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Euradwaste 2008

Euradwaste '08

Seventh European Commission Conference on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Conference Presentations,
Papers and Panel Reports

Monday, 20 October 2008

Sessions on policy and strategic and socio-political issues

SESSION I: Current situation of geological disposal in the EU

Radioactive waste management: Where do we stand?
Mrs Marie-Claude Dupuis, Chief Executive Officer, ANDRA, France. Chairwoman of the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC)
Paper - Slides

Panel Report:
Current situation of geological disposal in the EU

SESSION II: Economical factors governing geological disposal programmes

Assessment of financial provisions for nuclear waste management – long-term perspective from a Finnish viewpoint
Dr Eero Patrakka, Chief Executive Officer, Posiva Oy, Finland, et al.
Paper - Slides

Panel Report:
Economical factors governing geological disposal programmes

SESSION III: Co-operation in geological disposal

Cooperation in developing geological disposal concepts – benefits and challenges
Ms Monika Hammarström, SKB, Sweden
Paper - Slides

Panel Report:
Co-operation in geological disposal

SESSION IV: Communication of risk and uncertainties

Introduction
Dr Claudio Pescatore, OECD/NEA, France
Slides

Communicating safety of radioactive waste disposal – the perspective of a person responsible for science and technology
Dr Piet Zuidema, NAGRA, Switzerland
Slides

Panel Report:
Communication of risk and uncertainties

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Keynote:
The Euratom research and training programme in radioactive waste management
Mr Simon Webster, Head of Unit ‘Fission’, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research
Paper - Slides

Sessions on Community research in the field of radioactive waste management: partitioning and transmutation and geological disposal – the Sixth Euratom Framework Programme for nuclear research and training activities (2002-2006)

SESSION V: Partitioning and transmutation and its impact on geological disposal

Partitioning studies:
An overview of partitioning activities in Europe
Jean-Paul Glatz, European Commission (EC), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe
Paper - Slides

Transmutation studies:
Overview of activities in Europe exploring options for transmutation
Dankward Struwe, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Reaktorsicherheit (DE), et al.
Paper - Slides

P&T implementation scenarios:
Impact of partitioning and transmutation on nuclear waste management and the associated geological repositories
Enrique M. González Romero, CIEMAT (ES)
Paper - Slides

Impact of P&T on repository performance assessment:
Impact of advanced fuel-cycle scenarios on geological disposal
Jan Marivoet, SCK•CEN (BE), et al.
Paper - Slides

Panel discussion:
Radioactive waste management – burn or bury?

Introduction by Dr Ved Bhatnagar, Unit ‘Fission’, European Commission, DG Research
Slides

Mr Gianluca Benamati, Italian Parliament (Italy)
Slides

Mr Bernard Boullis, CEA Saclay (France)
Slides

Mr Philippe Lalieux, ONDRAF/NIRAS (Belgium)
Slides

Panel Report:
Radioactive waste management – burn or bury?

Sessions VI to VIII: Geological disposal

SESSION VI: Near-field processes

NF-PRO introduction:
Recent advances in integrating European research on the near-field system
Alain Sneyers, SCK•CEN (BE), et al.
Paper - Slides

Performance of the waste matrix:
Challenges of assessing long-term performance of nuclear waste matrices in repository near-field environments – insights from the NF-PRO and MICADO projects
Karel Lemmens, SCK•CEN (BE), et al.
Paper - Slides

Chemical evolution of the engineered barrier system (EBS):
Key processes affecting the chemical evolution of the engineered barrier system
David Savage, Quintessa Ltd (UK), et al.
Paper - Slides

THM evolution of the EBS:
Impact of thermo-hydro-mechanical processes on repository performance
Patrik Sellin, SKB (SE), et al.
Paper - Slides

EDZ and TDZ evolution:
Disturbed and damaged zones around underground openings – effects induced by construction and thermal loading
Peter Blümling, NAGRA (CH), et al.
Paper - Slides

Integration of results in PA repository concepts:
Near-field processes – the challenge of integration into performance assessment
Lawrence H. Johnson, NAGRA (CH)
Paper - Slides

Panel Report:
Key remaining research issues in the area of near-field processes relevant for the geological disposal of high level radioactive wastes

Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Sessions on geological disposal (continued)

SESSION VII: Repository technologies, actinides and far-field migration processes

Engineering studies and repository design:
ESDRED – an integrated European project focused on technology development
Wolf K. Seidler and Jean-Michel Bosgiraud, (ANDRA)
Paper - Slides

ACTINET – A Network of Excellence for Actinide Sciences
Thomas Fanghänel, European Commission, JRC, ITU, Karlsruhe, Germany
Paper

FUNMIG introduction:
IP FUNMIG: the FP6 far-field project
Gunnar Buckau (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE) et al.
Paper - Slides

Migration in clay host rocks:
Radionuclide migration in clay-rich host formations: process understanding, integration and upscaling for safety-case use (FUNMIG RTDC 3 + 1 & 2)
Scott Altmann (ANDRA) et al.
Paper - Slides

Migration in crystalline host rocks:
Laboratory and in situ investigations on radionuclide migration in crystalline host rock: the FUNMIG project (RTDC4)
Tiziana Missana (CIEMAT) et al.
Paper - Slides

Processes in salt rock concepts:
Investigation of far-field processes in sedimentary formations at a natural analogue site – Ruprechtov
Ulrich Noseck (GRS) et al.
Paper - Slides

Integration of results for use in safety cases:
Radionuclide migration in the far-field: the use of research results in safety cases
Bernhard Schwyn (NAGRA) et al.
Paper - Slides

Panel report:
Consensus views on key remaining issues in far-field processes

SESSION VIII: Performance assessment studies – coordination of RD&D for waste disposal

Performance assessment European guide book:
Performance assessment methodologies in application to guide the development of the safety case
Jörg Mönig (GRS)
Paper - Slides

Treatment of uncertainty:
The treatment of uncertainty in PA and the safety case
Daniel Galson (Galson Sciences Co.)
Paper - Slides

Sensitivity studies:
Sensitivity analysis techniques for the performance assessment of a radioactive waste repository
Ricardo Bolado-Lavín (European Commission, JRC, Institute for Energy, Petten), et al.
Paper - Slides

Co-ordination of strategic RD&D for waste disposal in Europe:
Proposed European technology platform for the co-ordination of RD&D for geological disposal
Alan Hooper (NDA-RWMD), et al.
Paper - Slides

Panel discussion:
Coordination of RD&D for waste disposal in Europe
Mr Édouard Scott de Martinville, IRSN (France)
Slides

Panel report:
Coordination of RD&D for waste disposal in Europe

Thursday and Friday, 23 and 24 October 2008
Bure (FR)
French Underground Research Laboratory

Complementary technical programme

The ESDRED project:
“Engineering studies and demonstration of repository design”

Module 1 – Buffer construction technology
Summary of achievements within ESDRED Module 1 (buffer construction technology)
Chris De Bock (ONDRAF/NIRAS) et al.
Paper - Slides

Module 2 – Waste canister transfer and emplacement technology
New transport and emplacement technologies for vitrified waste and spent fuel canisters
Wilhelm Bollingerfehr (DBE Technology GmbH) et al.
Paper - Slides

Module 3 – Heavy-load transfer emplacement technology
Emplacement of heavy canisters into horizontal disposal drifts using fluid (air/water) cushion technology
Stig Pettersson (SKB) et al.
Paper - Slides

Videos:

Module 4 – Temporary sealing technology
Application of low pH concrete in the construction and the operation of underground repositories
José Luis García-Siñeris (AITEMIN) et al.
Paper - Slides

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