Dutch research programme on geological disposal
Coming November COVRA, will start a new research programme on geological disposal. Please join us in an online seminar, where we will explain what is happening internationally in the field of radioactive waste disposal and what the content of the new programme will be.
The online seminar will be held on Wednesday 4 November from 10:00 to 15:00 hours.
The tentative programme for the seminar is:
Public event
10:00 Start public event: welcome word
10:05 Deep Time, the key to the (very) long-term management of our nuclear waste by Manuel Sintubin, Professor of Geodynamics, KU Leuven, Belgium
10:40 Geological Disposal: What Next after Half a Century of RD&D by Neil Chapman, Professor Emeritus at University of Sheffield, UK
11:15 40 years of experience – Rethinking the focus of the programme for safe geological disposal by Timo Äikäs, Finland
11:45 Summary
Technical event
13: 00 Start technical event: welcome word
13:10 Challenges for coring Dutch poorly indurated clays for research by dr. Erika Neeft, COVRA
13:45 Geological disposal in rock – salt by dr. Jeroen Bartol, COVRA
14:20 International affairs and cross-cutting topics by dr. Marja R. Vuorio, COVRA
14:50 Conclusions
15:00 End program