Call for Papers

KernD and KTG invite you to apply as a speaker for a technical or scientific contribution at KERNTECHNIK 2024 in Leipzig, Germany.

In a first step, please give us information about yourself and your career. Please choose your session and submit your contribution as an abstract (minimum 300 words). The appropriate guidelines for your abstract can be found here in the template to be used: template.

You can choose from the following sessions:

(S1) Nuclear Competence and Nuclear Safety

Knowledge management, education & training, human capacity building & preservation
Modelling & simulation
Thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and neutronics
Simulators, risk analysis, reliability and safety of existing NPPs
Accident phenomenology and research

(S2) International Trends and Developments in Nuclear

New build projects & advanced reactor concepts incl. research reactors
Innovative systems & components incl. instrumentation & detectors
Model development, validation & application
Man-machine interfaces
Design of core cooling systems
Fuel supply & management, enrichment and reprocessing
Fusion technology and materials

(S3) Decommissioning and Waste Treatment

Decommissioning of NPPs & research reactors incl. licensing & legal aspects
Radiation protection & radiological characterization
Automation, digitalization and industrialization of decommissioning
Treatment of fuel elements and radioactive waste

(S4) Interim Storage and Final Disposal

Waste management
Nuclear transportation & containers for storage
Status quo reports for existing facilities & new projects
Radiation protection in transportation and storage of radioactive waste
Integrity, characterization and behavior of spent nuclear fuel
Radiation fields and heat load

(YSW) Young Scientist’s Workshop

Young Scientist = registered student at a university or research institution or scientific employee
YSW contributions will be evaluated by a separate jury and assigned to the corresponding Technical Sessions later on. (The former separate event "Young Scientist's Workshop" will be integrated.)
The YSW presentations will be marked accordingly in the program.

Once our Program Committee has met, you will receive the "Notification of Acceptance" and we will ask you to upload your "Full Paper". Please note the following deadlines:

Timeline and Deadlines

12/15/2023 Deadline Call for Papers (Abstract)

01/31/2024 Notification of Acceptance

03/31/2024 Submitting Full Paper

04/30/2024 Final Review Remarks Full Paper

05/31/2024 Final Revised Full Paper

05/31/2024 Submitting final PPT

June 11 – 13, 2024 KERNTECHNIK 2024

In this context, please also note our terms and conditions for speakers.