Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation

12th Information Exchange Meeting

Prague, Czech Republic | 24-27 September 2012

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Workshop proceedings

1. Introduction

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised the twelfth information exchange meeting on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (P&T). The meeting was held in Prague, Czech Republic from 24 to 27 September 2012, hosted by the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (RAWRA), and co-sponsored by the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

2. Background

Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the key technology for reducing the radiotoxicity and volume of radioactive waste produced. Recent developments indicate the need for embedding P&T strategies into advanced fuel cycles considering both waste management and economic issues.

In order to give experts a forum to present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the P&T field, the OECD/NEA has been organising biennial information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation since 1990. The previous meetings were held in Mito (Japan) in 1990, at ANL (United States) in 1992, in Cadarache (France) in 1994, in Mito (Japan) in 1996, in Mol (Belgium) in 1998, in Madrid (Spain) in 2000, in Jeju (Korea) in 2002, in Las Vegas (United States) in 2004, in Nîmes (France) in 2006, in Mito (Japan) in 2008 and in San Francisco (United States) in 2010.

3. Scope

The meeting covered scientific, as well as strategic/policy developments in the field of P&T, such as:

• Fuel cycle strategies and transition scenarios
• Radioactive waste forms
• Impact of P&T on geological disposal
• Radioactive waste management strategies (including secondary wastes)
• Transmutation fuels and targets
• Pyro and aqueous separation processes
• Materials, spallation targets and coolants
• Transmutation physics, experiments and nuclear data
• Transmutation systems: design, performance and safety
• Handling and transportation of transmutation fuels
• Economics of P&T

These topics included multi-scale modelling, experiments and instrumentation, novel theories and benchmarks.

4. Programme

The meeting consisted of a plenary session on the first day, followed by technical sessions and a poster session covering above technical subjects.
At the summary session, reviews and findings of each technical session were presented by the session chairs.

5. Scientific advisory committee

All correspondence with regard to the meeting should be addressed to the workshop Secretariat:

Other previous information exchange meetings

• Eleventh Information Exchange Meeting, San Francisco, United States, November 2010
• Tenth Information Exchange Meeting, Mito, Japan, September 2008
• Ninth Information Exchange Meeting, Nîmes, France, September 2006
• Eighth Information Exchange Meeting, Las Vegas, United States, November 2004
• Seventh Information Exchange Meeting, Jeju (Korea), October 2002
• Sixth Information Exchange Meeting, Madrid (Spain), December 2000
• Fifth Information Exchange Meeting, Mol (Belgium), November 1998
• Fourth Information Exchange Meeting, Mito City (Japan), September 1996
• Third Information Exchange Meeting, Cadarache (France), December 1994
• Second Information Exchange Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory (United States), November 1992
• First Information Exchange Meeting, Mito City (Japan), November 1990

Related links

• European Commission
  • 7th Framework Programme
    
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  

Last reviewed: 16 July 2013