Euratom FP6 Research Projects and Training Activities Volume III

dose from disposed spent fuel in the first 10 000 years.
The size of these mobile fractions may depend on fuel
evolution during the thousands of years prior to water
access. The project will tell us how reliable our models and
the underlying experimental data are in predicting these
labile radionuclide inventories. Although the project may
not tell us exactly how long it will take for complete
dissolution or corrosion of the remaining irradiated fuel
matrix, it will provide the expert-judgement to assess the
uncertainties inherent in such estimates.
Finally, the project will provide a clear distinction between
real uncertainties (missing data, ill-defined models, uncertain
boundary conditions etc.) and apparent uncertainties
caused by various simplification schemes in the models.
As an example is it possible to ignore the reactions of
radiolytic radicals with the spent fuel surface without
reducing the precision in the calculations? The exchange of
knowledge in the project will increase the mutual
understanding of the current state of knowledge and allow
identification of gaps to be addressed during FP7.
Confidence-building and transferring
knowledge
In the absence of a broadly agreed approach to the
management and disposal of long-lived waste in
geological repositories the project takes a very important
step in confidence building by assessing the remaining
uncertainties in spent fuel behaviour.
The MICADO project provides a unique opportunity by
facilitating knowledge transfer between research institutions
and universities working on fundamental fuel stability
data and model development, waste management
organisations trying to assess long term spent fuel stability,
and technical support organisations working for regulators
to evaluate these assessments, as well as with other stakeholders,
by creating a common well-reviewed database, by
exchanging model approaches, by testing model applications
with this database and by assessing the implications
of these uncertainties on long-term safety evaluations.
MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Geological disposal
I N F O R M A T I O N
Coordinator
B. Grambow
SUBATECH (École des mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes,
IN2P3 - CNRS) - ARMINES
4, rue Alfred Kastler
F-44307 Nantes
Tel. (33) 251 85 84 70
Fax (33) 251 85 84 52
grambow@subatech.in2p3.fr
Project details
Project type: Coordination Action
Project start date: 01/10/2006
Duration: 36 months
Total budget: EUR 1 750 482
EC contribution: EUR 1 300 000
EC Project Officer: Thomas McMenamin
European Commission
Directorate-General for Research
Unit J. 2 – Fission
CDMA 1/58
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. (32-2) 296 02 77
Fax (32-2) 295 49 91
Partners
Association pour la recherche et le développement des méthodes et processus industriels, FR
Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, FR
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique, FR
Centro de Investigaciones, Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, ES
Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, S.A, ES
Enviros Spain S.L., ES
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, DE
Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire, FR
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, DE
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, SE
Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle, CH
Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’étude de l’énergie nucléaire, BE
Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB, SE
Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SE
Studsvik Nuclear AB, SE
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, ES
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH, DE
Association Vinçotte Nucléaire/Associatie Vinçotte Nucleair, BE
Quintessa Limited, UK
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