Transportation:To obtain general information about how to reach the Hotel from the Airport or the Railways Station: click here.
Registration: Sunday 25th, 18 h - 20 h, at the Zenit Hotel. Monday 26th, 09 h, at Centro Nacional de Aceleradores.
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Later update:
 October 22th, 2009

General Information:

Date: Monday 26 - Wednesday 28, October, 2009.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA). Isla de La Cartuja. Seville, Spain.
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Rafael García-Tenorio  by sending email to leadpolonium2009@us.es or by calling +34  954 55 66 25.

 

Objectives:

If we consider the field of environmental studies, Pb-210 has been used with success for the determination of sedimentation rates and grow rate of peat bogs. However, other factors such as the migration processes have not been studied for very large extent.   Nowadays, Po-210 has received a great interest , from a radiological and a biogeochemical point of view due to the killing of


Mr. Litvienko, from Russia. Although a significant work on this isotope was carried out in 1960-70 decade, at these times no yield determinants was often used and the accuracies might be questioned.
 
 The radiochemistry of polonium is relatively simple, compared to other alpha emitters. So, not much effort has been done to develop new methods of analysis.
 
 Kinetics studies of the Po-isotopes give very different values. The fractional uptake in man is given as 0.2 - 0.8 and the biological half-life is in the range 30 - 100 days, showing the uncertainty in de dose estimation. Organ distribution is important and it has been recently shown that a large fraction is associated to the hair.

Finally, the volatility of polonium makes this radionuclide to be the most important one in some NORM industries form an occupational dose point of view.



Committees:
Local and Organising Committee:

 R. García-Tenorio
        (University of Seville, Spain).

 E. Holm
        (NRPA, Osteras, Norway).

P. Strand
        (NRPA, Osteras, Norway).

 J. Gómez
        (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Seville, Spain).

 G. Manjón
        (University of Seville, Spain).
 Scientific Committee:

 F. Carvalho
        (Nuclear and Technological Institute, Sacavém, Portugal).
 T. Gäfvert
        (NRPA, Osteras, Norway).
 J. M. Godoy
        (Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria,
        Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear,
        Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
J. Gwynn
        (NRPA, Osteras, Norway).
 K. Hirose
        (Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan).
 P. J. Kershaw
        (The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture
         Science, Lowestoft, UK).
 J. Paatero
        (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland).
 N. Priest
        (AECL, Chalk River, Canada).
 P. Roos
        (Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy,
        Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark).
 C. Samuelsson
        (University of Lund, Sweden).
 J. A. Sánchez-Cabeza
        (IAEA Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco).
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Program: NEW!

The Final Program of the Conference can be downloaded here.

Sessions:

  1. Session 1: Radiochemistry, Instrumentation and Quality Assurance.
  2. Session 2: Terrestrial migration of Pb-210 and Po-210.
  3. Session 3: The kinetics of Pb-210 and Po-210.
  4. Session 4: Po-210 and Pb-210 in the marine environment.
  5. Session 5: Determination of Pb-210 and Po-210 for sedimentation rate and grow-rate estimations.
  6. Session 6: The Pb-210 and Po-210 as tracers in the atmosphere.
  7. Session 7: Po-210 and Pb-210 in NORM industries.
  8. Session 8: Pb-210-Po-210 in dose assessments.
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Registration

Conference registration fees:
 Participant:  300 euros (Early registration).
 Participant:  400 euros (Late registration)
Accompanying person: 200 euros.
Fee for participants includes:
    Participation in scientific sessions.
    The printed material for the conference.
    Welcome reception.
    3 work lunches and coffee breaks.
    Gala dinner.
    Conference proceedings.
    Social events.
The registration form can be downloaded here.

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Call for papers:
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Proceedings:

Extended abstracts (from 4 to 6 pages) of all the works accepted for presentation in the Conference will be published in a Book of Proceedings.

In addition, selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of a peer-reviewed Journal.

The manuscript for the Book of Proceedings should be written according to the instructions given in the following template: Click here.

The deadline for submission of manuscripts is September, 30th.

More details about the publication are given in the letters of acceptance, which was sent to the corresponding authors.
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                                              Transportation and maps:

Seville is located in the South-West of Spain.

      
The High Speed Renfe AVE
(Alta Velocidad Española: AVE)
By train: Madrid - Seville - Madrid
The journey takes 2h 30m.
By train: Barcelone - Seville - Barcelone
The journey takes 5h 40m.
This train runs between over a high  speed track of international 1.435 m. gauge. It has a top speed of 300 km/h. and consists of two engines and eight intermediate cars, including a cafeteria car.
 

International Airports

          Sevilla - San Pablo
NEW! To obtain general information about how to reach the Hotel from Airport or Railways Station: click here.

          Madrid - Barajas
(Next Madrid - Seville by train Renfe-AVE)

          Barcelona - El Prat
(Next Barcelone - Seville by train Renfe-AVE)

Direct flight from Oslo - Gardermoen Airport.

                                                    Social program:

Visit to Middle Age Alcazar :

Monday October 26

The Alcazar (fortified palace) of Seville was built by King Pedro I of Castile in the 1360's, it offers some of the best surviving examples of Mudejar architecture.

Nowadays the Alcazar of Seville is an official residence of the King of Spain.

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Tapas Cocktail Party:

Monday October 26

Just after the visit to Alcazar, everybody will go to the Alfonso XIII Hotel, where a cocktail party will take place.

COCKTAIL PARTY: Open bar (wine, beer and soft) plus tapas.


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Conference dinner:

Tuesday October 27

The conference dinner will be held at Hacienda San Juan del Hornillo on Tuesday October 27th. As Hacienda San Juan del Hornillo is located a few kilometers from Seville, bus transportation will be organized. Information about the dinner site can be found in the link Hacienda San Juan del Hornillo.


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                                                   Citymaps of Seville:

The Hotel (Sevilla Zenit)

The Zenit Hotel is placed in the former town of Triana (today a quarter of Seville). This place has been birthplace of epic bullfighters. The different temperament of the people of Triana remains today. To see the citymap, please click here.

NEW! Additionally you have a citymap where Zenit Hotel and Centro Nacional de Aceleradores are included. Please click here.

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Transfer bus

A transfer bus will move the participants from the Zenit Hotel to the National Accelerator Center and, after the conference sessions, the transfer bus will return to the Zenit Hotel.

          

The National Accelerator Centre

The National Accelerator Center (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, in Spanish) is placed in the island of "La Cartuja". The Universal Exhibition "Seville 1992" was developed in this island, where national or international pavillions were built. Different corporations on technical and scientific investigation are operating today in this area. To see the citymap, please click here.


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Walking for Seville

The historical center of the town is the best choice to a nice walk. Traditional "bares de tapas" must be visited as a complement to an obligatory monument and museum watching. To see the citymap, please click here.


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Seville temperature:

Seville climate:

October:
Temperature: 13 ºC - 26 ºC.
Relative humidity: 63 %.
Rainfall days: 6

November:
Temperature: 9 ºC - 20 ºC.
Relative humidity: 71 %.
Rainfall days: 6


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Accomodation:

HOTEL ZENIT

The official hotel for the conference is the ZENIT SEVILLA HOTEL

If you already registered, you can make the hotel reservation.
There are special prices offered by the hotel to the Conference.  


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Reservation:

Hotel reservation is now over.
The reservation form must be sent to the Conference Secretary. Please, Click here.

Note: Hotel reservation has been confirmed to the participants after reception of the accomodation form and the registration fees. The Organizing Committee needs the fees of each participant to be used as guarantee of the reservation.

Way of payment:

Hotel payment will be done by each participant on site.

Information about the Hotel Zenit:
Phone: +34 95 434 74 34 Fax: +34 95 434 27 07.


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Final program:


The Final Program of the Conference can be downloaded here.

Around 100 works have been confirmed for presentation.


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Registration: NEW!


Sunday, October 25th

18:00 - 20:00 Registration at Zenit Hotel.
20:00 - 21:00 Welcome cocktail.

Monday, October 26th

09:00 - 09:45 Registration at Centro Nacional de Aceleradores.

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Secretaría:

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA.
DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA 2.
AV. REINA MERCEDES 2
E-41012 SEVILLA, ESPAÑA


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Secretary:

UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE.
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICS 2.
AV. REINA MERCEDES 2
E-41012 SEVILLE, SPAIN

Contact to Rafael García-Tenorio
by email to leadpolonium2009@us.es
or by calling +34  954 55 66 25.


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