26th Exchange Meeting

Register for this event by email to exchange_meeting@euridice.be. Participation is free. The talks are technical/scientific and in English.

EURAD: Belgian achievements in the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management

25 October 2024

Tabloo, Gravenstraat 3, 2480 Dessel

Programme

09:30 Welcome - Katrien Hendrix (EURIDICE)

09:40 – 10:00 Introduction to EURAD - Valéry Detilleux (Bel V)

10:00 – 11:00 EURAD projects: 7 minute pitches

ROUTES: Characterisation, treatment, conditioning and long-term waste management - Chris De Bock (ONDRAF/NIRAS)

HITEC: Improved THM description of clay based materials at elevated temperatures - Arnaud Dizier (EURIDICE)

UMAN: Uncertainties management - Valéry Detilleux (Bel V)

SFC: Spent Fuel management & characterizatio - Marc Verwerft (SCK CEN)

MODATS: Monitoring equipment and data treatment for safe repository operation and staged closure - Jan Verstricht (EURIDICE)

MAGIC: Chemo-mechanical aging of cementitious materials - Suresh Seetharam (SCK CEN)

DONUT: Development and improvement of numerical methods and tools for modelling coupled processes - Eric Laloy (SCK CEN)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00 PREDIS: Pre-disposal management of radioactive waste - Thierry Mennecart (SCK CEN)

12:00 – 12:30 CONCORD: CONtainer CORrosion under Disposal conditions - Roberto Gaggiano (ONDRAF/NIRAS)

12:30 – 13:00 FUTURE&CORI: Radionuclide migration in cement and clay - Norbert Maes, Delphine Durce and Nele Bleyen (SCK CEN)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:20 Knowledge management - Niels Belmans (SCK CEN)

14:20 – 15:00 GAS: Gas transport in clay materials - Severine Levasseur (ONDRAF/NIRAS) and Elke Jacops (SCK CEN)

15:00 – 15:30 ACED: Coupled processes - reactive transport in ILW & HLW disposal cells - Diederik Jacques (SCK CEN)

15:30 – 16:00 Introduction to EURAD-2 - Vanessa Montoya (SCK CEN)

16:00 – 16:15 Conclusions and outlook - Maarten Van Geet (ONDRAF/NIRAS) and Christophe Bruggeman (SCK CEN)

16:15 Drink