| Organizer(s) |
Josef Matyas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kevin Fox, Savannah River National Laboratory
Elizabeth Hoffman, Savannah River National Laboratory
Dawn Janney, Idaho National Laboratory
Ramada Reddy, University of Alabama
Brian Cockerman, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
Ram Devanathan, PNNL |
| Scope |
While nuclear energy might provide a solution to the increasing demand for electricity, global warming, air pollution, and dependence on imported oil, the increasing inventories of nuclear waste pose a significant challenge to safety and the environment by setting high expectations for the performance of the materials used in nuclear waste management. New or improved technologies and materials are needed to achieve safe and hazard-free generation, processing, storage, transport, and disposal of nuclear waste. In addition, a better scientific understanding of the processes and mechanisms underlying the long-term behavior of waste forms is needed.
Our symposium will discuss fundamental and applied scientific topics related to materials issues in nuclear waste management. The symposium will feature the internationally renowned speakers and leading researchers investigating novel materials and technologies using experiments, theory, mathematical and physical modeling, and simulation. Abstracts are being solicited on the following topics, but other topics will also be considered:
• Fundamental science of waste form performance
• Glass, ceramic, cement-based, and metallic waste forms
• Long-term behavior of waste forms in contact with water
• Advanced waste-form technologies (e.g., vitrification, cementation, and grout)
• Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
• Volatile radionuclide removal and immobilization
• Nuclear waste container design and materials
• Engineered barrier materials and design approaches
• Migration and fate of radionuclides from the repository
• Nuclear waste decay through transmutation
• Fluid flow and reactive flow transport in and around subsurface environment |