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Monday, March 26, 2007
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast Buffet
08:30 – 12:30 Session I – Policy and Processes Session Chair: Arun Wagh
08:30 – 08:45 Opening remarks: Arun Wagh, Conference Chair
Jules Routbort, ECF Liaison
08:45 – 09:45 I-1 John Marra, USA
ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE
STABILIZATION AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTAINMENT
– A US DOE PERSPECTIVE
09:45 – 10:15 I-2 Véronique Fouchard, France
AREVA NC LA HAGUE PROCESSING PLANT SPENT RESINS
CEMENTATION UNIT
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 I-3 C.R. Scales, UK
PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE
WASTEFORMS FOR UK CLEAN UP
11:15 – 11:45 I-4 Dennis Kelley
CHINA'S SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION FOR LIQUID WASTE
TREATMENT SOLUTIONS
11:45 – 12:15 I-5 Florence Bart, France
DEVELOPMENT OF CERAMIC MATRICES FOR SEPARATED
LONG-LIVED FISSION PRODUCTS
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 Free Time for leisure, recreation, ad hoc sessions
17:00 – 17:30 Afternoon Coffee
17:30 – 20:00 Session II – Theory and Testing Session Chair: David Maloney
17:30 – 18:00 II-1 Arun Wagh, USA
THEORETICAL BASIS FOR CONTAMINANT IMMOBILIZATION
AND WASTE ENCAPSULATION
18:00 – 18:30 II-2 Alexandra Navrotsky, USA
THERMODYNAMICS OF CERAMIC WASTE FORMS
18:30 – 19:00 II-3 Karin Popa, EU
SOLUBILITY OF PU IN MONAZITE-BRABANTITE SOLID
SOLUTIONS
19:00 – 19:30 II-4 Linn Hobbs, USA
INCIPIENT DECOMPOSITION OF
AMORPHIZINGCRYSTALLINE NUCLEAR WASTE FORMS
19:30 – 20:00 II-5 Seung Young Jeong, South Korea
DISSOLUTION RATE COMPARISON BETWEEN MODIFIED
MCC-1 AND FLOW-THROUGH TESTS
20:00 – 21:30 Dinner
21:30 – 23:00 Poster Session with Social Hour
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast Buffet
08:30 – 12:30 Session III – Cements, Geopolymers and Polymers
Session Chair: John Marra
08:30 – 09:00 III-1 John L. Provis, Australia
GEOPOLYMER BINDERS: TAILORING NANOSTRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURE
09:00 – 09:30 III-2 Lorenzo Costa, Italy
LIQUID WASTE PROCESSING WITH INNOVATIVE SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY
09:30 – 10:00 III-3 Neil B. Milestone, UK
ACTIVATION OF SLAG AND SLAG/PFA COMPOSITE BY
NEUTRAL SULPHATE SALTS: - A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE
APPROACH FOR ENCAPSULATING NUCLEAR WASTES
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 III-4 Dan Perera, Australia
FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING CATIONS AND ANIONS EXPECTED IN RADIOACTIVE WASTE STREAMS IN METAKAOLIN-BASED GEOPOLYMERS
11:00 – 11:30 III-5 Dileep Singh, USA
FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A COMMERCIAL RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM USED FOR FILLING OF PROCESS GAS EQUIPMENT AT K-25/K-27 PLANTS
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 18:30 Optional Excursion to Lucca
20:00 – 21:30 Dinner
21:30 – 23:00 Poster Session with Social Hour
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast Buffet
08:30 – 12:30 Session IV – Phosphate Cements
08:30 – 09:00 IV-1 David Maloney, USA
TEST METHOD AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE CERAMIC WASTE FORMS: A CASE STUDY USING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE PHOSPHATE CERAMICS PROCESS APPLIED TO HANFORD AND IDAHO WASTES
09:00 – 09:30 IV-2 V.A. Arkhangel'skiy, Russia
CHEMICALLY BOUNDED PHOSPHATE CERAMICS FOR NUCLEAR SCHIELDING OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
09:30 – 10:00 IV-3 O.M Slyuntchev, Russia
RESEARCH OF POSSIBILITY OF LIQUID RADIOACTIVE
WASTES IMMOBILIZATION INTO LOW-TEMPERATURE
PHOSPHATE MATRIX AND INFLUENCE OF IMMOBILIZED
WASTES COMPOSITION ON ITS PHASE COMPOSITION
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 IV-4 Emily Michie, UK
STRUCTURE AND DEFECT STABILITY OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE MINERALS
11:00 – 11:30 IV-5 M. Orlova, Ruissia
PHOSPHATES WITH THE STRUCTURE OF MINERAL WHITLOCKITE (É¿-CA3(PO4)2)
11:30 – 12:00 IV-6 Neil Hyatt, UK
CHARACTERISATION OF A SIMULANT PLASMA VITRIFIED PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATED WASTE
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:30 Free Time for leisure, recreation, ad hoc sessions
17:00 – 17:30 Afternoon Coffee
17:30 – 20:00 Session V – Mineral Studies Session Chair: Linn Hobbs
17:30 – 18:00 V-1 Menvie Bekale, CNRS, France
MODIFICATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES INDUCED BY SWIFT HEAVY ION IRRADIATION IN CUBIC YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA
18:00 – 18:30 V-2 Catharina Nästrén, EU
A NEW DUST-FREE ROUTE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ZIRCONIA-BASED PYROCHLORE OXIDE WITH TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
18:30 – 19:00 V-3 Shirley Fong, USA
COMPARISON OF THE IMMOBILIZATION OF HF(IV) AND CE(IV) SURROGATES IN FLUORAPATITES
19:00 – 19:30 V-4 Neil Hyatt, UK
SINGLE-PHASE TRANSITION METAL STABILIZED BARIUM HOLLANDITE CERAMICS
20:00 – 22:00 Conference Banquet
Thursday, March 29, 2007
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast Buffet
08:30 – 12:30 Session VI – Processes Session Chair: Veronique Fouchard
08:30 – 09:00 VI-1 I.I. Ivanov, Russia
BORON-PHOSPHATE GLASSES FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
9:00 – 9:30 VI-2 Ewan Maddrell, UK
CERAMIC WASTEFORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
DISPOSITION OF UK PLUTONIUM STOCKS
9:30 – 10:00 VI-3 Martin Stennett, UK
COMPOSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE PHASE CERAMIC FORMULATIONS FOR PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 VI-4 Dennis Kelley, USA
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC AND AQUEOUS WASTE STREAMS: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES
11:00 – 11:30 VI-5 Dirk Gombert, USA
INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WASTE DISPOSITION AND WASTE FORM OPTIONS FOR A CLOSED FUEL CYCLE
11:30 – 11:45 Concluding Remarks
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch and Departure (bus to Pisa airport and train station for those departing by train or staying overnight in Pisa)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P1: Hitoshi Mimura, Tohoku University, Japan
Immobilization of Cesium and Strontium by Using Inorganic Materials
P2: Lee A. Gerrard, AWE, UK
Comparison of the Immobilization of a Specific Waste Stream Using HF(IV) and CE(IV) as Surrogates for PU(IV)
P3: Duane F. Warren, CeraLith Technology, Ltd, USA
Ceramic Cement Technology for Gen IV Construction Applications
P4: S.M. Dorosev, SPE Spektr-Conversion LLC, Russia
Spent Nuclear Fuel from Nuclear Power Plants of Russia. Market Analysis of
Potential Use of Ceramic Cements for Nuclear Shielding
P5: M. Arbel-Haddad, Nuclear Research Center Negev, Israel
The Effect of High Salt Concentration on the Integrity of Silica-Fume Blended
Cementitious Matrices for Waste Immobilization Applications
P6: Dennis Kelley, Pacific Nuclear Solutions, USA
China’s Scientific Investigation for Liquid Waste Treatment Solutions
P7: M. Orlova, Novgorod State University, Russia
Investigating of Crystal Chemical Properties of Joint Entering of Lanthanides and
Thorium in the Phosphates with Langbeinite Structure
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