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Project Title: Waste Form Technology and Performance

PIN: NRSB-O-08-02-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies

Sub Unit:
Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

RSO:
Stricklin, Daniela

Subject/Focus Area:
Environment and Environmental Studies


Waste Form Technology and Performance
November 4, 2009 - November 5, 2009
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Daniela Stricklin
Email: dstricklin@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-2847
Fax: 202-334-3066


Agenda:

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

8:15-8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
Milt Levenson and Rod Ewing

Session I: International Perspectives
8:30–9:00 am
Glass and spent fuel corrosion, coupling of waste forms to the near field, and long-term models of performance
Berndt Grambow, SUBATECH, France
9:00–9:30 am
Cementatious waste forms and barriers
Fred Glasser, University of Aberdeen, UK
9:30-10:00 am
Combined inert matrix fuels and related waste forms
Claude Degueldre, Paul Sheerer Institute, Switzerland

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-11:00 pm
Ceramic and phosphate glass waste forms and cold crucible technology
Sergey Stefanovsky, SIA Radon, Russia
11:00-11:30 pm
Overview of CEA’s and French initiatives related to waste forms
Etienne Vernaz, CEA, France
11:30-12:00 pm
Overview of Australia/ ANSTO initiatives related to waste forms
Kath Smith and Bruce Begg, ANSTO, Australia

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch

Session II: Select Domestic Issues
1:00–1:30 am
Computational methods applied to the design and evaluation of waste forms
Bill Weber – PNL
1:30-2:00 pm
Overview of waste forms and near-field interactions in a performance assessment perspective
Carl Steefel, LBNL
2:00-2:30 pm
Matching waste forms to waste processing strategies
Mark Peters, ANL
2:30-3:00 pm
Impact of waste forms on overall repository performance assessment
Peter Swift, Sandia National Laboratory

3:00-3:15 pm
Break

3:15-3:45 pm
Overview of the Vitreous State Laboratory and geopolymer development
Ian Pegg and Werner Lutze, Catholic University
3:45-4:15 pm
Cementitious Barriers Partnership
David Kosson, Vanderbilt University
4:15-4:45 pm
Industry Perspectives on Potential Waste Forms from Recycling
Nuclear Energy Institute, TBA

4:45-5:15 pm
Panel Discussion
All participants



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