October 20-21, 2015

Washington, DC

Topic:

  • International Technical Workshop on Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Presentations

October 20

Timothy Gunter - DOE's Deep Borehole Disposal Research Program

David Sassani and Ernest Hardin - DOE Deep Borehole Field Test

Fergus Gibb - International Perspective on Deep Borehole Disposal

Panel #1 - Experience in Deep Drilling in Crystalline Rocks

Stephen Hickman - Fracturing and Borehole Integrity

Claus Chur - Experience in Deep Drilling in Crystalline Rocks

Eric van Oort - Drilling & Well Construction Considerations

Panel #2 - Emplacement Mode

Wesley Patrick - Emplacement Mode

Mark MacGlashan - Deep Borehole Disposal Technical Workshop

Douglas Minnema - Nuclear Safety Considerations

Panel #3 - Borehole Seals

Paul Boomer - Bore Hole Seals

Nick Collier - Sealing and Support Matrices

Roland Pusch - Bentonite Seals

October 21

Dan Schultheisz - EPA's Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for SNF, HLW, and TRU Waste

Panel #4 - Hydrogeology at Depth: Anticipated Conditions and Characterizing the Conditions

Mark Person - Crystalline Basement & Precambrian Fault Permeability Global and New Mexico Perspectives

Mark Zoback - A Geomechanical Perspective of Permeability and Fluid Flow in Crystalline Rocks in the Upper Crust

Kent Novakowski - The Challenges in Measuring Permeability and Hydraulic Head at Depths Exceeding One Kilometer

Panel #5 - Geochemistry of Fluids at Depth: Anticipated Conditions and Characterizing the Conditions

D. Kirk Nordstrom - U.S. Geological Survey

Shaun Frape - University of Waterloo

Jennifer McIntosh - University of Arizona

Panel #6 - Multiple Barriers: Waste Forms and Canister Materials

David Sassani - Mulitple Barriers

Neil Hyatt - Role of the Wasteform in Deep Borehole Disposal

Narasi Sridhar - Role of Engineered Barrier System in Deep Borehold Diposal

Panel #7 - Efficacy of Deep Borehole Disposal and Risk Analysis

Peter Swift - Efficacy of Deep Borehole Disposal and Risk Analysis

Bertil Grundfeldt - Long-Term Safety of Deep Borehole Disposal in Comparison with Disposal in a Mined Facility

Richard Garwin - The Scope of Utility of Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Panelists - Key Observations from Seven Discussion Panels at the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's International Technical Workshop on Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Andrew Griffith - Fuel Cycle Technologies Developed as Part of a System

Background Meeting Materials:

Agenda - NWTRB July 16 Briefing

Robert McKinnon - Overview of the Deep Borehole Field Test

David Sassani - Deep Borehole Field Test (DBFT) FY15 Site Evaluation Overview

Kristopher Kuhlman - Deep Borehold Field Test Site Characterization

Ernest Hardin - Deep Borehole Field Test Waste Packaging, Emplacement and Seals Testing

S. David Sevougian - Deep Borehole Emplacement Mode Hazard Analysis

Geoff Freeze - Deep Borehole Disposal (DBD) Licensing and Post-Closure Safety Assessment