Dear Colleague -

I invite your attention to the following  *CALL FOR PAPERS*.  The 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
PHYSICS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

will take place October 5 - 8, 1998 at the Radisson Hotel,
Islandia, Long Island, New York

Principal Sponsors are: The Reactor Physics Division and the Long Island 
Section of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY

Cooperating Organizations are:
Canadian Nuclear Society
Korea Nuclear Society
Croatia Nuclear Society
Israel Nuclear Society
National Resource Center for Plutonium
and, pending approval, OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency and European Nuclear Society

MAJOR TECHNICAL AREAS

     Nuclear Data
     Neutron/Reactor Physics
     Reactor Analysis
     Particle Transport
     Monte Carlo Calculations
     Numerical Methods
     Non-Linear Dynamics
     Transient Phenomena
     Space-Time Kinetics
     Coupled Neutronics-
       Thermal Hydraulics
     Neutron Sources
     Core Monitoring
     Incore Fuel Management
     Reactor Physics Standards
     Reactor Physics Benchmarks
     Nuclear Safeguards
     Nuclear Instrumentation
     Measurement Techniques
     Fast Neutron Penetration
     Neutron Dosimetry
     Research & Test Reactors
     Analysis of Nuclear Systems
     Physics of MOX Fuels 
     Medical Applications
     Space Applications
     Spallation Physics
     Actinide Burners
     High Burnup Fuel

Deadline for Summaries                          January 5, 1998
Author Notification                                  March 15, 1998
Deadline for Camera-Ready Full Papers     May 15, 1998

Your summary should be 1000-1500 words with tables and figures
counting as 150 words each.  Four copies of the summary should be
sent to the Technical Program Chairman
Dr. Dimitrios Cokinos
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 197C
Upton, NY  11973-5000 USA
Telephone:   516-344-2146;  Fax:  516-344-7533;  E-mail: cokinos@bnl.gov

Here is some general information that may also be of interest to you:

A.  Conference Program.  This conference is one in a series of
biannual conferences organized by the Reactor Physics Division of the
ANS with the assistance of other divisions and local sections. The
last one took place in 1996 in Japan (Physor `96).  As can be seen
from the list of major technical areas above, we expect to consider
both traditional reactor physics subjects as well as new science and
technology that is linked to those traditional areas.  Examples of
the latter are the design of neutron producing accelerator targets
and the design of neutron beams for medical applications.  We think
that the conference will be an excellent opportunity for experts and
neophytes alike to discuss the latest advances in the physics of
nuclear science and technology.

B.  Touring the Region.  Long Island is an attractive venue for this
conference and temperatures during the day in October will be
approximately 20 C (68 F).  The meeting is situated in the New York
City (NYC) suburbs an hour's ride from midtown Manhattan.  "The
City" is considered the cultural capital of the U.S. and is one of
the main tourist attractions for international (and U.S.)  visitors.  
Attendees may want to visit the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade
Center, Times Square, Wall Street, Central Park, and the many
museums dealing with the fine arts, history, and science.  Broadway
theaters, concerts, the opera, and dance performances are also
accessible as are professional sports events.  Long Island also has
many tourist attractions and attendees may want to visit barrier
islands like Fire Island, mansions along the "Gold Coast" like Teddy
Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill, and vineyards along the North Fork.

C.  Technical Tours.  A technical tour will be arranged at
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) to show the High Flux Beam
Reactor (HFBR), the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR), and
some of the non-reactor facilities like the National Synchrotron
Light Source.  The HFBR is a heavy water reactor with a 32-year
history of producing neutron beams to study nuclear and
condensed-matter physics, chemistry, and biology.  The BMRR is being
used for boron neutron capture therapy for patients with brain
tumors. 

As you can see there are many reasons for attending this conference 
and I am hoping that you submit a paper and/or participate.  Please 
keep in contact with news of the conference at our website:

http://www.dne.bnl.gov/html/confweb/conf-98.htm

Sincerely yours,

David J. Diamond,
General Chair