertainties on future technologies
      Speaker: Frank Gunsing (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
    • 37
      Thorium Data - 2
    • 16:30
      Coffee Break
    • Round Table Discussion: Critical issues with thorium technologies
    • Licensing and economic of thorium systems
    • 38
      Safety aspects and licensing of thorium fuel
    • 39
      Proliferation aspects of uranium versus thorium fuel cycles
    • 40
      Economic aspects of thorium systems
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Societal issues

      Round Table Discussion

    • 41
      Societal issues and acceptance of innovative technologies
    • Concluding remarks, and a look into the future
      Convener: Jean-Christophe de Mestral (i)
    • Closing Ceremony
      Conveners: Mr Jean-Christophe De Mestral (iThEC), Jean-Pierre Revol (Yonsei University (KR))
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • CERN Visit