Plutonium Futures conference set for July in Dijon, France

Registration is under way for the Plutonium Futures “The Science” 2008 conference. The 2008 conference, the fifth in the series, will be held in Dijon, France, July 7-11. The deadline for registration is May 15. Complete details on registration, deadlines, and venue can be found on the conference website at www.pu2008.org.

The Plutonium Futures conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of current research on the physical and chemical properties of plutonium and other actinide elements. Conference topics will include condensed matter physics; materials science; fuel cycle issues; surface, interfaces, colloids, and corrosion; plutonium and actinide chemistry; and detection and speciation analyses.

Former Laboratory Director and Senior Fellow Sig Hecker is an honorary chair. Three Los Alamos researchers are members of committees: David E. Hobart of Actinide Analytical Chemistry (C-AAC), is on the program committee, and David L. Clark, director of the Seaborg Institute, and John Sarrao, leader of the Materials Physics and Applications Division, are members of the international advisory committee.

Organizers of the 2008 conference include the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Commisariat á l´Energie Atomique (CEA), and the Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU). Previous conferences have been held in Pacific Grove, Calif. (2006); Albuquerque, New Mexico (2003); and Santa Fe, New Mexico (2000 and 1997).

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