Second Annual Workshop of the SKIN Project

21 Nov 2012, 14:00 → 22 Nov 2012, 16:30 Europe/Zurich

OFLG/402 (Paul Scherrer Institut)

SKIN is an acronym for the Collaborative Project focused on studies of slow processes in close-to-equilibrium conditions that can influence mobility of radionuclides in water/solid systems of relevance to radioactive waste repository sites. This Workshop is an opportunity for presentation and discussion of scientific and technical project results obtained to date, as well as their dissemination and future planning on all topics related to SKIN, both for project collaborators and for a broader community.

The program consists of sessions aimed at communicating research task results and needs from different work packages, plus an invited lecture. After the Workshop, short meetings of SKIN General Assembly, End-User Group, and Executive Committee will commence.  

An optional one-day training event for SKIN participants/students is scheduled for the following day (Friday, November 23^th) at the same location. The aim is to learn how to model aqueous - solid solution systems with account for trace element uptake using the new version 3 of the GEM-Selektor geochemical modeling package (http://gems.web.psi.ch).

Organized by:

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)
Laboratory for Waste Management (LES)
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

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Wednesday, 21 November

14:00 → 14:30 Welcome and Introduction

14:30 → 16:00 WP2: Experimental Programme 1

Study of solid-solution formation for selected host solids (carbonates, sulfates, silicates, cements) and radionuclides of interest in the near/far field of a radioactive waste repository.

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 18:00 WP3: Experimental Programme 2

Assessment of the kinetics of dissolution of tetravalent oxides under quasi-equilibrium conditions, and the impact of major factors on the rate of retention and release of radionuclides.

20:00 → 22:00 Conference Dinner

Thursday, 22 November

08:30 → 10:00 WP4: Modeling and Theory

Development of a new partial equilibrium approach to geochemical modelling of the slow uptake of radionuclides in host solid solutions, applied to the experimental and literature data.

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 11:15 Invited Lecture

To be confirmed.

11:15 → 12:00 WP5: Synthesis and Safety Assessment

Overall synthesis of the project results together with previous studies and its impact on the uncertainties for safety assessment.

12:00 → 12:30 WP6: Diddemination activities

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:30 SKIN Project General Assembly

14:30 → 15:30 End-user Group Meeting

15:30 → 16:30 Executive Committee Meeting