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SESTEC 20167th DAE-BRNS BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM

onEMERGING TRENDS IN SEPARATION SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY - SESTEC 2016at

Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiGuwahati

MAY 17-20, 2016

Organized byBoard of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy

in association withDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology -

Guwahati, Assamand

Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists(ASSET)

Saraighat Bridge, Guwahati

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SESTEC 2016Emerging Trends In Separation Science And Technology

The seventh biennial symposium on “Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology” (ASSET-2016) is being organized by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy in association with the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati and the Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET) during May 17-20, 2016 at IITG, Guwahati, Assam, India. The objective of SESTEC-2016 is to provide a forum to scientists and engineers to discuss the recent advances in the area of separation science and technology relevant to the nuclear fuel cycle activities such as separation of actinides, lanthanides and fission products and speciation of actinides. The expected participation of scientists and engineers from National Laboratories, Universities and Research Institutes from India and abroad in the symposium facilitates effective interaction among the experts and young researchers engaged in research in the areas of separation science and technology.

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Presentations will encompass basic studies and applications and will address topics of novel issues. The scientific programme of the symposium will include Invited talks by eminent Indian and Overseas scientists. Contributed papers will be presented in Oral and Poster sessions and the best oral & poster presentations will be selected for the awards. There will be a special session on “Simulation Studies on Separation Processes” which includes different types of computational and modelling studies for separations. Abstract of the contributed papers will be peer reviewed prior to inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Limited number of papers will be selected for consideration for journal publication in reputed journals such as “Separation Science and Technology” (papers dealing with general separation), “Radiochimica Acta” (papers dealing with radioactivity) and “Chemical Product and Process Modelling” (papers dealing with theoretical and computational studies). The authors will be intimated in advance about the selection of their contributions for consideration of journal publication. The next day after the conclusion of the symposium (21st May, 2016) has been made available for sight-seeing program. Details of the program will be announced at the time of symposium. Those who are interested for guided tours can contact the local organizers well in advance. A conference banquet will be arranged on the 3rd day (19th May, 2016) of the symposium.

SCOPEA Synthesis of solvents, resins and

membranes B Separations in nuclear fuel cycle C Green separations D Chromatography, electrochemical

and pyrochemical separations E Treatment of industrial effluents F Isotope separations G Membrane science and technology H Radiochemical separations I Speciation studies

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THE VENUEIndian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

The symposium will be held in the Conference Centre at IIT-Guwahati, Assam, India. Guwahati, the capital city of Assam state is one of the corridors of evergreen North-Eastern states of India. It is situated on the bank of mighty river Brahmaputra and is well connected to major cities of India by Air as well as by Train. The weather of Guwahati is very pleasant during the month of May.Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, the sixth member of the IIT fraternity, was established in 1994. The academic programme of IIT Guwahati commenced in 1995. Within a short period of time, IIT Guwahati has been able to build up world class infrastructure for carrying out advanced research and has been equipped with state-of-the-art scientific and engineering instruments. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati’s campus is on a sprawling 285 hectares plot of land on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra around 20 km. from the heart of the city. With the majestic Brahmaputra on one side, and with hills and vast open spaces on others, the campus provides an ideal setting for learning.

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Travel Arrangements

It is expected that the participants will make their own travel arrangements. There are direct flights from/to Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata with connectivity to all major cities in the country. Getting to the IIT Guwahati from the airport may take around 40 minutes. For commuting from the railway station to the IIT Guwahati campus, rented cars are available. There is an Institute bus service that runs regularly to and from the city.

IIT Guwahati Campus

How to reach IIT Guwahati from Guwahati Railway Station :Please hire an auto rickshaw or a taxi and come to IIT Guwahati. IIT-G is about 50 mins journey from Guwahati railway station.Alternatively a limited number of buses are also available from Pan Bazar Institution of Engineers (half a kilometer from railway station) to IIT Guwahati: 6.45 am, 8.15 am, 10.00 am, 12.00 noon, 1.00 pm, 2.00 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.00 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.45 pm, 7.30 pm, 8.15 pm, 8.45 pm.

How to reach IIT Guwahati campus from Guwahati Airport:In the Arrival Lounge (inside Airport), there is a prepaid taxi counter. You can book and take a prepaid taxi to IIT Guwahati. It may take around 40 minutes to reach IIT Guwahati.

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Sight Seeing

Other Tourist Places• Kamakhya Temple (15 km)• Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (65 km)• Shillong, Meghalaya (115 km)

Peacock Island Kaziranga National Park

Peacock Island (18 km) is the smallest river island in the world. The Umananda Temple is situated on this island. This Shiva temple, on the Peacock Island in the middle of the mighty river Brahmaputra was built in 1664. It is believed that Lord Shiva by using his third eye burnt Kamdeva at this place. Every year Shivaratri is celebrated in this temple in a grand way. The island is believed to be the world’s smallest human inhabited island. Majuli, the world’s largest river island, is also in Assam.

Kaziranga National Park (198 km) situated in Assam, is a UNESCO world heritage site of India and famous for the Great Indian one horned Rhinoceros.

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Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)

The Board of Research in Nuclear sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), a nodal funding agency supports extramural research and development activities in nuclear and allied sciences, engineering and technology. The major activities of BRNS are: Identify and fund R & D programmes and projects, award fellowship to pursue doctoral programmes and research grants to young scientists, organize symposia on topic of relevance and interest to DAE as well as in frontier areas of science and technology, extend financial support to symposia and conferences organized by professional bodies and other agencies, establishment of chairs in universities and other institutions of higher learning, create infrastructure facilities for advance research, identify/create and support centers of excellence. For more information contact www.barc.gov.in

Financial Assistance

TA/DA will be made available to a few deserving student participants where sponsoring institution is unable to arrange. Request for financial assistance must reach Secretary, Symposium Organizing Committee on or before March 30, 2016.

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Registration

Last Dates

Submission of Contributory Paper : December 1, 2015Submission of Invited Paper : March 1, 2015 Intimation of Acceptance of Paper : December 31, 2015Request for accommodation : March 30, 2016Submission of Registration Fees : March 30, 2016

Registration Fees

Registration fee is to be paid in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of “SESTEC-2016” payable at Mumbai by 30th March, 2016. Registration form can be downloaded from symposium websites.

Address for Correspondence

Dr. A.C. DebSecretary,Symposium Organizing Committee, SESTEC- 2016Fuel Chemistry Division, RC&IG, RLG,BARC, Mumbai 400 085, INDIATelephone: 91-22-2559 6153FAX: 91-22-25505151 Email: sestec2016@gmail.com, acdeb@barc.gov.in

Students Rs. 1000/-

Delegates from Universities/Educational Institutes/Government Departments Rs. 3000/-

Delegates from Public Sector Undertakings/ Industries Rs. 10000/-

Person accompanying Delegates from India Rs. 1000/-

Delegates from abroad US$ 500/-

Person accompanying Delegate from abroad US$ 350/-

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Authors Please Note1. Papers based on original unpublished work will only be accepted.

2. Contributory papers are invited on topics listed overleaf in the form of one page manuscript ‘in camera ready’ form in specified format. The entire text should be typed in MS Word by using the MS Word page set up with the following specifications: paper size A4 (210 x 297 mm), page margins: top 25 mm, bottom 25 mm, left 20 mm & right 15 mm. The body of the manuscript has to be in single column, balanced news paper mode. The font should be Times New Roman with single line spacing. Other details can be found in the template given elsewhere in this brochure. Manuscripts not complying with the format will not be accepted. The template can also be downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/sestec2016 or www.barc.gov.in/symposium/sestec2016

3. Manuscript should be categorized (A to I) as per the titles given under SCOPE of the symposium.

4. The manuscript should be submitted by e-mail to acdeb@barc.gov.in or sestec2016@gmail.com. The submission deadline is 1st December, 2015.

5. E-mail ID of corresponding author should be given in the manuscript and presenting author should be underlined. All the future communications in respect of manuscript will only be made to corresponding author.

6. DAE participants may please note that the contributed papers should be accompanied with scanned copy of the note of approval from the competent authority. Without this note the papers will not be accepted.

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Paper FormatTitle of the Paper(Times New Roman 16 pt. bold, Center)A. Author1, A. Two2, and A. Three3 (Times New Roman 12pt, bold, Center)1Radiochemistry Division, 2Product Development Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085. 3AFFF, Tarapur, 415605. (Times New Roman 10 pt, center) E-mail

Section Headings (Times New Roman 12 pt., bold)The text should be in Times New Roman font, 10pt in single spacing. The body of the paper has to be in a single column. Authors are requested to prepare their manuscripts exactly according to the instructions given. The page limit is 1 page for the invited talks and 1 page for the contributory papers. Please try to maximize the information content utilizing the full space available.

Figures/Photograph/Tables All Figs./photographs and Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals with Captions in Times New Roman font 10 pt at the bottom for Figs and photographs and at the top for the Tables.All the figures, tables and photographs should be separated from each other and from preceding and succeeding paragraphs by single spacing.

Equations Equations should be left justified and numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of occurrence in the text. The equation numbers should appear in 10 pt. bold on the right hand side of the column enclosed by parentheses.

References [Reference in the text should be in square bracket] e.g. [1, 3-7] (times new roman font 9pts)1. D. J. Berkley, M. Blanchette, and R. M. Classidy; Anal. Chem. 58, 2222 (1986).2. One, Two and Three, Radiochemistry Lab Report, 147 (1999).3. One and Two, Hand Book of Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 1, 3rd Edition, Eds. A. Editor and B. Editor, Publisher, City, (Year) p xxx.4. Author in Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Spectroscopy edited by B. Editor, City (Year) p yyy.

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AccommodationAccommodation for the participants is being arranged in the IIT Guwahati Institute Guest House and Hotels which are closer to IIT Guwahati (Venue of the Symposium). Delegates may send their request to the Convener, Local Organizing Committee by indicating the details in the Proforma along with crossed D.D. of amount as per the choice of their hotel (for details visit http://sites.google.com/site/sestec2016).An advance amount of one day will be required for payment - for reserving the rooms and will be adjusted against the accommodation charges later. This advanced amount will be non refundable. The Hotel Name and the amount will be updated later on the conference website. Efforts will be made to provide the accommodation at concessional rates. For the accommodation charges, Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of “SESTEC-2016, LOC”, payable at Guwahati and sent to Convener, Local Organizing Committee on or before March 30, 2016. A copy of accommodation request form should also be sent to the Secretary, Symposium Organizing Committee either by E-mail or post. Accommodation details of individuals will be displayed in our web site well in advance. Accommodation form can be downloaded from symposium website.

Address for Local Corresspondence

Prof. Tamal BanerjeeConvener,Local Organizing Committee, SESTEC-2016Department of Chemical EngineeringIIT-Guwahati, Guwahati-781039Assam, INDIATelephone :(O) (91-361)- 2582266, Mobile: 91-9957029826E-mail: sestec2016@iitg.ernet.in; tamalb@iitg.ernet.in

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Advisory Committee

Sinha, R. K., DAE, Mumbai........................Chairman Acharya, D., UCIL, JadugudaBasu, S., BARC, MumbaiBiswas, G., IIT, GuwahatiChakravartty, J.K., BARC, MumbaiDavid Depaoli, ORNL, USAGarg, M.O., CSIR, DelhiJagtap, B.N., BARC, MumbaiJarvinen, G.D., LANL, USAKalmykov, S., Russia Kulkarni, B.D., NCL, Pune Lakshmi Kantam, M., IICT, HyderabadManchanda, V.K., MumbaiNash, K.L., WSU, USAParihar, P.S., AMD, HyderabadPatra, R.N., IREL, MumbaiPrakash, R., HWB, MumbaiQaim, S.M., INM, GermanyRaju, R.P., MumbaiRama Rao, P., BRNS, MumbaiRao, P.R.V., IGCAR, KalpakkamRoy, S.B., BARC, MumbaiSaibaba, N., NFC, HyderabadSamaddar, A.B., NIT, SikkimSharma, M.M., MumbaiSonde, R.R., Thermax, PuneSue Clark, WSU, USASurendra Kumar, IIT, RoorkeeVan der Bruggen, B., CIT, BelgiumVerboom, W., The NetherlandsYadav, G.D., ICT, MumbaiWickramasinghe, R., UOA, USA

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Organising CommitteeRamakumar, K.L., BARC, Mumbai....................... ChairmanMurali, M.S., BARC, Mumbai................................ConvenerTamal Banerjee, IIT, Guwahati.............................Co-convenerDeb, A.C., BARC, Mumbai.....................................SecretaryAcharya, R., BARC, MumbaiAdya, V.C., BARC, MumbaiAnil Kumar, NCL, Pune Arcot R.Balakrishnan, IIT, ChennaiAshok Khanna, IIT, KanpurBindal, R.C., BARC, MumbaiChattopadhyay, S., BARC, MumbaiChoudhary, S., BARC MumbaiDas, C.M., BRNS, MumbaiDash, A., BARC, MumbaiDhami, P.S., BARC, MumbaiDutta, S., BRNS, MumbaiGandhi, P.M., BARC, MumbaiGoswami, A., BARC, MumbaiGoswami, D., BARC, MumbaiJeyakumar, S., BARC, MumbaiJoseph, G., IGCAR, KalpakkamKamachi Mudali, U., IGCAR, KalpakkamKannan, S., BARC, MumbaiKaushik,C.P., BARC, MumbaiKulkarni, Y., BARC, TarapurLahiri, S., SINP, KolkataMishra, I.M., IIT, RoorkeeMohan, S., HWD, BARCMohanty, P.R., HWB, BARCMohapatra, P.K., BARC, MumbaiMukerjee, S.K., BARC, MumbaiPant, K.K., IIT, DelhiPujari, P.K., BARC, MumbaiReddy, M.L.P., CSIR, TrivandrumSahu, M.L, BARC, MumbaiSharmila Banerjee, BARC, MumbaiShenoy, K.T., BARC, MumbaiSingh, A.K., BARC, MumbaiSirshendu De, IIT, KharagpurSuresh, A.K., IIT, MumbaiTomar, B.S., BARC, MumbaiTripathi, S.C., BARC, MumbaiVarshney, L., BARC, Mumbai

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Technical Committee

Mohapatra, P.K, RCD, BARC........................ChairmanAcharya R., RCD, BARC, MumbaiAli, S.M, ChED, BARCAnsari, S.A., RCD, BARCBhattacharyya, A., RCD, BARCBhowmick, G.K., L&PTD, BARCBiswas, S., UED, BARCBrahmananda Rao, C.V.S., FCD, IGCARDey, T.K., MDS, BARCDhami, P.S., FRD, BARCGhosh, A.K., MDS, BARCJaison, P.G., FCD, BARCJeyakumar S., RACD, BARC, MumbaiKumar, M., RPCD, BARCKumar, S., RACD, BARCMallia, M.B., RPhCS, BARCManohar, S., PSDD, BARCPandey, U., IP&AD, BARCParida, S.C., PDD, BARCPente, A.S., WMD, BARCSharma, J.N., PSDD, BARCSharma, M.K., FCD, BARCSingh, D.K., REDS, BARCSingh, S.K., FRD, BARCSivaraman, N., FCD, IGCARTripathi, R., RCD, BARCVenkatesan, K.A., FCD, IGCARPallab Ghosh, IIT-GuwahatiSasidhar Gumma, IIT-GuwahatiDipankar Bandopadhyay, IIT-GuwahatiRajesh Upadhayay, IIT-GuwahatiMahuya De, IIT-Guwahati

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Secretariat - SESTEC 2016

Murali, M.S., RCD, BARC, Mumbai........................ConvenerDeb, A.C., FCD, BARC, Mumbai.............................SecretarySodaye, Suparna, RCD, BARC, Mumbai................CoordinatorSengupta, A., RCD, BARC, MumbaiGupta, S., RCD, BARC, MumbaiRao, Ankita, RACD, BARC, MumbaiThakur, U., RACD, BARCGujar, R., RCD, BARCVittalrao, T.V., FCD, BARCChandrasekhar, D., PDD, BARCDevlekar, A., RCD, BARCAchreker, Snehal, RCD, BARC

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Tamal Banerjee......................................................ConvenerR. AnandalakshmiDipankar BandopadhyayAshok Kumar Das MahapatraPallab GhoshAnimes Kumar GolderVaibhav V. GoudSasidhar GummaRaghvendra GuptaSubrata MajumdarBishnupada Mandal Kaustubha Mohanty Partho Sarathi Gooh PattaderNageswara Rao PeelaVairakannu PrabuMihir K. PurkaitPrabirkumar SahaPankaj TiwariPrasanna VenkateshG. Pugazhenthi

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SESTEC 2016Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

May 17-20, 2016REGISTRATION FORM

Name :Designation : Institution: Address for Correspondence: Telephone: (O) (R) Email: Fax:

Payment Details Demand Draft No dated drawn in favour of “SESTEC-2016” payable at Mumbai for an amount of Rs. towards registration charges Date Signature

To

Dr. A.C. DebSecretary, Symposium Organizing Committee, SESTEC 2016Fuel Chemistry Division, BARC, Mumbai 400 085, INDIATelephone: 022-2559 6153Email: sestec2016@gmail.com; acdeb@barc.gov.in

Note: Registration form duly filled along with D.D. should be sent to the Secretary, Symposium Organizing Committee, SESTEC 2016, on or before March 30, 2016.

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SEVENTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING TRENDS IN SEPARATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (SESTEC-2016)

May 17-20, 2016Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

REGISTRATION FORM FOR OVERSEAS

1. Name (as in passport) : 2. Designation : 3. Institute Address : 4. Residence Address :

5. Date of Birth :6. Nationality : 7. Male / Female: 8. Email :9. Purpose of visit : 10. Duration of visit :

11. Whether invited for talk/contributing a paper :12. If yes, Title of the Talk/Paper :13. Passport Details :

14. Visa Details :

Note:1. Please send the scanned copy of your passport along with one page bio-data and registration form to The Secretary, SESTEC-2016, by email on: sestec2016@gmail.com/acdeb@barc.gov.in2. Fill separate registration form for accompanying person.

Number of Days From To

Number Date of Issue Country Issued At Valid Till

Number and Type of Visa Date of Issue Country Issued At Valid Till

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SESTEC 2016Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

May 17-20, 2016REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION FORM

Name :Designation : Institution: Address for Correspondence: Telephone: (O) (R) Email: Fax:

I/We need accommodation:

Enclosed please find Demand Draft No dated drawn in favour of “SESTEC-2016 LOC” payable at Guwahati for an amount of Rs. towards accommodation charges. Date Signature

ToProf. Tamal BanerjeeConvener, Local Organizing Committee, SESTEC-2016Department of Chemical EngineeringIIT-Guwahati, Guwahati-781039,Assam, INDIATelephone :(O) (91-361)- 2582266, Mobile: 91-9957029826E-mail : sestec2016@iitg.ernet.in; tamalb@iitg.ernet.in

Note: Request for accommodation form duly filled along with D.D. should be sent to the Convener, Local Organizing Committee, SESTEC 2016 on or before March 30, 2016. & a copy of the form or an email indicating all the details should be sent to the secretary, Symposium Organizing Committee.[form can be downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/sestec2016 & www.barc.gov.in/sestec2016]

Date Flight/TrainArrival

Departure

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SESTEC 2016Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

May 17-20, 2016FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FORM

1. Name (in full) : 2. Occupation/Position : 3. Basic Pay/Felloship Amount : 4. Address with Email ID :

5. Approx. return Train Fare (as per eligibility 2AC, 3AC, Sleeper) :6. Travel Itinerary : Arrival Date : Departure Date : 7. Invited Talk / Contributed Paper / Participant

Declaration: It is declared that TA is not obtained from any other source for the same purpose.

SignatureThrough

Research Guide / Supervisor Head of the Department / Institute(Signature and Official Seal/Stamp)

ToSecretary, SESTEC-2016FCD, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400085 INDIAPhone: 91-22-25596153 Fax: 91-22-2550 5151; E-mail : sestec2016@gmail.com and acdeb@barc.gov.in

Note: It is expected that participants will arrange their travel from their respective Institutes or Universities. In the case of non availability of funds for the same you are requested to send the request for financial assistance (by March 30, 2016) through proper channel.