KIVI OPERA Symposium
Description
KIVI OPERA Symposium:
Results of five years of research into final disposal of radioactive waste.
OPERA
Working with ionising radiation or radioactive substances in industry, research, medicine and power generation generates radioactive waste. In the Netherlands, radioactive waste is collected centrally and stored for at least 100 years.
However, caring for the waste does not stop after 100 years. Already now, financial provisions are being made and research is being carried out into the disposal of the radioactive waste in the deep underground (final disposal) that must eventually take place. In the Netherlands, this could be in a deep salt or clay layer.
The national programme OPERA has spent five years researching how safe, long-term final disposal of radioactive waste is possible in the Netherlands.
During the symposium, the results of OPERA will be presented. Explanations will be given on how radioactive waste is managed, final disposal and OPERA. Afterwards, results of different subprojects will be discussed by the researchers.
How long do waste packages remain intact in the deep subsurface?
How can you make tunnels at a depth of 500 metres?
What do we know about clay layers for radioactive waste disposal?
How do radioactive materials move through the subsurface?
How can you use this to calculate the impact (safety) of final surface disposal?
Admission is free, but due to the limited number of places, registration is required. Registration is possible until 20 November 2016 via www.covra.nl/contact o.v.v. OPERA KIVI 25 November 2016 and your name and e-mail address. More information about OPERA can be found on COVRA's website (see link below)
Location
Prinsessegracht 23, 2514 AP The Hague
Organiser
Nuclear Engineering
OPERA
Name and contact details for information
Jan Leen Kloosterman
Register via
www.covra.nl/contact