32^nd Spent Fuel Workshop

5 – 7 november 2024
Nîmes, France

About the workshop

The 32^nd Spent Fuel Workshop (SFW) will be held in Nîmes (Occitanie, France) on 5 – 7 november 2024. The workshop will take place at the “Musée de la Romanité”, near an exceptional historic site, offering a unique atmosphere and an unforgettable experience for an event steeped in history.

Indeed, the first Spent Fuel Workshop was held in Studsvik, Sweden, 1981 on the initiative of SKBF/KBS. From the very beginning, this meeting was created to be “an international and informal forum for discussing questions concerning spent fuel behaviour in nuclear waste repositories”.

Since then, 31 workshops have been held in this spirit of sharing and collaboration between research institutes, industrial partners and national agencies for nuclear waste management.

Preface of the Technical Report SKBF/KBS 83-76 by Lars Werme.

Topics

The 2024 edition will include oral and poster communications. Oral presentations and posters may cover different topics relating to spent fuel:

Radionuclides
Surrogates
Experimental Techniques
Instant Release Fraction (IRF)
Corrosion
Leaching
Radiolysis
Secondary Phases
Modeling

Poinssot C. and Ferry C., Final report of the European project “Spent Fuel Stability under Repository Conditions”, 2004

Key dates

April 15^th: opening of the call for abstracts
May 6^th: registration opens
September 6^th: early bird registration deadline
September 9^th: abstract submission deadline
October 14^th: registration deadline

Preliminary Program

November 5^th: 13:30 - welcome and plenary sessions
(poster session during coffee breaks)
November 6^th: plenary sessions
(poster session during coffee breaks)
Conference dinner
November 7^th: plenary sessions and closure (12 :00)

Download the programme here

Submit your abstract

Register to the workshop

Early Bird registration (before Sept. 6^th, 2024): 520 €
Student registration (before Oct. 14^th, 2024): 350 €
Late registration (before Oct. 14^th, 2024): 720 €
Included in the registration fees: lunches, coffee breaks and conference diner
Tickets for accompanying person at the conference dinner: 100 €

*The registration site will open on 6 May

Venue

The workshop will take place at the Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes. Located opposite the Nîmes Arena, this contemporary building designed by Elizabeth de Portzamparc is a museum of international renown and a splendid showcase for some 5,000 works of heritage of exceptional archaeological and artistic value.

Due to security control at the entry, it is strongly recommended to leave your suitcases at the hotel

NAME BADGES MUST BE WORN DURING ALL TECHNICAL SESSIONS, AND EVENTS.

Nimes-tourisme

"The city of Nîmes is a fascinating construction, built around and with the existing Roman monuments. The city owes its identity, personality and singularity to this ancient architecture developed over the centuries...infusing it with exceptional universal value..."

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Plunge into the history of Nîmes

"The Musée de la Romanité is much more than just a Gallo-Roman museum, it is also an archaeological museum where you can learn all about the Roman influence on the area throughout the centuries..."

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Travel information

1. Nîmes can be reached by train:
The Nîmes centre train station connected to direct TGV trains/ local connections from:

Paris:
Gare de Lyon train station (center of Paris) in ~3 hours

Lyon:
Part-Dieu train station in 1 hour and 30 min Saint-Exupery airport in 1 hour and 30 min

Marseille:
St-Charles train station in 1 hour and 15 min Vitrolles Aéroport Marseille-Provence train station in 1 hour 40 min

The Musée de la Romanité can then be reached by walk (10 min walk) from Nîmes centre train station.

2. Other possible connections are:
Nîmes airport (FNI) or Montpellier airport (MPL) with in either cases, connection by shuttle bus or using a car rental.

PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKING THEIR OWN ACCOMMODATIONS

Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Lena Z. Evins (SKB)
Dr. Volker Metz (KIT-INE)
Dr. Brady Hanson (PNNL)
Pr. Dirk Bosbach (JUELICH)
Dr. Thierry Mennecart (SCK·CEN)
Pr. Joan de Pablo (UPC)
Dr. Lara Duro (Amphos 21)
Dr. Daniel Serrano-Purroy (JRC K)
Pr. Rodney Ewing (Stanford Univ.)

Organizing committee

Dr. Christophe Jegou (CEA Marcoule)
Dr. Stéphanie Szenknect (ICSM)
Pr. Nicolas Dacheux (ICSM)
Dr. Florent Tocino (EDF R&D)

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