P R O P O S A L To Hold the 7th International Conference on Tritium Science

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P R O P O S A L To Hold the 7th International
Conference on Tritium Science TechnologyIn
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSeptember, 2003
Tritium Sharing the Experience and Needs of
the Many Application Technologies
Presented by Quan Ban (Jordan) Chou, Canadian
Nuclear Utility Services On behalf of the
Canadian Nuclear Society
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Presentation Outline

• The Canadian Nuclear Society
• Canadian Experience in Tritium
• Proposed Conference Date and Theme
• The City of Toronto
• Points of Interest
• Public Transit
• Companion Program
• Conference Facilities
• Proposed Conference Costs
• Local Organizing Committee Members
• Scientific/Technical Tours
• Industrial Exhibit
• Proposed Conference Web Site
• Proceedings Publication
• Closing

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The Canadian Nuclear Society

• Technical/professional not-for-profit association
  largely made up of engineers and scientists
  working in Canadas nuclear industry
• Financial resources to manage conference of this
  size
• Extensive experience of over 20 years organizing
  successful conferences, both national and
  international
• Examples include
• CNS Annual Conferences
• International CANDU Fuel Conferences
• International Steam Generator and Heat Exchanger
  Conference
• Climate Change and Canadian Technology
  Development Conferences
• International Conferences on Simulation Methods
• Annual Student Conference
• 1998 Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference
• Co-Sponsor of 1988 Conference in Tritium Science
  Technology

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Canadian Experience in Tritium

• 20 years of research into tritium processing,
  handling and process simulation for both fission
  and fusion
• Tritium light production in Canada
• Tritium packaging for commercial use
• Tritium recovery and storage as a unique
  stockpile for Iter
• Novel low inventory techniques for isotope
  separation and modelling
• Canada as a host for Iter

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Proposed Conference Theme and Date

• Tritium Sharing the experience and needs
• of the many application technologies
• Alternate later dates are possible without
  difficulty given the advantage of increased time
  for industry development and probability of
  participation

Proposed date September 7-12, 2003
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The City of Toronto

• Capital of Ontario, largest city in Canada
• 4.5 million people from 80 ethnic groups speaking
  100 languages
• Financial, theatrical, cultural centre of Canada
• Temperature in September averages 16C with daily
  highs in the 20C range (occasionally high
  twenties) and nightly lows of 6C, and small
  probability of precipitation
• Canadian dollar gives excellent value to
  international travelers (currently 1 US 1.59
  CAN)

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Points of Interest

• Art Gallery of Ontario (1 km) - 8th largest art
  museum in North America - 25,000 works
• Royal Ontario Museum (1 km) - collections
  including over 6 million objects
• CN Tower (2 km) - 553 m, the world's tallest
  building and free standing structure
• Hockey Hall of Fame (2 km) - exhibits from over
  150 years of ice hockey history
• Skydome (Tour/Baseball/Football game) (2 km) -
  The world's greatest stadium
• University of Toronto (2km) Canadas largest
  and most prestigious university
• Air Canada Centre (Hockey/Basketball/Arena
  Football) (2.5 km)/
• Harbourfront (3 km) - lakeside cultural and
  entertainment centre
• Centre Island (3 km ferry ride) nature at
  Torontos doorstep
• Medieval Times (5 km) - knights, horsemanship,
  and medieval treasures
• Ontario Science Centre (10 km) - Science museum
  and IMAX theatre
• The Toronto Zoo (10 km) - Over 5,000 animals
  representing over 450 species
• Canada's Wonderland (25 km) - Canada's largest
  theme park
• Niagara Falls (120 km) - natural wonder of the
  world

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Public Transit

• Toronto is readily accessible by airplane, rail
  or car
• Pearson International Airport
• 50 airlines, 30 million passengers per year
• 30-45 minutes from conference site
• Easy access to 10 rental car companies
• Downtown accessible by taxi, airport shuttle and
  public transit, all for less than 25
• VIA Rail accessible to Toronto Union Station just
  10 minutes from conference site
• Rapid transit (bus, subway, streetcar) highly
  accessible throughout city

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Companion Program

• At Conference Site
• Indoor pool, full spa, health club, whirlpool,
  sauna
• Eaton Centre Shopping Complex
• Contains over 285 shops, restaurants and services
  with over 1 million visitors a week
• Sporting
• Tennis (0.2 km), squash (0.2 km), jogging
  (Toronto Harbourfront Trail) (0.5 km)
• Toronto Fashion District (0.5 km)
• 35-block area showcasing Toronto's world
  recognized fashion products and services
• Theatre District (3 km)
• World renowned theatres and productions presented
  daily, 2nd largest theatre centre in North
  America
• Golfing
• Glen Abbey (18 holes, 7000 yards, par 73,
  designed by Jack Nicklaus, 150/round) (25 km)
• Lionhead (36 holes, 7200 yards, par 72,
  60/round) (30 km)
• Over 150 other courses within an hour of
  conference site

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Conference Facilities

• Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel is the
  leading conference venue with three alternatives
  available
• Hotel selected from over 80 hotels of significant
  size
• Can accommodate 350 in plenary sessions and for
  lunch/banquet multiple breakout rooms for
  parallel sessions
• 459 guestrooms, each with colour TV, phone with
  voice mail, data ports, coffee, newspaper, iron,
  with 4 restaurants and lounges on site
• In 2003, room rate will be approximately 140 per
  night

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Conference Costs

• The fee structure for the conference is proposed
  to be approximately as follows based on
  attendance between 250 and 350
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• Standard
• Early Payment 470
• Late Payment 540
• One Day Attendance 200
• Students, Retirees
• Early Payment 125
• Late Payment 150

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Local Organizing Committee Members

• Chair Murray Stewart, Iter Canada
• Vice-Chair Don Dautovich, Iter Canada
• Treasurer Andrew Lee, CNS Executive Treasurer
• Sponsorship Jordan Chou, Canadian Nuclear
  Utility Services
• Derek Mori, Canadian Nuclear Utility
  Services
• Bob Stasko, Kinectrics
• Promotions/Exhibits Martin Carney, Kinectrics
• Canadian Participants on the TPC Joan Miller,
  Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
• Walter Shmayda, Kinectrics
• Sav Sood, Ontario Power Generation
• Administration/Registration Denise Rouben, CNS
  Office Manager
• Karen Sunaert, Wardrop Engineering
• Events/Tour Chair Thomas Wong, Ontario Power
  Generation
• Secretary Adam McLean, CNS Toronto Branch
• Facilities Ben Rouben, CNS Executive
• Web-Site Development Adam McLean, CNS Toronto
  Branch

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Scientific/Technical Tours

• Tours will be arranged from the following
  options
• Proposed Clarington site for Iter
• Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (DNGS)
• Visitors centre
• ½ day bus tour of the site
• Technical tours possible
• Darlington Tritium Removal Facility (DTRF)
• Video detailing plant operation and future role
• University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace
  Studies Fusion Lab (North York)
• World-class experimental tritium laboratory
• Other tours including Kinectrics (tritium lab),
  MD Robotics (remote handling), Shield Source
  (tritium lights) and the Sir Adam Beck
  Hydroelectric Plant (at Niagara Falls) can be
  arranged depending on attendee interest
• Tour availability will be subject to the
  security situation at the time of the conference

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Industrial Exhibit

• International and domestic companies will be able
  to set up exhibits interest already shown by
• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
• Bruce Power
• Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
• Canadian Nuclear Utilities Services (CNUS)
• Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA)
• CANDU Owners Group (COG)
• Hydro Quebec (HQ)
• Iter Canada (IC)
• Kinectrics Inc.
• MacDonald Dettwiler Robotics (MDR)
• MDS Nordion
• Merck Frosst Canada Co.
• NITEK USA, Inc.
• Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
• Saunders-Roe Betalux Technologies (SRBT)
• Shield Source Inc. (SSI)
• University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace
  Studies (UTIAS)
• Wardrop Engineering

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Proposed Conference Web Site

• http//www.tritium2003.ca
• Comprehensive web site for convenient attendee
  access to the latest conference information
• Includes conference announcements, contact
  information, abstract and paper guidelines and
  online registration
• Links to the Canadian Nuclear Society, all
  sponsors, and local sightseeing and tour sites
  will be provided

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Proceedings Publication

• Past proceedings of the Tritium Conference ('85,
  88, 92, 95, 01) have all been published in the
  Journal of Fusion Technology found at
  http//www.ans.org/pubs/journals/fst/
• We propose to continue this tradition and have
  anticipated the associated cost in our current
  budget
• All attendees will receive a booklet of the
  abstracts of all conference papers
• Journal will send the authors a copy of the
  conference issue when it is printed

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Closing

• The Canadian Nuclear Society will present a
  conference that will be enjoyable and fruitful
  for all participants from both technical and
  aesthetic viewpoints
• Thank you very much for your consideration