18th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry
Date: May 18, 2025 - May 23, 2025
Event Location: Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Jointly Sponsored by: ASTM Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications and the European Working Group on Reactor Dosimetry (EWGRD)
About the Event
The 18th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry will be held May 18-23, 2025 at the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Please note that the technical sessions will not start until the morning of May 19, 2025. The symposium is being organized by ASTM and is jointly sponsored by the ASTM International Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications and the European Working Group on Reactor Dosimetry (EWGRD).
This symposium is held approximately every three years to provide a forum for the interchange of state-of-the-art techniques, databases, and standardization of radiation metrology. The symposium will be of value to those involved in reactor dosimetry including researchers, manufacturers, and representatives from industry, utilities, and regulatory agencies.
The symposium language will be English and no translations will be provided.
For information on past symposia in this series, please visit www.reactordosimetry.org.
Objective and Scope
The theme of ISRD is dosimetry for the assessment of irradiated reactor materials and reactor experiments, featuring radiation metrology techniques, nuclear databases, and standardization. The topic areas for ISRD18 include the following:
- Experimental techniques, measurements and monitoring
- Calculational and transport methods
- Reactor surveillance, plant life management and decommissioning
- Nuclear data, uncertainties and adjustments
- Benchmarks and inter-comparisons
- Dosimetry in test and research reactors, including accelerators and fusion facilities
This symposium is organized into a single track of oral and poster presentations, along with informal roundtables and workshops. This format provides for in-depth discussion during and after the sessions and promotes a strong community of attendees.
Abstract Submission
Prospective authors are invited to submit an approximately 250-word abstract by October 15, 2024.** To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract.
Abstracts must include a:
- Clear definition of the research objective
- Scientific approach of the work
- Result that constitutes a novel contribution to the field.
Abstracts must be complete enough to allow for careful assessment of the paper's suitability for this symposium because of the limited number of submissions that will be accepted for presentation. The presentation and subsequent manuscript must not be of a commercial nature, nor have been previously published. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their papers for presentation by mid-December 2024. Details and dates for full paper submission will be provided upon acceptance of abstracts.
**There may be an opportunity for the symposium to accept additional abstract submissions after the submission deadline. If you are interested in submitting an abstract after October 15, 2024, please email symposia@astm.org.
Registration
Registration will soon and will close on April 30, 2025. THERE IS NO ONSITE REGISTRATION.
The fees to attend this symposium are listed below and are in USD:
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Through March 31, 2025 |
April 1-April 30, 2025 |
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|---|---|---|
| ASTM Member | $950.00 | $1,250.00 |
| Non-member | $950.00 | $1,250.00 |
| Presenter/Session Chair | $950.00 |
$1,250.00 |
| Student* | $600.00 | $600.00 |
All Attendees – All attendees must pre-register to attend this symposium and check in at the ASTM Registration Area to obtain their name badge before entering the event room.
*Students – Students may apply for the reduced registration fee provided they are a full-time student, are not employed full time, will not have their registration fee paid for or reimbursed by their university or other organization, and can provide a valid university email address for registration. Students must check in at the ASTM Registration Area on site, where they may be asked to show their valid student ID to pick up their name badge before entering the event room. To register as a student, please email symposia@astm.org.
Cancellations – A refund of the symposium fee will be honored only if requested at least 15 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or +1 610-832-9522.
If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations by emailing
symposia@astm.org or calling +1 610-832-9522, Monday - Friday 9:00am-3:00pm Eastern.
Organizing Committee Contact Information
| Americas, East and Southeast Asia, Israel | Europe, Africa, Asia (other), and Australia | |
| ASTM Symposium Chair: | EWGRD Programme Chair: | |
| Russell DePriest | Jan Wagemans | |
| Sandia National Laboratories |
SCK•CEN, Mol |
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| krdepri@sandia.gov | jan.wagemans@sckcen.be | |
| ASTM Symposium Secretary: | EWGRD Programme Secretary: | |
| David Vehar | Dean Thornton | |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Jacobs | |
| dwvehar@sandia.gov | dean.thornton@jacobs.com | |
Hotel Information
The symposium will be held at the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403, USA.
Please support ASTM International by reserving your sleeping room at our official Symposium Hotel and Meeting site.
You may make your hotel reservation by clicking the following link: Hotel Reservations
ASTM has contracted a block of rooms at the Francis Marion Hotel. The special room rate for this event is $219.00. Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes, which currently total 14% and are subject to change. A destination marketing fee of two dollars per room night will also be applied to each individual guest folio and is subject to sales tax. The discounted rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full, but no later than 5:00 pm EDT on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
The rate is only available for the nights of May 17 - 22, 2025. If you will need a sleeping room outside of these dates, you will need to make separate reservations. All reservations must be guaranteed and accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card.
Hotel reservations may also be made by calling the hotel directly at + 1 (843) 722-0600 or 1 (877) 756-2121. You must mention ASTM 18th Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry when you call in order to receive the discounted rate.
Rates are non-commisionable and will not be honered if booked through a third party.
Check-in: 4:00pm EDT
Check-out: 12:00pm EDT
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations that occur within one week of arrival date will be charged for first night's room and tax.
Standards Development Meetings
ASTM Committee E10 invites you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required to attend. For more information about the committee and thier future meetings, please visit the Committee E10 Homepage.