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Agenda
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Deep geological disposal of radioactive waste: The role of geoscience 27th & 28th September 2021 — full schedule
September 27th, 12:15 - 17:00
Joining the event
Introduction & Context Setting
Mike Bowman — Honorary Professor in the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Session 1: Co-Chairs - Fiona McEvoy & Tom Berry
Tom Berry — Head of Discipline for Engineering Geology, Jacobs
Fiona McEvoy — Visiting Research Associate, BGS
What is a geological disposal facility and what opportunities does it present for the geoscience community?
Jonathan Turner — Chief Geologist, Radioactive Waste Management
Site investigations at Forsmark, Sweden, for a repository of spent nuclear fuel.
Kaj Ahlbom — Senior Advisor , SKB International
Break
Hard evidence from soft rock – Long-term isolation arguments and design challenges for repositories in a claystone.
Tim Vietor — Division Head Safety, Geology & Radioactive Materials
(NAGRA – National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste)
Interdisciplinary investigations in rock salt as a potential host rock for high level radioactive waste in Germany
Lukas Pollok — Head of Geological Exploration, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Nicole Schubarth-Engelschall — Head of Geological-geotechnical Exploration, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
(BGR - Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany)
Break
Live Panel Dicussion
Cherry Tweed — Chief Scientific Advisor, Radioactive Waste Management
Julia M West MBE — Principal, West Consult
Tom Berry — Head of Discipline for Engineering Geology, Jacobs
Fiona McEvoy — Visiting Research Associate, BGS
Jen Roberts — Chancellor's Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Q&A geoscience and engineering focus – the subsurface facing challenges of deep disposal and other options, understanding subsurface and technical uncertainties and risks and how they focus technical activities and enable community engagement.
Moderator - Jen Roberts
Closing remarks
Mike Bowman — Honorary Professor in the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Deep geological disposal of radioactive waste: The role of geoscience 27th & 28th September 2021 — full schedule
September 28th, 12:15 - 17:00
Joining the Event
Session 2
Cherry Tweed — Chief Scientific Advisor, Radioactive Waste Management
Jonathan Turner — Chief Geologist, Radioactive Waste Management
No Planet B: Earth resources, geostorage & sustainability.
Jon Gluyas — President, Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and the Earth Science Teachers Association
Predicting geological and climatic change over the next 1 million years: A UK perspective.
Fiona McEvoy — Visiting Research Associate, BGS
David Schofield — Director of National Geoscience, BGS
Break
Geosciences, GDF Design and the Long-Term Safety Case
Neil Chapman — Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield
Geology, a very human conversation. Implications for the GDF
Penny Harvey — Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences
Break
Panel Discussion
Jen Roberts — Chancellor's Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Mike Daly — University of Oxford
Neil Chapman — Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield
Penny Harvey — Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences
Andrew Bloodworth — Policy Director, BGS
Q&A open a wider debate on the geopolitical challenges of deep disposal – safely & securely locking the waste away in the subsurface environment, reducing the need for on-going human intervention etc., understanding the uncertainties and risks in engaging communities and wider impacts.
Moderator - Jen Roberts