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Re: [Neams-pmt] FW: US Canada Cooperation: follow up to January 10 meeting
by Bradley, Keith S. 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Congratulations. ~Keith ******************** Keith S. Bradley, Ph. D. -- (925) 321-5790 (m); (630) 252-4685 (o) On Jan 17, 2012, at 16:32, "Versluis, Rob" <ROB.VERSLUIS(a)nuclear.energy.gov> wrote: > The material you guys provided for the CA-NERI meeting worked great (I will upload the talk to SharePoint); now the Canadians want to follow up in modeling and simulation. John Kelly asked me to be the point of contact, hence my name on this. Carl Klee will probably issue a notice of interest sometime in the future that I will pass on. I will assist any of you who will want to define a meaningful bilateral collaboration. With meaningful I mean scope and results that serve both parties, not a one-way transfer of capability. I favor working with our nearby Canadian friends but I need to be convinced that it is worth the trouble of yet another international collaboration. > > Please direct any correspondence on collaboration with Canada to me. > > Robert Versluis, PhD - tel: 301-903-1890 mob: 202-834-2292 > *********************************************************************** > > > From: Speranzini, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:51 PM > To: Klee, Carl; Kelly, John E (NE) > Cc: Bresee, James; Golub, Sal; Price, Robert; Boudreau, Robert; Goldner, Frank; Ham-Su, Rosaura; Reister, Richard; Tapping, Bob; McGee, Glen; Versluis, Rob; Welling, Craig; Hyland, Bronwyn; Wheeler, Jack; Jones, Jay > Subject: US Canada Cooperation: follow up to January 10 meeting > > AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY | À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL > > John, Carl, > Thanks again for organizing and hosting our January 10 meeting to take stock of past R&D collaborations and to discuss possible new areas of collaboration. The meeting was positive and successful with several new opportunities for cooperation identified. I’ve attached a slightly revised summary of agreed potential areas of collaboration for follow up - see attachment. > > I’ve taken the opportunity of this email to connect our US and Canadian leads for follow up: > > · advanced fuels with better accident tolerance (Rosaura Ham-Su; Frank Goldner); > > · nuclear fuel cycle studies (Bronwyn Hyland; Jack Wheeler); > > · modeling and simulation (Glen McGee; Rob Versluis); and, > > · plant life extension (Bob Tapping; Rich Reister). > The intent is that the leads follow up separately for more detailed discussion and agreement on scope for cooperation. > > A proposal will be required at a certain point. Carl and I agreed to discuss the process (call for proposals). > > During our meeting we agreed to work towards the following dates: > > · Scope defined by 2012 March-April for agreed areas of cooperation; and > > · Final proposals agreed and approved by 2012 June-July. > > Still pending is a detailed discussion on formalizing future R&D. But in the meantime we agreed to move forward on identifying and planning the joint projects for R&D collaboration. > > Best regards, > Bob > > > From: Speranzini, Robert > Sent: September 28, 2011 2:51 PM > To: 'Klee, Carl' > Cc: 'Bresee, James'; 'Boudreau, Robert'; 'Kelly, John E (NE)'; 'Golub, Sal'; 'robert.price(a)nuclear.energy.gov' > Subject: next meeting RE: US Canada Cooperation > > AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY | À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL > > Carl, > Now that the privatization of CANDU Energy from AECL is complete (or very close to completion as the closing is September 30), I thought that I would follow up with you to look for dates for a meeting to discuss possible areas of R&D cooperation going forward. > > I propose a 1 day meeting (perhaps 1.5 or 2 days) targeting the week of November 21 or 28? The weeks of October 17 or 24 may work but October is looking rather busy. We are pleased to meet at ORNL or perhaps Argonne so that laboratory staff can participate, or Washington if that works better for you. We are of course willing to host a meeting in Canada if that suits you. > > As you know, AECL remains as the government organization responsible for R&D in the area of nuclear. AECL is now centred at Chalk River Laboratories (CRL). > > During the summer, John Kelly and Sal Golub visited CRL and we discussed opportunities in areas like: > > · Fuel Development, including “safe fuel sheath materials” with less hydrogen generation under sever accident conditions; > > · Advanced Passive Safety systems; > > · Advanced Fuel Cycles; > > · Synergies between LWRs and HWR reactors including RU and actinide burning; > > · SMRs; and, > > · Hydrogen including Cu-Cl and S-I processes tied to SCWR and VHTR. > > > I have also seen separate email correspondence between INL staff (Roald Wigeland) and AECL staff (Bronwyn Hyland) regarding fast reactors and CANDU reactors and fuel cycle systems analysis. In addition we’ve had some good discussions with ORNL staff (Emory Collins, Ron Ellis and Bill Del Cul) where the general topic is actinide burning, and comparing the capabilities of CANDU and LWRs. The recent ideas relate to burning actinides in CANDU reactors using a simplified reprocessing scheme that keeps the lanthanides with the Am and Cm. This work builds on a previous INERI project. > > Please let me know the possible meeting dates that work for you. > Thanks, > Bob > > <US-CANADA.collaborations AECL rev 2012 January 16.pptx> > _______________________________________________ > Neams-pmt mailing list > Neams-pmt(a)lists.mcs.anl.gov > https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/neams-pmt

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FW: US Canada Cooperation: follow up to January 10 meeting
by Versluis, Rob 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

The material you guys provided for the CA-NERI meeting worked great (I will upload the talk to SharePoint); now the Canadians want to follow up in modeling and simulation. John Kelly asked me to be the point of contact, hence my name on this. Carl Klee will probably issue a notice of interest sometime in the future that I will pass on. I will assist any of you who will want to define a meaningful bilateral collaboration. With meaningful I mean scope and results that serve both parties, not a one-way transfer of capability. I favor working with our nearby Canadian friends but I need to be convinced that it is worth the trouble of yet another international collaboration. Please direct any correspondence on collaboration with Canada to me. Robert Versluis, PhD - tel: 301-903-1890 mob: 202-834-2292 *********************************************************************** From: Speranzini, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:51 PM To: Klee, Carl; Kelly, John E (NE) Cc: Bresee, James; Golub, Sal; Price, Robert; Boudreau, Robert; Goldner, Frank; Ham-Su, Rosaura; Reister, Richard; Tapping, Bob; McGee, Glen; Versluis, Rob; Welling, Craig; Hyland, Bronwyn; Wheeler, Jack; Jones, Jay Subject: US Canada Cooperation: follow up to January 10 meeting AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY | À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL John, Carl, Thanks again for organizing and hosting our January 10 meeting to take stock of past R&D collaborations and to discuss possible new areas of collaboration. The meeting was positive and successful with several new opportunities for cooperation identified. I've attached a slightly revised summary of agreed potential areas of collaboration for follow up - see attachment. I've taken the opportunity of this email to connect our US and Canadian leads for follow up: · advanced fuels with better accident tolerance (Rosaura Ham-Su; Frank Goldner); · nuclear fuel cycle studies (Bronwyn Hyland; Jack Wheeler); · modeling and simulation (Glen McGee; Rob Versluis); and, · plant life extension (Bob Tapping; Rich Reister). The intent is that the leads follow up separately for more detailed discussion and agreement on scope for cooperation. A proposal will be required at a certain point. Carl and I agreed to discuss the process (call for proposals). During our meeting we agreed to work towards the following dates: · Scope defined by 2012 March-April for agreed areas of cooperation; and · Final proposals agreed and approved by 2012 June-July. Still pending is a detailed discussion on formalizing future R&D. But in the meantime we agreed to move forward on identifying and planning the joint projects for R&D collaboration. Best regards, Bob From: Speranzini, Robert Sent: September 28, 2011 2:51 PM To: 'Klee, Carl' Cc: 'Bresee, James'; 'Boudreau, Robert'; 'Kelly, John E (NE)'; 'Golub, Sal'; 'robert.price(a)nuclear.energy.gov' Subject: next meeting RE: US Canada Cooperation AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY | À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL Carl, Now that the privatization of CANDU Energy from AECL is complete (or very close to completion as the closing is September 30), I thought that I would follow up with you to look for dates for a meeting to discuss possible areas of R&D cooperation going forward. I propose a 1 day meeting (perhaps 1.5 or 2 days) targeting the week of November 21 or 28? The weeks of October 17 or 24 may work but October is looking rather busy. We are pleased to meet at ORNL or perhaps Argonne so that laboratory staff can participate, or Washington if that works better for you. We are of course willing to host a meeting in Canada if that suits you. As you know, AECL remains as the government organization responsible for R&D in the area of nuclear. AECL is now centred at Chalk River Laboratories (CRL). During the summer, John Kelly and Sal Golub visited CRL and we discussed opportunities in areas like: · Fuel Development, including "safe fuel sheath materials" with less hydrogen generation under sever accident conditions; · Advanced Passive Safety systems; · Advanced Fuel Cycles; · Synergies between LWRs and HWR reactors including RU and actinide burning; · SMRs; and, · Hydrogen including Cu-Cl and S-I processes tied to SCWR and VHTR. I have also seen separate email correspondence between INL staff (Roald Wigeland) and AECL staff (Bronwyn Hyland) regarding fast reactors and CANDU reactors and fuel cycle systems analysis. In addition we've had some good discussions with ORNL staff (Emory Collins, Ron Ellis and Bill Del Cul) where the general topic is actinide burning, and comparing the capabilities of CANDU and LWRs. The recent ideas relate to burning actinides in CANDU reactors using a simplified reprocessing scheme that keeps the lanthanides with the Am and Cm. This work builds on a previous INERI project. Please let me know the possible meeting dates that work for you. Thanks, Bob

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NEAMS PMT Face to Face Meeting Template for Day 2 Presentations
by Peltz, James 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Greetings PMT members, Please use this template for day 2 presentations. This template only applies to the specific IPSCs and CMT presentations identified in the attached agenda. This does not apply to any of the initiative presentations. Thanks and feel free to contact me should you have any questions. Jim James Peltz Advanced Modeling and Simulation Office (NE-71) O: (202) 586-7564 C: (202) 731-6781

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checking past month's status inputs in PICSNE
by Mark Miller 11 Jan '12

11 Jan '12

Hi All, I freely admit the possibility that I am just not seeing how to do this, but I am trying to go back and look at past status/performance inputs on work packages in PICSNE in which I am part of the approval chain. And, I honestly don't see a way to do that. I have tried several reports and they seem to give me only current month's stuff. Anyone know how to go back and review past month's status inputs in PICSNE? Mark -- Mark C. Miller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ================!!LLNL BUSINESS ONLY!!================ miller86(a)llnl.gov urgent: miller86(a)pager.llnl.gov T:8-6 (925)-423-5901 M/W/Th:7-12,2-7 (530)-753-8511

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09Jan12 NEAMS-PMT teleconference notes
by Mark Miller 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Here are my notes from today's telecon. -- Mark C. Miller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ================!!LLNL BUSINESS ONLY!!================ miller86(a)llnl.gov urgent: miller86(a)pager.llnl.gov T:8-6 (925)-423-5901 M/W/Th:7-12,2-7 (530)-753-8511

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Upcoming PMT meeting
by Versluis, Rob 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

The attached WP list and accompanying pivot tables show how NEAMS FY11 EOY1 and EOY2 funds are assigned, by WP. With an appropriated budget in place, NE is now in the process of finalizing FY12 funding distributions, including decisions on NEUP funding, SBIR/STTR funding, and taxes from the DOE CFO. The attached tables also show FY12 funding assignments by WP with the further caveat that the January changes (in yellow) are been submitted but have not been approved. Let me know if you discover discrepancies or have questions, but direct your PICS questions to Wendy Yue or Michele Enders at PRC (301-540-7100) Please make sure that your WPs managers have this information so they can reconcile the WPs with these numbers. Work with PRC to restart WPs as needed to make revisions. We request that the WP managers also tune up the WP titles to make them more descriptive of the work scope. Robert Versluis, PhD - tel: 301-903-1890 mob: 202-834-2292 ***********************************************************************

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Joint INERI collaboration projects with Canada
by Versluis, Rob 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

NE will be meeting with representatives of AECL and the Canadian government (Department of Natural Resources) to discuss future bilateral collaboration in nuclear energy R&D under the International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (INERI). We have completed three prior such projects that were started in 2008 and will be exploring the possibility of new projects. I will be representing NE-71 and will present a brief overview of NEAMS. I would be interested to know if any of you have ongoing discussions with Canadian colleagues that might lead to a pre-proposal for a joint bilateral project. Note that no separate funding is provided for international joint projects; only regular NEAMS program funds are available and there should be a measure of confidence that the project subject area is likely to receive funding for at least three years. Let me know ASAP if you have any input into this discussion. Robert Versluis, PhD - tel: 301-903-1890 mob: 202-834-2292 ***********************************************************************

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