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Fourth International Topical
Meeting
On Neutron Radiography
Advances in Neutron
Imaging for the 21st Century
State College,
Pennsylvania USA
The Fourth International Topical Meeting on Neutron
Radiography (ITMNR-4) will be held June 3–6, 2001 in State College,
Pennsylvania, USA. This will be the
fourth conference in the series. The
previous meetings were held in Pembroke (Canada), Rikkyo University (Japan),
and Lucerne (Switzerland). The meetings
are an international gathering of many of the individuals most active in
neutron imaging.
The first two meetings were focused on system design and characterization, and the third meeting dealt with new detectors, imaging techniques and applications. While contributions on all new developments in neutron imaging are welcomed, the focus for this meeting will be an attempt to provide an assessment of where neutron imaging is going in the 21st century, with regard to applications, hardware and techniques. We hope to address several questions: What is the future of neutron radiography and radioscopy? Where can we expect the advances to come? What is the future role of neutron imaging in nondestructive testing?
We hope that specialists from academia, government and industry will find the program informative and educational. For those who are not currently active in neutron imaging, the presentations will provide an opportunity to hear about the state-of-the-art methods and to learn more about this powerful inspection technique.
We are currently in the process of arranging both technical and cultural tours that may be of interest to participants and accompanying persons. The Penn State Neutron Radiography facility at the Radiation Science and Engineering Center will be visited as part of the meeting. An extended post-meeting tour will be offered if there is sufficient interest.
The format of the meeting will be serial oral and
poster sessions (as opposed to parallel sessions), so participants will be able
to attend each presentation. In keeping
with the original concept of encouraging interaction among attendees, liberal
breaks and discussion periods will be scheduled. The language of the conference will be English. Papers will be published in the Journal of Applied Radiation and
Isotopes.
An opening Plenary Lecture will be given by Mr.
Harold Berger, who will review some of the history of neutron imaging and
provide some comments on the future applications, methods and challenges in
this Nondestructive Testing method. Mr.
Berger, President of Industrial Quality, Inc,
is an applied physicist with more than 30 years experience in NDT and imaging
systems. Mr. Berger's background includes developments with x-rays, gamma rays,
neutrons, protons, eddy currents, infrared, holography and ultrasound.
Additional information on State College and The Pennsylvania State University can be found on the web at www.visitpennstate.org and www.psu.edu. The ITMNR-4 web site is www.me.psu.edu/itmnr-4/.
Registration for the meeting should be completed by March 30, 2001 using the enclosed form. Copies of the Conference Registration Form in RTF or in MSWORD format can be found on the ITMNR-4 web site. Payment of the Conference Fee is due at the time of registration. The registration fee of $310 U.S. (before March 30, 2001, after March 30, 2001 the fee is $385 U.S.) includes the receptions, the conference dinner, and one copy of the meeting’s proceedings. Additional copies of the proceedings are available for an additional fee. Be sure to register any accompanying persons and include any additional fees. Please make payment in U.S. dollars payable to PSU. Reference ITMNR-4 in the memo area. It is also possible to pay the fees via a bank-to-bank wire transfer using the details provided on the Registration Form. It would be helpful if you would notify Ms. Wendy Donley by e-mail or FAX if you are sending your fees by wire transfer so we could notify you of any problems. wrdnuc@engr.psu.edu
The conference will be held at the Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton Street, State College, Pennsylvania, 16801, U.S.A. The hotel is located in downtown State College and is within easy walking distance of many restaurants, other attractions, and Penn State University’s University Park Campus. The hotel registration deadline to guarantee the conference room rate is March 26, 2001.
Room Rates
Single $72.00 US per night (+ 7% tax)
Double $82.00 US per night (+ 7% tax)
Please process your room reservations directly through the hotel using the information provided on the enclosed hotel reservation form.
The deadline for cancellation of your registration is March 30, 2001. After that date, only partial refunds will be possible. If you must cancel your registration, please send a written notification directly to the Conference Secretary, Ms. Wendy Donley, preferably by e-mail or FAX. Cancellation of your hotel reservations must be made through the hotel.
Abstracts should be submitted to the Administrative Secretary, either by mail using the instructions on the Abstract Submission Form in rtf or MSWORD format or by providing the abstract (following the same format) in electronic form before December 18, 2000. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and authors will be notified by January 15, 2001. Please include the e-mail address for the corresponding author on the abstract, if available.
The proceedings will be published by Elsevier Science B.V. in the Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. Guidelines for manuscript preparation will be sent to the lead authors of accepted papers. General publication guidelines and information about the Journal are available on line at
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/apradiso.
Sunday, June 3, 2001
16:00-19:00 Registration
16:00-19:00 Welcome Reception
Monday, June 4, 2001
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:30 Opening and Plenary Lecture
11:00-12:15 Session 1
12:15-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-17:00 Sessions II and III
17:45 – Picnic (tentative not included in registration fee)
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
09:00-10:30 Session IV
11:00-12:15 Poster Session
12:15-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Session V
15:30-18:30 Tour of Penn State Radiation Science and
Engineering Center and NR Facilities
Wednesday, June 6, 2001
09:00-12:15 Sessions VI and VII
12:15-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Session VIII
15:30 Closing of ITMNR-4
18:00-19:00 Reception
19:00-22:00 Conference Dinner
A welcome reception will be held Sunday evening, June 3nd during the on site registration. The conference reception and dinner will take place on Wednesday evening, June 6th. A picnic may be held on Monday evening, June 4rd, if there is sufficient interest among the conference attendees.
A tour of Penn State’s Radiation Science and Engineering Center will be held on the afternoon of June 4th. It will feature the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor, a 1 MW TRIGA research reactor, and the neutron imaging facilities.
An optional excursion to places of interest in Pennsylvania and Maryland will follow the conclusion of the formal ITMNR-4 meeting. Possible destinations include the Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor site, Hershey (home of Hershey chocolate), the Amish country, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Details of the tour are not yet finalized, but an indication of your intention to participate in the tour would be helpful in our planning.
Deadline Summary
Submission of Abstracts December 18, 2000
Notification of Acceptance January 15, 2001
Conference Registration and Payment of
Conference Fee March 30, 2001
Hotel Registration March 26, 2001
Confirmation of Conference Registration
upon receipt of fees or by May 14, 2001
Submission of Manuscripts May 31, 2001
