BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Synroc Waste Treatment Plant for fission-based Molybdenum-99 Produ ction DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T011500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T014500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1211@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Gerry Triani (ANSTO)\nA new nuclear medicine facilit y is being built which will enable ANSTO to meet both domestic and global demand for Molybdenum-99. Co-located on the site will be an innovative was te treatment facility that deploys ANSTO’s Synroc technologies\; a waste form tailored for immobilizing all the waste elements and fission product s and an integrated process line for converting intermediate level liquid waste into a solid compact via hot isostatic pressing (HIP)\, producing a durable waste form suitable for final disposal. This presentation will pr ovide a high-level overview of the program\, including various stages of d evelopment that are important in building this first of a kind nuclear was te treatment plant.\n\nhttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contri butions/1211/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1211/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Advances in conditioning of low and intermediate nuclear waste DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171029T224500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171029T231500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1205@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Michael Ojovan (International Atomic Energy Agency)\ , Miklos (Mike) Garamszeghy (Nuclear Waste Management Organization\, Canad a)\nRadioactive waste with widely varying characteristics is generated fro m the operation and maintenance of nuclear reactors\, nuclear fuel cycle f acilities\, research facilities and medical facilities and the through the use of radioisotopes in industrial applications. The waste needs to be tr eated and conditioned as necessary to provide wasteforms acceptable for sa fe storage and disposal. Conditioning of radioactive waste is an important step to prepare waste for long-term storage or disposal and includes the following processes: \n• Immobilization which may or may not also pro vide volume reduction\, including (a) Low temperature processes and (b) Th ermal processes\; \n• Containerization for (a) Transport\, (b) Storag e\, and (c) Disposal\; \n• Overpacking of primary containers (a) Prio r to disposal and (b) In a disposal facility as part of disposal process. \nConditioning consists of operations that produce a waste package suitabl e for handling\, transportation\, storage and/or disposal and may be perfo rmed for a variety of reasons including standardization of practices and/o r wasteforms\, technical requirements for waste stability in relation to a repository design or safety case\, technical requirements related to wast e transportation\, societal preferences\, regulatory preferences\, etc. Th is report aims to give an overview of recent advances in conditioning of l ow and intermediate nuclear waste.\n\nhttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/ event/51/contributions/1205/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1205/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Status of Used Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Long-term Manage ment Programs in Canada DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T001500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T004500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1173@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Miklos Garamszeghy (Nuclear Waste Management Organiz ation)\nIn Canada\, used CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) nuclear fuel fro m the operation of 22 current and former nuclear power reactors\, as well as several prototype and demonstration reactors\, is stored in water-fille d pools for about seven to ten years before it is transferred to licensed dry storage containers at the nuclear reactor sites. Although safe\, this storage practice requires continuous institutional controls such as securi ty\, safeguards\, monitoring and maintenance. \n\nIn November 2002\, the Canadian Parliament passed the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA). It required the major owners of used nuclear fuel in Canada to establish the Nuclear W aste Management Organization (NWMO). The initial phase of the mandate was to perform a three year study of suitable approaches for the safe\, long-t erm management of used nuclear fuel\, and to recommend a preferred approac h to the Government of Canada. The study\, which included extensive dialo g across Canada with elected officials\, specialists and the general publi c\, was completed and the report with a recommendation was submitted to th e Government in November 2005.\n\nIn June 2007\, the Government of Canada approved the recommended Adaptive Phased Management (APM) approach. It is consistent with long-term management best practices adopted by other coun tries with nuclear power programs. The NWMO was given the mandate to impl ement APM.\n\nAPM is both a technical method and a management system. The end point of the technical method is the centralized containment and isola tion of Canada's used fuel in a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) in an are a with suitable geology and an informed and willing host community. APM al so involves the development of a transportation system to move the used fu el from the facilities where it is currently stored to the new site.\nThe management system involves realistic\, manageable phases\, each marked by explicit decision points. It allows for flexibility in the pace and manner of implementation\, and fosters the sustained engagement of people and co mmunities throughout its implementation.\n\nAPM is also designed to meet r igorous safety standards throughout all aspects of its design and implemen tation. As per this approach\, the used fuel will be isolated and containe d in a DGR located in a stable crystalline or sedimentary rock formation a t a nominal depth of 500 m below ground surface in a willing and informed host community.\n\nThe DGR concept contains multiple engineered barriers t o safely contain and isolate the used fuel over the long-term. The geosphe re enclosing the repository provides a natural barrier to protect the wast e form and EBS\, and to mitigate repository releases at time frames releva nt to repository safety.\n\nThis presentation focusses on the current stat us of the APM program but will also briefly discuss the status of other lo ng-term radioactive waste management activities in Canada.\n\nhttps://even ts01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1173/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1173/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Need for Integrating the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T004500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T011500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1156@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Evaristo J. Bonano (Sandia National Laboratories)\nT he recognition that the endpoint of spent fuel management practices will b e deep geologic disposal of radioactive wastes leads to questions about ho w alternative options for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management might affect performance of a geologic repository. Do some options for SNF management simplify the siting and design of a geologic repository? Do some geolog ic disposal concepts favor specific SNF management practices? Do some SNF management options favor specific geologic disposal concepts? Are some waste forms inherently preferable than others for geologic disposal? Give n the historical difficulty in many nations associated with siting and lic ensing geologic repositories for permanent disposal of SNF and high-level radioactive waste (HLW)\, are there activities that the spent fuel managem ent community could or should undertake today to facilitate future disposa l operations?\n\nLong-term repository safety is\, in general\, independent of specific treatments of SNF or HLW other that its packaging. However\, multiple aspects of the form in which the waste will be disposed are rele vant to repository design and performance\, including waste volume\, radio nuclide content\, thermal power\, waste package size\, and waste form and package lifetime in a range of geologic environments. Consideration of how these factors impact repository performance suggests that choices made now regarding SNF management may affect future flexibility in repository siting and design.\n\nIn the U.S.\, due to the absence of a final disposal site (since the suspension of the Yucca Mountain Project in 2009)\, nucle ar utilities have been storing SNF at their nuclear reactor sites using du al-purpose casks. These casks are large and\, depending on the burn-up of the SNF contained therein\, can also be very hot. This current practice can have significant implications for transportation and\, ultimately\, di sposal. This paper shall discuss these implications based on the current U.S. practice and will suggests ways in which these implications can be ad dressed.\nThe principal message that we intend to convey is the need for c areful planning while implementing upfront and temporary SNF management pr actices because of their potential costly implications to transportation a nd disposal. An integrated view of the entire back end of the nuclear fue l cycle (interim storage\, transportation\, and disposal) upfront during t he planning phases is paramount to develop and implement an effective SNF management program. \n\nSandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of S andia\, LLC\, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International\, Inc.\ , for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administ ration under contract DE-NA-0003525. This abstract is Sandia publication 2017-5723A.\n\nhttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/ 1156/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1156/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multinational Waste Repositories: A South Australian Initiative DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T014500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T020000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1142@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Massey de los Reyes (South Australian Environment Pr otection Authoirty)\nOn the 19th of March 2015\, the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Ro yal Commission (NFCRC) was established by the South Australian Government\ , and tasked to undertake an independent examination into the opportunitie s and risks for South Australia’s further involvement in the Nuclear Fue l Cycle. This presentation will review the process\, findings and recommen dations delivered by the NFCRC\, with particular emphasis on the proposed opportunity for the storage and disposal of international high-level and i ntermediate-level waste in South Australia and the potential value-add tha t this could provide on a global scale.\nOutcomes of the State-wide 'KnowN uclear' community consultation program will also be discussed\, as well as the possible next steps needed in advancing the South Australian multinat ional repository concept forward.\n\nhttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/e vent/51/contributions/1142/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1142/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Invited Lecture: Plutonium Waste Management in the UK DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171029T234500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171030T001500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1121@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Michael Slater (Invited Lecturer)\nPlutonium has ari sen from large scale reprocessing over many decades. When the programmes e nds around 2020 there will be approx. 140te of separated plutonium in UK. Current policy is safe and secure long term storage in modern purpose buil t stores. This requires ongoing active management and institutional contro ls including significant security costs and is not a lifecycle solution. D isposition options are being considered in order to put the material “be yond reach”:\n• Reuse as LWR MOX\n• Reuse in Candu EC6 Reactor s (CANMOX)\n• Reuse in GEH Prism Fast Reactor\n• Immobilisation – Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) along with other technologies including l ow spec MOX and downblending.\nThe current status of these options will be outlined along with work planned over the next few years further develop them in support of future UK Government policy decisions.\n\nhttps://event s01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1121/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1121/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nuclear Waste Management update in Australia DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171029T231500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171029T234500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260305T171446Z UID:indico-contribution-351-1117@events01.synchrotron.org.au DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Hefin Griffiths (ANSTO)\nAustralia is currently in t he process of establishing a National Radioactive Waste Management Facilit y and seeking to identify a site to host the facility. \nThe lecture will focus on the history of waste production in Australia\, the current manage ment of the diverse waste arisings\, particularly focussed on operational and legacy wastes held at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Or ganisation and the strategy applied to the management of those wastes.\nTh e process adopted to establish the facility will be discussed as well as p otential future options for the disposal of Intermediate Level Wastes. Aus tralia’s focus on investing in optimum wasteforms\, such as the vitrifie d residues from reprocessing spent fuel elements from current and previous research reactors and the synroc waste form for treating Intermediate Lev el Liquid Wastes\, will be discussed as case studies.\n\nhttps://events01. synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1117/ LOCATION: URL:https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1117/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR