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Location: Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport - Waterfront
150 Anza Blvd.,
Burlingame, CA 94010
Tel: (650) 342-4600

Topics: Workshop on Recent Advances in Repository Science and Operations from International Underground Research Laboratory Collaborations

POC: Bret Leslie; leslie@nwtrb.gov
Roberto Pabalan; pabalan@nwtrb.gov

View archived video recording - April 24, 2019

View archived video recording - April 25, 2019

Spring 2019 Workshop announcement (pdf - 16KB)
Spring 2019 Workshop (pdf - 51KB)
Agenda - April 24-25, 2019 (pdf - 66KB)
April 24, 2019 Transcript (pdf - 443KB)
April 25, 2019 Transcript (pdf - 493KB)
Mick Apted - Underground Research Laboratories: Purposes, Evolution of Objectives, and Brief History (pdf - 3.5MB)
Irina Gaus - The integration of URL science in the Swiss Radioactive Waste Management Programme (pdf - 10MB)
Patrik Vidstrand - Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) - Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory (pdf - 4.5MB)
Daniel Delort - 28 years of R&D and Design activities to prepare the license application of Cigeo (pdf - 3.5MB)
Simon Norris - Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: UK position on role of Underground Research Laboratory-based Research & Development (pdf - 2.6MB)
William Boyle - DOE Collaboration and Underground Research Program: Overall Program and Approach (pdf - 1.1MB)
Jens Birkholzer - Overview of DOE's International Collaboration and URL Activities (pdf - 3.1MB)
Jonny Rutqvist - Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) Perturbations in Bentonite/Argilite Repositories: Heater Tests at Mont Terri and Bure (pdf - 4.3MB)
Liange Zheng - DOE's Engineered Barrier Integrity Activities: Understanding EBS Coupled Processes and Mineral Alterations at High Temperatures: From FEBEX-DP to HoBENT (pdf - 2.7MB)
Carlos Jove-Colon - Thermal Implications on Transport in Bentonite:Using Full-Scale Engineered Barrier Experiment-Dismantling Project (FEBEX-DP) Samples for Laboratory Studies and Model Testing (pdf - 3.7MB)
Jonny Rutqvist - Gas Migration in Clay-Based Materials - International Collaboration Activities as Part of the DECOVALEX Project (pdf - 3.7MB)
Hari Viswanathan - Flow and Transport in Fractured Granite: Modeling Studies Involving the Bentonite Rock Interaction Experiment (BRIE) and the Long Term Diffusion Experiment (LTDE) (pdf - 4.2MB)
Hakim Boukhalfa - Colloid-Facilitated Transport: Studies Related to CFM Project at GTS (pdf - 3.4MB)
Kristopher Kuhlman and Philip Stauffer - DOE Salt Research and WIPP Test (pdf - 28MB)
Emily Stein - Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment (GDSA): How GDSA Benefits from International Collaborations (pdf - 16MB)
List of Posters Presented at April 24, 2019 Poster Session (pdf - 21KB)
Agenda - February 26, 2019 - Fact Finding Meeting Supporting NWTRB April 2019 Workshop (pdf - 19KB)
Timothy Gunter - DOE's Collaborations and Underground Research Program Overall Program and Approach - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 1.3MB)
Jens Birkholzer - Overview of DOE's International Research and Development Activities - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 7.6MB)
Emily Stein - GDSA Development and International Collaboration - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 4.2MB)
Hari Viswanathan - DOE's Flow and Radionuclide Transport Activities Flow and Transport in Fractured Granite Modeling Studies Involving the BRIE, GREET, and LTDE Experiments - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 4.6MB)
Hakim Boukhalfa - Colloid-Facilitated Transport: Studies Related to CFM Project at GTS - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 3.3MB)
Liange Zheng - DOE's Engineered Barrier Integrity Activities - Understanding EBS Coupled Processes and Mineral Alterations at High Temperatures - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 4.4MB)
Kristopher Kuhlman and Philip Stauffer - DOE's Salt Research and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Activities Understanding Heat-Driven Brine Migration in Salt - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 4.9MB)
Jonny Rutqvist - Gas Migration in Clay-Based Materials -- International Collaboration Activities as Part of the DECOVALEX Project - February 26, 2019 (pdf - 3.4MB)
Consultant report Dr. David Bish (pdf - 885KB)
Consultant report Dr. John McCartney (pdf - 220KB)