High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

17 - 19 July 2013, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, UK

Presented by: Prof Roland Pusch, Luleå Technical University, Sweden
                        Prof Viktor Popov, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
                        Dr Robert Adey, C M BEASY, UK 

Organised by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

 Course Topics

  • Introduction
  • Geological basis
  • Engineered barriers
  • Performance of barriers
  • Long-term performance of the engineered barriers
  • Repository concepts for HLW
  • Alternative concepts
  • Risk assessment and challenges
  • Numerical modelling