WP5 webinar 30.3.2021

13:00-15:00 CET – Flash talks

Introduction

• • 13:00-13:10 CET Welcome Address
    Erika Holt, VTT , Finland and Maxime Fournier, CEA, France
  • 13:10-13:20 CET Radioactive Liquid Organic Waste (RLOW) – Which Wastes Are These?
    Stephen Wickham, Galson Sciences Limited, The United Kingdom
  • 13:20-13:30 CET “World Practices” for geopolymers, and PREDIS challenges
    John Provis, The University of Sheffield, The United Kingdom

 

Disposability for geopolymers and related materials encapsulating radioactive organic liquids

• • 13:30-13:40 CET Geopolymer matrix facing waste acceptance criteria in France
    Nathalie Texier Mandoki, ANDRA, France
  • 13:40-13:50 CET Novel binders as waste form matrix
    Erik Coppens, ONDRAF / NIRAS, Belgium
  • 13:50-14:00 CET Break
  • 14:00-14:10 CET Italian WAC policy and RLOW approaches
    Federica Pancotti, SOGIN, Italia
  • 14:10-14:20 CET Geopolymer matrix waste disposal experience in the Czech Republic
    Jiří Faltejsek, SÚRAO, Czech Republic CANCELLED

 

Waste owners perspectives on needs and challenges

• • 14:10-14:20 CET NOCHAR, a solution to answer to organic liquid storage stakes in France?
    Marine Zilber , Orano, France
  • 14:20-14:30 CET Urenco Nuclear Stewardship: Our challenges in organic liquid wastes
    Richard Kipling, Urenco, The United Kingdom
  • 14:30-14:40 CET The experience with geopolymer matrixes in the Czech Republic
    Radek Trtilek, ÚJV Řež, Czech Republic

 

Ongoing work on geopolymers and guidance

• • 14:40-14:50 CET Objectives and first achievements of PREDIS WP5
    Maxime Fournier, Federica Pancotti, Catherine Davy and David Lambertin, PREDIS WP5
  • 14:50-15:00 CET IAEA Statement
    Rebecca Robbins, IAEA, Austria

 

15:00-15:15 CET Break

15:10-15:45 CET – Breakout room discussions

• • What are the goals of predisposal management strategies for RLOW when using geopolymers?
  • What are the benefits and limitations of geopolymers?
  • How soon could geopolymers be deployed?
  • What issues are related to WAC for geopolymers? What needs to improve or change so they are accepted?
  • What are the biggest challenges that should be tackled in PREDIS WP5?
  • Where can the PREDIS project have the largest impact?
  • Are there focus or subtopics that we have not covered today?

 

15:45-16:00 CET – Feedbacks and conclusions

• • Summary from Breakout rooms and live polls
  • Wrap-up and adjourn