THE 13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

ICEM promotes a broad global exchange of information on technologies, operations, management approaches, economics and public policies in the critical areas of environmental remediation and radioactive waste management. The conference provides a unique opportunity to foster cooperation among specialists from countries with mature environmental management programs and those from countries with emerging programs. Attendees include scientists, engineers, technology developers, equipment suppliers, government officials, utility representatives and owners of environmental problems.

ICEM'10 is the thirteenth in a series of international conferences on environmental remediation and radioactive waste management organized by the ASME and other technical societies and being held as a conference in Japan after eleven years interval. The first conference was held in Hong Kong in 1987, followed by Kyoto, Japan in 1989; Seoul, Korea, in 1991; Prague, Czech Republic, in 1993; Berlin, Germany, in 1995; Singapore in 1997; Nagoya, Japan in 1999; Bruges, Belgium in 2001 and 2007; Oxford, England in 2003; Glasgow Scotland in 2005; Liverpool, UK in 2009. The ICEM conferences benefit from world-wide participation from more than 30 countries.

Technical areas covered at ICEM2010 Include:

• Low/Intermediate-Level (L/ILW) Radioactive Waste Management
• Spent Fuel, Fissile material, Transuranic (TRU) and High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Management
• Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D)
• Environmental Remediation (ER)
• Environmental Management (EM) / Public Involvement / Crosscutting Issues
• Global Partnership (GP) and Multi-National Programs

ICEM'11, the 14th conference, will be held September 25-29 in Reims, France. Additional information can be found at www.asmeconferences.org/icem2011.