About the workshop
The 32nd 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 15th: opening of the call for abstracts
- May 6th: registration opens
- September 6th: early bird registration deadline
- September 9th: abstract submission deadline
- October 14th: registration deadline
Preliminary Program
- November 5th: welcome and plenary sessions
(poster session during coffee breaks) - November 6th: plenary sessions
- Conference dinner
- November 7th: plenary sessions and departure
Submit your abstract
Register to the workshop
- Early Bird registration (before Sept. 6th, 2024): 520 €
- Student registration (before Oct. 14th, 2024): 350 €
- Late registration (before Oct. 14th, 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..."
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..."
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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