MRS2017 - Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symposium 2017

from Sunday, 29 October 2017 (08:00) to Friday, 3 November 2017 (18:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
29 Oct 2017
30 Oct 2017
31 Oct 2017
1 Nov 2017
2 Nov 2017
3 Nov 2017
AM
08:30
Registration (until 09:30) ()
09:30
Welcome Address (until 09:45) ()
09:45
National & International Waste Management Programs: Session Chairs Greg Lumpkin & Simone Richter (until 13:00) ()
09:45 Advances in conditioning of low and intermediate nuclear waste - Dr Miklos (Mike) Garamszeghy (Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Canada) Prof. Michael Ojovan (International Atomic Energy Agency)   ()
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10:15 Nuclear Waste Management update in Australia - Mr Hefin Griffiths (ANSTO)   ()
10:45 Invited Lecture: Plutonium Waste Management in the UK - Mr Michael Slater (Invited Lecturer)   ()
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11:15 Status of Used Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Long-term Management Programs in Canada - Mr Miklos Garamszeghy (Nuclear Waste Management Organization)   ()
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11:45 The Need for Integrating the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Dr Evaristo J. Bonano (Sandia National Laboratories)   ()
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12:15 Synroc Waste Treatment Plant for fission-based Molybdenum-99 Production - Mr Gerry Triani (ANSTO)   ()
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12:45 Multinational Waste Repositories: A South Australian Initiative - Dr Massey de los Reyes (South Australian Environment Protection Authoirty)   ()
08:30
Safeguards, Decontamination & Decommissioning (until 10:30) ()
08:30 Interaction of nuclear safeguards and safety requirements when planning for waste disposal - Ms Rebecca Stohr (Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office)   ()
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09:00 Towards a ‘3S toolbox’ for providing safety, security and safeguards at geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel - Dr Irmgard Niemeyer (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)   ()
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09:30 Chornobyl NPP Cooling Pond: Decommissioning - Mr Oleksandr Novikov (SSE Chernobyl NPP)   ()
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09:45 Application of Nuclear Waste Management and Remediation Experience and Lessons Learned - Ms Jeanne Poling (CH2M)   ()
10:00 Management of the Radioactive Waste arising from the Decommissioning of the WWR-S Research Reactor from IFIN-HH, Magurele, Romania - Dr Cristian Dragolici (IFIN-HH)   ()
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10:15 Microparticle Production as Reference Materials for Particle Analysis Methods in Safeguards - Dr Stefan Neumeier (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)   ()
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10:30 --- Morning Tea ---
11:00
Glass Wasteforms (until 12:15) ()
11:00 Towards understanding the dissolution of vitrified nuclear waste in a cementitious geological disposal facility - Dr Claire Corkhill (NucleUS Immobilisation Science Laboratory, University of Sheffield,)   ()
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11:30 (Scholarship application) Thermal Treatment of Magnox Sludge Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste through Vitrification - Mr Sean Barlow (University of Sheffield)   ()
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11:45 Chemical Durability of Borosilicate Glass-Ceramic High-Level Waste Form in Dilute and Static Conditions - Mr Jarrod Crum (PNNL)   ()
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12:00 Effects of Li, Ca, Fe, and B on NaAlSiO4 nepheline crystallization in high level waste glasses - Prof. John McCloy (Washington State University)   ()
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08:30
Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic Wasteforms (until 10:15) ()
08:30 Hot isostatic pressing of ion exchange materials, from the Fukushima and Sellafield sites, to produce ceramic wasteforms. - Prof. Neil Hyatt (University of Sheffield)   ()
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09:00 Synthesis and Structure of Novel Oxide Compounds Containing RE = Y, Yb, Gd, Sm, and La and M = Zr, Ti, and Sn - Dr Greg Lumpkin (ANSTO)   ()
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09:15 Synthesis and characterization of brannerite UTi2O6 - Dr adel mesbah (ICSM Marcoule, France)   ()
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09:30 Synthesis and characterisation of rare Ce3NbO7 compounds for use as nuclear space batteries by neutron powder diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy - Mr Sean Barlow (University of Sheffield)   ()
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09:45 Partitioning of Ce, as a Simulant for Pu, in a Multiphase Ceramic Nuclear Waste Form - Dr Zhaoming Zhang (ANSTO)   ()
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10:00 The Fabrication and Characterisation of Novel Complex Ceramic Oxides (Ln2TiO5) For Polyphase Ceramic Waste-Forms. - Mr Robert Aughterson (ANSTO)   ()
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10:15 --- Morning Tea ---
10:45
Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic Wasteforms (until 12:00) ()
10:45 Solubility of the rhabdophane, LnPO4.0.667 H2O (Ln = La to Dy): implications for the long-term stability of monazite matrices. - Dr Stéphanie Szenknect (ICSM)   ()
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11:15 Preparation of Ln1-2xCaxThxPO4.nH2O rhabdophane-type as low precursors to monazite-Cheralite ceramics - Dr adel mesbah (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, UMR 5257 CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze cedex, France)   ()
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11:30 Structural incorporation of Cm3+ and Pu3+ in phosphate ceramics with monazite structure. - Dr Stefan Neumeier (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research - IEK-6: Nuclear Waste Management and Reactor Safety, 52425 Jülich, Germany)   ()
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11:45 Thorium incorporation in phosphates matrices: the case of xenotime - Dr adel mesbah (ICSM Marcoule, France)   ()
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08:30
Partitioning & Transmutation (until 10:30) ()
08:30 Advanced Materials and Processes for Application to the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Dr Vittorio Luca (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica)   ()
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09:00 Emulsions as a powerful tool to design silica monoliths able to selectively uptake radioactive caesium - Dr Jeremy Causse (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM) - UMR5257 - CEA Marcoule)   ()
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09:15 Highly porous and stable metal–organic frameworks for uranium extraction - Dr Michael Carboni (CEA)   ()
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09:30 Pyrolysis and Plasma applied to Nuclear ion Exchange Resins Treatment - Dr hugo luis bianchi (Gerencia Química, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CAC, Av. Gral. Paz 1499 (1650) Buenos Aires, Argentina / ECyT, UNSAM, Martín de Irigoyen 3100 (1650) San Martín, Argentina)   ()
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09:45 Functionalised Titania and Zirconia Materials for Selective Actinide and Lanthanide Separations - Dr Jessica Veliscek Carolan (ANSTO)   ()
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10:00 Inert matrix fuel deployment for reducing the plutonium stockpile in reactors - Prof. Claude Degueldre (Engineering Department, Lancaster University, LA1 4YW, UK)   ()
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10:30 --- Morning Tea ---
11:00
Radionclide solubility, speciation, sorption & migration (until 12:00) ()
11:00 Apparent Diffusion Coefficients Consistent with Sorption Derived Based on Changes in Depth Profiles of Radiocaesium in Soil Contaminated by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Future Prediction of Depth Profile - Prof. Haruo Sato (Okayama University)   ()
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11:15 Investigation of C-14 in the CRUD collected on the coolant filter for safety disposal of radioactive waste containing C-14 (I)- C-14 release behavior and thermal decomposition characteristics of crud particles collected from the coolant filter of commercial PWR - - Mr Kenichiro Kino (Nucler Development Corporation)   ()
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11:30 Investigation of C-14 in the CRUD collected on the coolant filter for safety disposal of radioactive waste containing C-14 (II) –Chemical alternation of ion exchange resin under simulated condition in primary coolant of PWR – - Dr Kotaro Nakata (CRIEPI)   ()
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11:45 Digital autoradiography on C-14 labelled PMMA impregnated rock samples using the Beaver$^{TM}$ - Dr Mikko Voutilainen (Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland)   ()
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10:00
ANSTO Tour (until 15:00) ()
PM
18:00
Function (until 20:00) (Pullman Hotel)
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Spent Fuel & Zircaloy Cladding (until 16:00) ()
14:30 Modelling the Corrosion of Spent Nuclear Fuel Inside a failed Waste Container - Prof. David Shoesmith (Western University)   ()
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15:00 NEW ASPECTS OF THE MECHANISM OF HYDROGEN EFFECT ON SPENT FUEL DISSOLUTION - Prof. Kastriot Spahiu (SKB, Stockholm, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)   ()
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15:15 Impact of lanthanide elements on the dissolution of uranium dioxide - Prof. Nicolas DACHEUX (University of Montpellier)   ()
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15:30 Aqueous leaching of high burnup UO2 fuel under hydrogen conditions - Dr Anders Puranen (Studsvik Nuclear)   ()
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15:45 Development of solid state MAS NMR techniques for the characterization of alteration products formed during the dissolution of spent nuclear fuel. - Mr Beng Thye Tan (University of Cambridge, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative)   ()
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16:00 --- Afternoon Tea ---
16:30
Spent Fuel & Zircaloy Cladding (until 18:00) ()
16:30 Effect of platinoid elements on the dissolution of uranium dioxide - Prof. Nicolas DACHEUX (University of Montpellier)   ()
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17:00 The Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers under Deep Geologic Disposal ConditionsF - David Shoesmith (Western University)   ()
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17:15 Radionuclide containing solid phases on the inner surface of a Zircaloy-4 cladding tube - Mr Ernesto González-Robles Corrales (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)   ()
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17:30 Comparison of calculated and measured radionuclide inventory of a Zircaloy-4 cladding tube plenum section - Dr Michel Herm (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)   ()
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17:45 Activation energy for parabolic corrosion kinetics of Zircaloy-4 by consecutive hydrogen measurement at 30 – 80℃ - Dr Tomofumi Sakuragi (Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center)   ()
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12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45
Glass Wasteforms (until 14:45) ()
13:45 Alkali tin silicate glass as a wasteform for the immobilisation of plutonium - Ms Amber Mason (University of Sheffield)   ()
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14:00 Simplified UK Magnox waste glass alteration layer characterisation using 29Si, 17O and 25Mg NMR techniques - Mr Rui Guo (University of Cambridge)   ()
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14:15 Dissolution Behavior of Lead Borate Glass under Simulated Geological Disposal Conditions - Mr Atsushi Mukunoki (JGC Corporation)   ()
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14:30 A study to develop a new glass formulation for the immobilisation of HLW containing molybdenum and large amounts of sodium. - Dr Clive Brigden (ISL, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK.)   ()
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14:45 --- Afternoon Tea ---
15:15
Radiation Damage (until 17:30) ()
15:15 Investigating Local Defect Structures in Nuclear Waste Form Materials - Prof. Maik Lang (University of Tennessee)   ()
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15:45 P-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance as a Probe of Plutonium Incorporation and Radiation Damage in Phosphates - Dr Ian Farnan (University of Cambridge)   ()
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16:00 Radiation stability study of melt processed and hot isostatically pressed multi-phase ceramic waste forms - Dr Ming Tang (Los Alamos National Laboratory)   ()
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16:15 Quantification of irradiation induced structural disorder in nuclear waste-form ceramics with µ-luminescence spectroscopy of lanthanides - Dr Christoph Lenz (ANSTO)   ()
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16:30 Ion Beam Irradiation of Ceramic-glass Waste Form at ANSTO - Dr Tao Wei (ANSTO)   ()
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16:45 Ion irradiation used as surrogate for neutron irradiation to understand nuclear graphite evolution during reactor operation: consequences for the long lived radionuclide’s behavior - Dr Nelly TOULHOAT (CNRS/IN2P3/IPNL)   ()
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17:00 Ambient-Cured Geopolymers for Low Level Nuclear Waste Storage - Ms Isadora Borba da Busch (UNSW Sydney)   ()
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17:15 Radionuclide Sorption Behaviour on Fresh and Aged Cementitious Materials: A Comprehensive Database with 25 Elements - Dr Dirk Mallants (CSIRO)   ()
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12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic Wasteforms (until 14:45) ()
13:30 U-rich ceramics for Spent Fuel or Acidic 99Mo Production ILW - Dr Eric R Vance (ANSTO)   ()
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13:45 Current advances on titanate-based glass-ceramics for actinide immobilization - Dr Yingjie Zhang (ANSTO)   ()
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14:00 The development of zirconolite glass-ceramics for the immobilisation of Pu-residues in the UK. - Ms Stephanie Thornber (University of Sheffield)   ()
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14:15 A New Method for Production of Glass-Y2Ti2O7 Pyrochlore - Dr Linggen Kong (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)   ()
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14:30 Atomistic simulation of interfaces in glass/crystal composites for nuclear waste forms - Dr Paul C. M. Fossati (Imperial College London)   ()
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14:45 --- Afternoon Tea ---
15:15
Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic Wasteforms (until 17:15) ()
15:15 Efficient remediation of radiodine with silver-functionalized silica aerogel - Dr Josef Matyas (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)   ()
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15:45 Sodalite waste forms for iodine - Prof. John McCloy (Washington State University)   ()
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16:00 Radioactive Iodine-129 Capture in Mixed Cation Sodalites: ab initio modelling - Dr EUGENIA KUO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)   ()
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16:15 New aspects of U(V) chemistry in oxo-materials: from ambient to extreme conditions - Prof. Evgeny Alekseev (Forschungszentrum Jülich)   ()
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16:45 Unique capabilities and methods for analysing nuclear waste form materials using ANSTO’s landmark infrastructure - Mr Gabriel Murphy (University of Sydney)   ()
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17:00 New route for synthesis of Synroc-like ceramic using non-selective sorbent LHT-9 - Ms Bella Zubekhina (researcher, V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute (KRI), St-Petersburg, Russia)   ()
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18:15
Poster Session (until 20:15) ()
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Repositories & Geological Disposal (until 14:45) ()
13:30 Effect of thiosulfate on the SCC behavior of carbon steel welds exposed to concrete pore water under anoxic conditions - Mr Sebastien CAES (SCK-CEN)   ()
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14:00 Characterisation of the UK cement backfill material pre- and post- groundwater leaching experiments - Ms Rita Vasconcelos (University of Sheffield)   ()
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14:15 Porosity distribution in a heterogeneous clay-rich fault core - Mr Ville Nenonen (University of Helsinki)   ()
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14:30 Behaviour of sand-bentonite buffer material of deep geological repository under high confining pressure - Dr Janaka J. Kumara (Department of Civil Engineering, Meijo University, Japan)   ()
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14:45 --- Afternoon Tea ---
15:15
Repositories & Geological Disposal (until 16:00) ()
15:15 Effect of Carbonate on Lanthanides Migration Behavior in Compacted Bentonite - Prof. Kazuya Idemitsu (Kyushu university)   ()
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15:30 Identification of chemical form of stable carbon released from type 304 and 316 stainless-steel powders in alkaline solution and in acidic solution under low-oxygen condition - Dr Ryo Nakabayashi (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)   ()
15:45 Best Practice in the Management of Site Investigations for Geological Disposal Facilities - Dr Paul Degnan (Catalystra)   ()
16:00
Special topic on Tc and Re (until 17:00) ()
16:00 Comparison of thermal expansion of Tc and Re salts. - Prof. Gordon Thorogood (ANSTO)   ()
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16:15 Alkali technetium oxides and their relation to Tc loading in nuclear waste glasses - Prof. John McCloy (Washington State University)   ()
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16:30 Tc reduction by bacteria from soda lake - Prof. Konstantin German (A.N.Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences)   ()
16:45 Unusual redox neighborhood in technetium compounds - Prof. Konstantin German (A.N.Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences)   ()
19:00
Function (until 22:30) ()
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