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EXCHANGE MEETING NR 13:


The role of cementitious materials for deep disposal of high-level waste in Boom Clay

Thursday 29 januari 2009 – 10:00
Place: Auditorium Club House SCK•CEN Mol

 
 
Program
10:00

Welcome & introduction (Peter De Preter, EIG EURIDICE)

10:10

General introduction: Technological aspects of cementitious materials for final disposal of radioactive waste (Hughes Van Humbeeck, ONDRAF/NIRAS)

10:35

Use of cementitious materials in the PRACLAY experimental programme (Wim Bastiaens, EIG EURIDICE)

11:00

Thermo-hydromechanical behaviour of the supercontainer concrete buffer during construction (Bart Craeye, UGent)

11:35

Construction feasibility of the supercontainer: future perspectives (Lou Areias, EIG EURIDICE)

13:30

General introduction: Safety-related aspects of cementitious materials for final disposal of radioactive waste (Maarten Van Geet, ONDRAF/NIRAS)

13:55 Cement chemistry in nuclear waste disposal (Lian Wang and Diederik Jacques, SCK•CEN)
14:20

Impact of geochemical evolution of cementitious engineered barriers on sorption behaviour (Diederik Jacques, Lian Wang, Evelien Martens, Pierre De Cannière, John Berry, Janez Perko and Dirk Mallants, SCK•CEN)

15:15

Interactions between cementitious engineered barriers and Boom Clay: the alkaline plume effects (Lian Wang, Diederik Jacques, Pierre De Cannière and Miroslav Honty, SCK•CEN)

15:40

Impact of the cementitious engineered barriers on the stability of the high-level waste matrices (Karel Lemmens, Christelle Cachoir, Karine Ferrand and Thierry Mennecart, SCK•CEN)

16:00

Round-up and conclusions (Maarten Van Geet, ONDRAF/NIRAS)