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
Welcome & introduction (Peter De Preter, EIG EURIDICE)
General introduction: Technological aspects of cementitious materials for final disposal of radioactive waste (Hughes Van Humbeeck, ONDRAF/NIRAS)
Use of cementitious materials in the PRACLAY experimental programme (Wim Bastiaens, EIG EURIDICE)
Thermo-hydromechanical behaviour of the supercontainer concrete buffer during construction (Bart Craeye, UGent)
Construction feasibility of the supercontainer: future perspectives (Lou Areias, EIG EURIDICE)
General introduction: Safety-related aspects of cementitious materials for final disposal of radioactive waste (Maarten Van Geet, ONDRAF/NIRAS)
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)
Interactions between cementitious engineered barriers and Boom Clay: the alkaline plume effects (Lian Wang, Diederik Jacques, Pierre De Cannière and Miroslav Honty, SCK•CEN)
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)
Round-up and conclusions (Maarten Van Geet, ONDRAF/NIRAS)