DAY TWO - Wednesday 8th July
08:30-09:00
Tea/Coffee on arrival
Session-IV: Safe Management of Actinides (Plutonium)
09:00-09:40
Title (TBC)
Thierry Wiss ( Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission)
09:40-10:10
Towards the Disposability of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory
Claire Corkhill (University of Bristol, UK)
10:10-10:40
Disposition of Separated Plutonium: Current and Historical Perspectives
Lewis Blackburn (University of Sheffield, UK)
10:40-11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
Session-V: Radiation and Wasteform Response
11:00-11:30
Operando Observation of Dissolution Kinetics and Alterations Layer Formation of Heavy Ion Irradiated Borosilicate Glass by Fluid-cell Raman Spectroscopy
Mara Lonartz (University of Bonn, Germany)
11:30-12:00
Influence of Helium Ions Irradiation on Leaching Behaviors of Borosilicate Glasses
Haibo Peng (Lanzhou University, China)
12:00-12:20
Coupling Effects of Irradiation and Corrosion on Borosilicate Glass and Prospects for Laboratory Simulation Methods
Jiandong Zhang (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)
12:20-12:40
Simulating Water Radiolysis with H2O2 in Leaching Tests of Candidate Pu Wasteforms
Latham Haigh (University of Sheffield, UK)
12:40-13:40
Lunch - College Hall
Session-VI: Scientific Tools and Techniques in Nuclear Science
13:40-14:10
Application Of Mössbauer Spectroscopy to the Solution of Radioactive Waste Vitrification Challenges
Paul Bingham (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
14:10-14:40
Time-of-Flight Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis for Simulated Radiation Induced Diffusion Effects on Nuclear Waste Glasses
Matthew Sharpe (University of Surrey, UK)
14:40-15:10
High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy of Crystalline and Amorphous Materials
Ian Farnan (University of Cambridge, UK)
15:10-15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
Session-VII: Wasteform Development and Evolution
15:30-16:00
Boron Isotope Diffusion During Glass-Fluid Interactions: Effects of Glass Composition and Solution Renewal
Thomas L. Gout (Peking University, China)
16:00-16:20
The Use of Isotopic Tracing to Study the Formation of the Alteration Layer on Corroded Glass
E.A. Rencz (University of Sheffield, UK)
16:20-16:40
Atomistic Insights into the Interactions of Small Molecules with PuO2 Surfaces
Kiltinavicius Liutauras (University of Manchester)
16:40-17:00
Ceramic Wasteform and Process Development for Pu Disposition
A. A. Friskney (University of Sheffield, UK)
17:00-17:20
Purpose and Capabilities of the ThermoChimie Database, a Recent History of Key Developments, and some Examples of Benchmarking
Will Bower (Nuclear Waste Services, UK)
17:20 - 17:40
Disposal MOX – A Combined Study of its Fabrication and Disposability
Jack Rolfe (Lancaster University)
18:40-19:30
Drinks Reception - Clough Lawn (weather permitting)
19:30-22:00
Workshop Dinner - College Hall