ANS Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences Division

Dear Members of Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences Division   Planning is in progress for two topical Meetings we are supporting in 2016.    GET INVOLVED!   11th International Conference on Tritium Science & Technology (TRITIUM 2016)   The 11th International Conference on Tritium Science & Technology (TRITIUM 2016) is scheduled for April 17 to 22, 2016 in Charleston, SC.   We have been asked to provide three sessions to this conference on environmental aspects of Tritium.  If you would like to support these sessions as a presenter or a session organizer please contact Nadia Glucksberg ( nglucksberg@haleyaldirch.com) or Carl Mazzola ( carl.mazzola@CBIFederalServices.com).   Decommissioning and Remote Systems 2016   The Decommissioning and Remote Systems topical meeting is scheduled for July 31 to August 4, 2016 in Pittsburgh PA.  Some of you have already agreed to serve on the Technical Program Committee for the meeting, and we thank you, but we can always use more help. The Technical Program Committee serves multiple functions they help solicit papers, help with paper reviews and also act as Session Chairs at the meeting. For D&RS 2016 we require the submission of a paper, i.e. we are looking for a 3-4 page (or more) description of your work which can be on a large variety of Topics as indicated on the Call for Papers.   We are looking for volunteers to market the meeting and a web master to establish and maintain an online presence.   We would also like someone to coordinate US Department of Energy participation.  But most of all we need papers on various aspects of decommissioning including projects, lessons learned, regulatory issues, technology from civilian, government and international participants. Papers can be submitted from October 1, 2015 – January 10, 2016.   If you would like further information on this meeting or would like to help please contact Jim Byrne ( jbyrne4424@comcast.net)