This page shows the slides presented at the IGD-TP Symposium, as well as videos of each session. Please see the event programme for the abstracts and author contact details.
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Welcome and Session 1: The role of optimisation in selected national geological disposal programmes
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00.01 The IGD-TP vision and the strategic research agenda; why this is the right time for this symposium
Irina Gaus (Nagra, Switzerland)
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01.01 Optimisation process of deep geological disposal (Cigéo project) in the French context: from feasibility principle to licensing application then progressive development of operation
Pascal Claude Leverd (ANDRA, France)
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01.02 The role of optimisation in Posiva’s programme
Tiina Jalonen (Posiva; Finland)
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01.03 COVRA – Optimisation through international initiatives
Marja Vuorio (COVRA, ERDO; the Netherlands)
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Session 2: Lessons learned from optimisation in large infrastructure projects
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02.01 Prague City Ring Road – transport engineering construction for the metropolis of the 21st century
Alexandr Butovič (CTU, Czech Republic)
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02.02 Application of optimisation to decommissioning at the UK Trawsfynydd nuclear power station – delivery of an optimised site end state
Dan Galson (GSL, UK)
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02.03 Success criteria and success factors for the optimal planning, construction and operation of large infrastructure systems
Heinz Ehrbar (Heinz Ehrbar Partners llc, Switzerland)
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Session 3: Technology and material optimisation
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03.01 Optimisation of canister design and its lifetime assessment: state of the art and plans within the EURAD CONCORD work package
Nikitas Diomidis (Nagra, Switzerland)
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03.02 Container Requirements for High-level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Rock Salt, Claystone, and Crystalline Rock – Outcomes of the Research Project KoBrA
Holger Völzke (BAM, Germany)
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03.03 Optimisation in Posiva EBS clay component design – segmented buffer, granular backfill, mixture of crushed rock and bentonite in central tunnels
Johanna Hansen (Posiva, Finland)
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03.04 Value Engineering – How to reinvent yourself
Johan Hedlund (SKB, Sweden)
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03.05 Technical enhancement of wasteforms and their behaviour with the PREDIS project on predisposal waste management
Erika Holt (VTT, Finland)
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03.06 Optimization enabled digital twinning of radioactive waste repositories
Henning Wessels (TUB, Germany)
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Session 4: Integrating optimisation for safety
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04.01 Optimisation and the safety case: what have we learnt in the Integration Group for the Safety Case Context
Lucy Bailey (NWS, UK)
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04.02 The hybrid and complex nature of the optimization principle: from radiological protection to safety, from ALARA to SAHARA
Christophe Depaus (ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgium)
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04.03 Graded development of geological disposal towards optimised solution
Anne Kontula (TVO, Finland)
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Session 5: Global optimisation approaches – concepts and numerical applications
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05.01 Optimisation of the thermal aspects of a generic high-level waste repository through Pareto front analysis
Andreas Poller (CSD Engineers, Switzerland)
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05.02 ONDRAF/NIRAS geological disposal facility layout update: an optimisation-based approach for the conceptual design
Didier Léonard (ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgium)
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05.03 Optimisation of thermal dimensioning of the Cigéo project: operational goal and scientific key issues
Jean-Michel Bosgiraud (ANDRA, France)