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Zwentendorf NPP –- the reactor that never went into operation
The Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear plant built in Austria, of six nuclear plants originally envisaged. Construction of the plant began in April 1972, as a boiling-water reactor rated at 692 MWe power output. The plant was finished, but never went into operation. The startup of the Zwentendorf plant, and also the construction of the other five plants, was vetoed by a referendum on 5 November 1978. A narrow majority of 50.47% (i.e. with a margin of less than 1%) voted against the startup.
Since then, the plant has been partly dismantled. Today, the reactor is used to provide spare parts to three similar German reactors and to train foreign operators. Also, a solar power plant has been constructed on the premises.
Since 1978, Austria has had a law prohibiting fission reactors for electrical power generation.
During the tour, visitors will have the unique opportunity to see the reactor internals (including the core, control rod mechanism, detectors), which is no longer possible once a reactor becomes operational.
Buffet dinner at Viennese Heurigen Zum Martin Sepp
Eastern Austria boasts thousands of Heurigens, which are wine taverns nestling at the foot of the slopes where wine has been grown since Roman times. After a busy day on pre-conference excursions, we invite you to relax and enjoy typical local fare at one of these taverns, the delightful Heurigen — Zum Martin Sepp — in the Vienna suburb of Grinzing, a former village, at the edge of the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald). The typical local food — served as a buffet — is tasty and simple, with plenty of vegetarian options, and the wine is dry and delicious (non-alcoholic drinks are also available). You’ll hear some traditional Wienerlieder played by the tavern musicians at some point during the evening.
This session will highlight the challenges and opportunities for women working in the nuclear field to identify and share insights, experiences and best practices in professional development. The session will also discuss the need to raise awareness of possible employment opportunities in the peaceful use of nuclear sciences among female experts working in healthcare, environment, finance, law etc., including young students to increase their interest and commitment to this field.
This session will highlight the countless areas where the power of radiation and nuclear techniques has been harnessed for societal benefits, specifically in medical applications. The benefits to patients in terms of lives saved through improved medical diagnosis and treatment techniques are important and the well-trained and controlled use of radiation has become a key part of modern medical treatment, especially for certain forms of cancer. The panel will discuss recently achieved goals and implementation of radiation medicine around the world.
The session on Energy, Environment and Climate Change will focus on how nuclear energy and nuclear technologies are contributing to a better – cleaner, greener and more efficient – world. Specifically, the various advantageous aspects of nuclear energy which contribute directly and indirectly to a cleaner environment, the benefits of nuclear techniques in industrial processes and the use of radiation technologies in mitigation of environmental pollution will be highlighted.
This session will highlight safeguards and non-proliferation challenges and the IAEA’s role in a changing nuclear environment (e.g. growing nuclear material inventories due to new-build and decommissioning; wider availability of controlled goods due to technological progress; regional conflicts), including the need for effective cooperation by all stakeholders and of the importance of a wider understanding of non-proliferation issues.
Our conference banquet will be the social highlight of WiN Global 2015. In the ballroom of Vienna’s magnificent gothic City Hall, we’ll serve you a four-course meal and varied live musical diversions.
During the evening you will be entertained by
a group of dancers from Vienna’s renowned dancing school — Tanzschule Elmayer — which trains the debutantes for some of Vienna’s ‘noble’ balls.
an ensemble from one of Europe’s top brass bands — the k. u. k. Wiener Regimentskapelle — playing some famous waltzes and marches.
Michael Kahr, who is a talented pianist, trumpet and flugelhorn player.
Sam Allaf, who has been DJ’ing in Vienna’s top clubs over the last 20 years (Take Five, The Box, Aux Gazelle, Club Palffy). His mix of 70’s, 80’s & 90’s hits along with the most recent chart hits will get any crowd moving.
This session will highlight different perspectives of women who work is in the area of nuclear security. The perspectives will be from women in the field of government, from international organizations, and from the non-governmental sector. The panel will focus on challenges and opportunities as women in nuclear security, as well as some thoughts on the future for women in the field.
All posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the conference.
As far as possible, authors are requested to be present at their posters during the coffee breaks as well as during the poster session for discussion with interested participants.
All posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the conference.
As far as possible, authors are requested to be present at their posters during the coffee breaks as well as during the poster session for discussion with interested participants.
All posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the conference.
As far as possible, authors are requested to be present at their posters during the coffee breaks as well as during the poster session for discussion with interested participants.
All posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the conference.
As far as possible, authors are requested to be present at their posters during the coffee breaks as well as during the poster session for discussion with interested participants.
Conference participants will have the opportunity to visit Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf (NES), an Austrian facility for collecting, processing, conditioning and storing radioactive waste, as well the IAEA’s laboratories in Seibersdorf.
The IAEA laboratories belong to the Departments of Safeguards, and Nuclear Sciences and Applications.
The IAEA laboratories, which are situated about 35 km southeast of Vienna, contribute to the organization’s programmes with activities in nuclear verification and varied nuclear applications, e.g. for plant mutation breeding, food safety, animal production and health, soil and water management and crop nutrition, the sterile insect technique, nuclear spectrometry and instrumentation, medical dosimetry and terrestrial environment monitoring. The nuclear applications laboratories provide training in these areas for scientists and also analytical services to support and strengthen Member States’ laboratories. In addition, the laboratories conduct applied and adaptive research to develop and improve nuclear techniques and technologies.
The Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf is collocated on the Seibersdorf site. Its main activities, which are carried out on behalf of the Republic of Austria, are the collection, processing, conditioning and storage of radioactive waste; decontamination of the installations and laboratories from 45 years of research and development at the Seibersdorf site; and the operation of the Hot Cell Laboratory.
MedAustron, a centre for ion therapy and research, is located in Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, about 50 kilometers south of Vienna. It is one of the most advanced centres for ion beam therapy and research in Europe. The radiation therapy applied will use protons and carbon ions. The first patient treatment is planned in 2015.
MedAustron offers an innovative form of radiation therapy (ion beam therapy) using protons and carbon ions. Compared to conventional radiation therapy, this treatment is able to reduce radiation exposure to adjacent healthy tissue and to spare the tissue behind the tumour almost entirely. Therefore, ion beam therapy is optimum treatment for tumours close to radiosensitive organs such as the brain and spinal cord, eyes, liver and lungs. Since tissue in growth is more sensitive to radiation, proton radiation is particularly suitable for cancer in children and adolescents.
At MedAustron, the protons or carbon ions are generated by three ion sources. The charged particles are pre-accelerated in a ‘linac’ (linear accelerator) on a straight path by electrical alternating fields and are then injected into the synchrotron. In the synchrotron, a circular accelerator with a circumference of 80 meters, the particles are further accelerated until they reach their final velocity of approximately two-thirds of the speed of light, or 200,000 km/s. Finally, the ion beam is conveyed into the irradiation rooms on an ‘extraction line’. The particles are held in place within a vacuum tube by strong magnetic fields, generated by 300 magnets in total. The synchrotron has been developed in close cooperation with CERN.
Guided walk in the city centre, including visit to the Spanish Riding School.
Conference participants will have the opportunity to visit the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), which is situated in the VIC. The IEC serves as the IAEA’s focal point for responding to nuclear or radiological incidents and emergencies and for promoting improvement in Member States’ emergency response and preparedness. The visit will present the activities, infrastructure and communication procedures of the IEC.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. Over 2000 nuclear tests were carried out between 1945 and 1996, when the CTBT opened for signature. The CTBT is almost universal but has yet to become law. 183 countries have signed the Treaty, of which 163 have also ratified it (as of September 2014), including three of the nuclear-weapon States: France, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. But 44 specific nuclear technology holder countries must sign and ratify the CTBT before it can enter into force. Of these, eight are still missing: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the USA. India, North Korea and Pakistan have yet to sign the CTBT. The last Annex 2 State to ratify the Treaty was Indonesia on 6 February 2012.
Since the Treaty is not yet in force, the organization is called the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). It was founded in 1996, has over 260 staff members from over 70 countries, and is based in Vienna. It is headed by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo from Burkina Faso. The CTBTO’s main tasks are the promotion of the Treaty and the further development of the verification regime so that it will be operational when the Treaty enters into force.
The Treaty has a unique and comprehensive verification regime to make sure that no nuclear explosion goes undetected.
The TRIGA Mark-II reactor was installed by General Atomic (San Diego, California, USA) in the years 1959 through 1962, and went critical for the first time on March 7, 1962. Operation of the reactor since that time has averaged 220 days per year, without any long outages. The TRIGA reactor is a research reactor of the swimming-pool type that is used for training, research and isotope production.
The reactor has a maximum continuous power output of 250 kW (thermal). The heat produced is released into a channel of the river Danube via a primary coolant circuit (deionized~ distilled water at 20–40°C) and a secondary coolant circuit (ground water at 12–18 °C) the two circuits being separated by a heat exchanger.
Since the moderator has the special property of moderating less efficiently at high temperatures, the
TRIGA-reactor Vienna can also be operated in a pulsed mode (with a rapid power rise to 250 MW for roughly 40 milliseconds). The power rise is accompanied by an increase in the maximum neutron flux density from
1x1013 cm-2s-1 (at 250 kW) to 1x1016 cm~1 (at 250 MW). This negative temperature coefficient of reactivity brings the power level back to approximately 250 kW after the excursion, the maximal pulse rate being 12 per hour, since the temperature of the fuel elements rises to about 360°C during the pulse and, therefore, the fuel is subjected to strong thermal stress.
Conference participants will have the opportunity to visit the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), which is situated in the VIC. The IEC serves as the IAEA’s focal point for responding to nuclear or radiological incidents and emergencies and for promoting improvement in Member States’ emergency response and preparedness. The visit will present the activities, infrastructure and communication procedures of the IEC.
Conference participants will have the opportunity to visit the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), which is situated in the VIC. The IEC serves as the IAEA’s focal point for responding to nuclear or radiological incidents and emergencies and for promoting improvement in Member States’ emergency response and preparedness. The visit will present the activities, infrastructure and communication procedures of the IEC.
The TRIGA Mark-II reactor was installed by General Atomic (San Diego, California, USA) in the years 1959 through 1962, and went critical for the first time on March 7, 1962. Operation of the reactor since that time has averaged 220 days per year, without any long outages. The TRIGA reactor is a research reactor of the swimming-pool type that is used for training, research and isotope production.
The reactor has a maximum continuous power output of 250 kW (thermal). The heat produced is released into a channel of the river Danube via a primary coolant circuit (deionized~ distilled water at 20–40°C) and a secondary coolant circuit (ground water at 12–18 °C) the two circuits being separated by a heat exchanger.
Since the moderator has the special property of moderating less efficiently at high temperatures, the
TRIGA-reactor Vienna can also be operated in a pulsed mode (with a rapid power rise to 250 MW for roughly 40 milliseconds). The power rise is accompanied by an increase in the maximum neutron flux density from
1x1013 cm-2s-1 (at 250 kW) to 1x1016 cm~1 (at 250 MW). This negative temperature coefficient of reactivity brings the power level back to approximately 250 kW after the excursion, the maximal pulse rate being 12 per hour, since the temperature of the fuel elements rises to about 360°C during the pulse and, therefore, the fuel is subjected to strong thermal stress.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. Over 2000 nuclear tests were carried out between 1945 and 1996, when the CTBT opened for signature. The CTBT is almost universal but has yet to become law. 183 countries have signed the Treaty, of which 163 have also ratified it (as of September 2014), including three of the nuclear-weapon States: France, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. But 44 specific nuclear technology holder countries must sign and ratify the CTBT before it can enter into force. Of these, eight are still missing: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the USA. India, North Korea and Pakistan have yet to sign the CTBT. The last Annex 2 State to ratify the Treaty was Indonesia on 6 February 2012.
Since the Treaty is not yet in force, the organization is called the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). It was founded in 1996, has over 260 staff members from over 70 countries, and is based in Vienna. It is headed by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo from Burkina Faso. The CTBTO’s main tasks are the promotion of the Treaty and the further development of the verification regime so that it will be operational when the Treaty enters into force.
The Treaty has a unique and comprehensive verification regime to make sure that no nuclear explosion goes undetected.