safeND 2025

17th September 2025 to 19th September 2025

Radialsystem in Berlin, Germany (Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin)

The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) is hosting the third meeting of the Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on the Safety of Nuclear Disposal Practices (safe^ND 2025). The main topic is “Time as a safety factor: opportunities and challenges of timely nuclear waste disposal”.

The symposium will include lecture and poster sessions as well as workshops and panel discussions.

Call for Contributions: 06/01/2025 to 11/03/2025

More information available https://www.base.bund.de/en/research/events/research-symposium/_documents/safend-25.html

safe^ND stands for “Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on the Safety of Nuclear Disposal Practices”. Scientists are given the opportunity to present their current research results and projects in intra- and interdisciplinary discussions. The following topics, among others, will be addressed:

Decommissioning of nuclear facilities
Storage, conditioning and transport of radioactive waste
Site selection and deep geological disposal of radioactive waste
Alternative disposal methods
Public participation and communication
Nuclear safety culture and knowledge preservation
Social sciences and humanities perspectives on nuclear energy and radioactive waste (including historical, economic and legal analyses)
Safeguards and non-proliferation in nuclear waste disposal
Nuclear waste management related to alternative reactor designs and fusion energy