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.
ICEM2011 iis the fourteenth in a series of international conferences on environmental remediation and radioactive waste management organized by the ASME in cooperation with others. 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; and Tsukuba, Japan in 2010. Over 30 countries generally participate.
Technical areas covered at ICEM2011 Include:
Track 1 Low/Intermediate-Level (L/ILW) Radioactive Waste Management
Track 2 Spent Fuel, Fissile Material, Transuranic (TRU)
Track 3 Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D)
Track 4 Environmental Remediation (ER)
Track 5 Environmental Management (EM)/Public Involvement/Crosscutting Issues/Global Partnering
Track 6 General or Unassigned Abstracts
