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PATRAM 25

The International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials

Date & Time:

27th Jul - 1st Aug, 2025

PATRAM Returns to the U.S. in 2025

27 July – 1 August 2025
San Antonio, Texas
Message from the Chairs

The United States Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Transportation, Institute for Nuclear Material Management and World Nuclear Transport Institute will present the 21st International Symposium on Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM 2025), July 27-August 1, 2025, at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Every three years, the Symposium provides international representatives of industry, academia, government and the public an opportunity to meet and exchange views and information on all aspects of the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.

We need your participation in PATRAM 2025 to present papers sharing experiences and insights that have resulted in the exemplary safety record this industry has achieved to date, as well as papers on how the entire community can maintain and even improve the safety, security, efficiency, and effectiveness of future radioactive material shipments. As chairs of the Symposium we encourage you to share your experiences, concerns and visions of the future by submitting abstracts to PATRAM 2025.

Key Dates

  • Deadline to Submit Abstracts: January 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
  • Review Period: February 1 – February 28, 2025
  • Author Notification: Starting March 1, 2025
  • Due Date for Paper Withdrawal and Author Changes (for selected abstracts): March 30, 2025
  • Final Papers Due (for selected abstracts): June 12, 2025
  • Final Presentations Due (for selected abstracts): July 7, 2025

Submitting an Abstract

Authors are invited to propose papers for inclusion in PATRAM 2025 focusing on a broad range of technical, institutional and operational topics and matters. All submissions received by January 10, 2025 will be considered. Selection for inclusion in the PATRAM 2025 Symposium will be made based on the merits of the paper as judged by review of abstracts.

Papers may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

    • Package Design (including Materials and Testing)
    • Analysis (including Structural, Thermal, Containment, Shielding, Criticality, and Risk Assessment)
    • Transport Operations (including Tracking, Routing, Emergency Preparedness, Radiation Protection, Denial of Shipments, and Package Handling)
    • Regulatory & Institutional Issues (including Regulations, Codes and Standards, Communications, and Liability)
    • Content Specific Challenges (including Spent Fuel, Radio Pharmaceuticals, Large Items, UF6, NORM, Waste, Fissile Material, Orphan Sources, and Manufactured Items)
    • New trends in Packaging and Transport of Radioactive Materials (including Transportable Reactors, HALEU, Use of Drones [both beneficially and negatively], and Use of Artificial Intelligence)
    • Transportation Security (including current technologies, security risk analysis, workforce development, emerging threats and technologies, information protection, response considerations, and advanced reactor shipping)

Format

  • Authors should indicate whether they intend to present their papers verbally or as a poster.
  • Each abstract submitted for consideration must be in English.
  • The abstract should succinctly describe the premise, substance, central findings and results or expected results of the paper.
  • Abstracts should not exceed 350 words.
  • Authors should indicate the topic they believe best represents their paper.

How to Submit an Abstract

  • Abstracts must be submitted electronically via the PATRAM Web site at www.patram.org beginning on Sept. 9, 2024. This online database will allow authors flexibility in submitting their abstracts.
  • Abstracts must be submitted electronically by January 10, 2025.
  • Complete all sections of the electronic submittal form, including name, mailing address, phone, and e-mail. This information is important so that the Paper Selection Committee can contact you regarding the disposition of your paper.

Final Papers are required from all presenters. Final papers are due no later than June 12, 2025. Instructions for submitting your paper will be sent with your author notification.

Abstract Guidelines

How to Submit

Submit and Abstract Here

Symposium Location

San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
101 Bowie St, San Antonio, TX 78205
Hotel Location and Information

Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, in 1731 San Antonio became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexican Republic. It is the oldest municipality in Texas, having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018. The conference hotel is located along the famous San Antonio River Walk, a city park and special-case pedestrian street one level down from the automobile street. The River Walk winds and loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops, connecting the major tourist draws such as the Shops at Rivercenter, the Arneson River Theatre, Marriage Island, La Villita, HemisFair Park, the Tower Life Building, the San Antonio Museum of Art, the Pearl, and the city’s five Spanish colonial missions (including the Alamo), which have been named a World Heritage Site.

Reservation details are available on the website.

 

Event Date:

27th Jul - 1st Aug, 2025

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