Waste Forms Technology and Performance: Interim Report (2010)

8:15-8:30 am

Welcome and Introduction

Milt Levenson and Rod Ewing

Session I:

International Perspectives

8:30–9:00 am

Glass and spent fuel corrosion, coupling of waste forms to the near field, and long-term models of performance

Berndt Grambow, Laboratoire De Physique Subatomique Et Des Technologies Associees (SUBATECH), France

9:00–9:30 am

Cementatious waste forms and barriers

Fred Glasser, University of Aberdeen, UK

9:30-10:00 am

Combined inert matrix fuels and related waste forms

Claude Degueldre, Paul Sheerer Institute, Switzerland

10:00-10:30 am

Break

10:30-11:00 pm

Ceramic and phosphate glass waste forms and cold crucible technology

Sergey Stefanovsky, SIA Radon, Russia

11:00-11:30 pm

Overview of CEA’s and French initiatives related to waste forms

Etienne Vernaz, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, France

11:30-12:00 pm

Overview of Australia/ANSTO initiatives related to waste forms

Kath Smith and Bruce Begg, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

Session II:

Select Domestic Issues

1:00–1:30 am

Computational methods applied to the design and evaluation of waste forms

1:30-2:00 pm

Overview of waste forms and near-field interactions in a performance assessment perspective

Carl Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2:00-2:30 pm

Matching waste forms to waste processing strategies

Mark Peters, Argonne National Laboratory

2:30-3:00 pm

Impact of waste forms on overall repository performance assessment

Peter Swift, Sandia National Laboratories

3:00-3:15 pm

Break

3:15-3:45 pm

Overview of the Vitreous State Laboratory and geopolymer development

Ian Pegg and Werner Lutze, Catholic University of America

3:45-4:15 pm

Cementitious Barriers Partnership

David Kosson, Vanderbilt University

4:15-4:45 pm

Industry perspectives on potential waste forms from recycling

Rod McCullum, Nuclear Energy Institute

4:45-5:15 pm

Panel discussion

All participants