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      • 2nd Petrus-OPERA PhD and Early-Stage Researchers Conference 2016

         

        Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal


         Date: 27th June at 09.00 – 1st July at 15.00, 2016
        Location: Delft University of Technology – The Netherlands

         

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      • Prize winners

        The following prizes were awarded:

        Best presentation: Biagio Zaffora (CERN)

        Best poster: Anne-Laure Fauchille (University of Poitiers)

         

      • What are PETRUS and OPERA?

        What is Petrus?

        PETRUS III is a project granted by European Commission within the Euratom program (7th Framework Program), whose objective is to promote Education and Training (E&T) in geological disposal of radioactive waste.

         

        Since 2005 “PETRUS” initiative coordinates universities, radioactive waste management organisations, training providers and research institutes efforts to develop cooperative approach to E&T in the geological disposal. PETRUS proposes an innovative strategy to ensure the continuation, renewal and improvement of the professional skills by sharing resources from both academia and industries. The Consortium includes twenty one (21) representatives from twelve (12) different countries all over Europe.

         

        The main objectives of the current project are:

        • Practical implementation of an accredited training program following ECVET principals, leading to a recognized qualification in geological disposal
        • Design and creation of a multidisciplinary training and research framework for PhD students
        • Development of strategies for ensuring the sustainability of the PETRUS initiative.

         

        What is OPERA?

        OPERA is the third Research Programme for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (OnderzoeksProgramma Eindberging Radioactief Afval, or OPERA) in the Netherlands. The programme started in 2011 and will run for 5 years. The results of the project will be an evaluation of the existing safety and feasibility studies (the Safety Case) in the Netherlands and a roadmap for future research.

         

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      • About the PETRUS-OPERA 2016 conference:

        Following from the successful inaugural PhD conference in radioactive waste management and disposal held in Nancy, France in 2015, the 2nd conference in this series was held in Delft, the Netherlands.

         

        This unique event brought together PhD students and early-stage researchers, alongside professionals and academics in the topic of radioactive waste management and geological disposal. The conference was designed to be simultaneously a research school and a conference.

      • Programme and presentations

        Monday 27th June

        Introduction

          • Welcome

          • Representative from OPERA/PETRUS/organising committee

          • Origin of radioactive waste, classification, solutions.
            Lecturer: Denis Bykov, TU Delft

          • Principles of radioactive waste disposal
            Lecturer: Monika Skrzeczkowska, IAEA

          • Waste management, storage and disposal programme
            Lecturer: Ewoud Verhoef, COVRA

          • How to develop a source term for disposal of waste (waste families, inventory)
            Lecturer: Erika Neeft, COVRA

          ----------- Lunch -----------

          • PhD/early stage researcher presentations:

            • Thermal Treatment of UK Magnox Sludge: Sean Barlow

            • Dismantling of the graphite pile of Latina NPP: characterization and handling/removal equipment for single brick or multi-bricks: Giuseppe Canzone

            • Good practices in free release of materials: Evelina Ionescu

            • Radiological characterization of radioactive waste produced in particle accelerators: Biagio Zaffora

            • Multi-scale investigation of fracture apertures in clay rock subjected to desiccation: Anne-Laure Fauchille

            • Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted MX80 bentonite at 150°C: Panagiotis Stratos

          Tuesday 28th June

          Field trip

          • Storage facilities at COVRA (Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste) in Vlissingen, the Netherlands

          • The underground research laboratory HADES at SCK•CEN in Mol, Belgium

          Wednesday 29th June

          Short-term behaviour

          • Underground disposal: design, construction and mechanical behaviour
            Lecturer: Phil Vardon, TU Delft

          • Cementitious materials for repositories
            Lecturer: Rob Wiegers, IBR Consult BV

          • Microbes , barrier functions and nuclear safety cases
            Lecturer: Karsten Pedersen, Microbial Analytics Sweden AB

          • Why does heat matter in radioactive waste disposal?
            Lecturer: Alex Bond, Quintessa and DECOVALEX


            --- Extended lunch and poster session ---

          • Visits to the Delft nuclear reactor


            ------- Networking Dinner ------

          Thursday 30th June

          Long-term behaviour

          • The hydro-geological setting – present state and predictions of the future
            Lecturer: Johan H. ten Veen, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands
          • Waste packaging and degradation
            Lecturer: Guido Deissmann, Brenk Systemplanung GmbH
          • Speciation of actinides during migration in argillaceous rocks
            Lecturer: Tobias Reich, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
          • Radionuclide transport and retardation
            Lecturer: Hans Meeussen, NRG


            --- Lunch and poster session ---
             

          • PhD/early stage researcher presentations
            • Numerical study of bentonite confined hydration: Giulia Ghiadistri

            • Modelling the excavation damaged zone using a hydro-mechanical double-scale model: Bram van den Eijnden

            • Probabilistic performance assessment of a deep tunnel for a radioactive waste repository in French COx claystone: Yajun Li

            • Time-dependent mechanical and transport behaviors of Callovo-Oxfordian argillite: Zaobao Liu

            • Transient boundary conditions in the frame of high level radioactive waste disposal at deep geological repository: Abhishek Rawat

            • Application of BIB–SEM technology to characterize microstructure and pores in mudstone at a range of scales: Jop Klaver

            • Proposed method for semantic mapping of communities of practice in the nuclear industry for alignment of education: Vincent Kuo

          Friday 1st July

          Safety

          • Natural analogues
            Lecturer: Ulrich Noseck, GRS

          • Ethical and social aspects
            Lecturer: Anne Bergmans, University of Antwerp

          • Role and purpose of the Safety Case
            Lecturer: Lucy Bailey, RWM

          • Modelling to underpin the Safety Case
            Lecturer: Sarah Watson, Quintessa

          • Confidence building in the presence of uncertainties
            Lecturer: Klaus-Jurgen Rohlig, TU Claustal

          • Prizes for best poster / presentation

          • Wrap-up discussion
            ----------- Lunch -----------

          • End of the event

        • Field Trips

          Research reactor at the Reactor Institute Delft

          Research reactor at the Reactor Institute Delft

          The Reactor Institute Delft operates the Hoger Onderwijs Reactor (HOR), a 2 MW pool-type research reactor. The reactor is used as a source of neutrons and positrons for research purposes, including those within the OPERA research programme. The reactor also provides neutrons to a variety of facilities for radioisotope production and neutron activation analysis.

           

          More information can be found here.

          © SCK•CEN

          HADES underground laboratory

          Deep beneath the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN) in Mol is a thick layer of clay: the Boom clay. In the search for a solution to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, SCK•CEN constructed a laboratory 225 metres below the ground. Appropriately this was given the name HADES, the god of the underworld. HADES stands for High Activity Disposal Experimental Site. Via the economic partnership EIG EURIDICE together with NIRAS [the Belgian agency for radioactive waste and enriched fissile materials], SCK•CEN undertakes research in HADES into the feasibility of storing high-level radioactive waste in the deep layers of clay.

          © COVRA

          COVRA – treatment and storage facility

          In order to be able to treat radioactive waste, COVRA has established a treatment and storage facility in the province of Zeeland, at the docks in Vlissingen-Oost in the municipality of Borsele. The total amount of radioactive waste produced over the next hundred years can easily be stored at the COVRA site, which covers an area of about 20 hectares.

           

          More information can be found here.

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