MIND MICROBIOLOGY IN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL Kick off, Brussels, September 2nd Birgitta Kalinowski Petra Christensen 1
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ROUND TABLE PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATION Birgitta Kalinowski Petra Christensen • Scientific and technical coordinator of • Coordinator of the MIND-Project, the MIND-project. administration and economics • MIND – First EU-Project • MIND – First EU-Project. • Working at the SKB office in • Working at the SKB at Äspö Hard Rock Stockholm since 7 years. Laboratory in Oskarshamn since 8 years back. Background Background • Master of Science with a major in general chemistry • Master Political Science with a major in EU-Integration • PhD in geochemistry (exogene) • Internship in Brussels – Regional • Post-doc at Penn State university in development, helping out finding geomicrobiology available EU-programmes etc. • Researcher at Göteborg university, geomicrobiology • Researcher at Stockholm university, geochemistry and geomicrobiology 4
CHRISTOPHE DAVIES
MIND MICROBIOLOGY IN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL HOW IT ALL S TARTED
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC OCTOBER 29-30, 2013 A technical scientific work group session on microbiological processes was organized : WG5 at IGD-TP, EF4 7
WG-5 DESCRIPTION • >27 participants from research and performance assessment – an interdisciplinary group • Waste management organisations • Technical support organisations • Universities • Consulting companies • National research centers/institutes • Gender perspective: 50/50 • 9 countries represented • 9 presentations from 6 countries 8
PRESENCE OF MICROORGANISMS • Microbes are everywhere including the underground – the deep biosphere • Microbial life change chemical equilibria. • Microorganisms influence and change the geochemical environment, e.g. pH, Eh BUT • Microbial processes are missing in the current strategic research agenda (SRA) 9
SRA KEY TOPIC 1 SAFETY CASE • “ The safety case must be able to describe the evolution of the repository in a way that can be seen as a reasonable representation of what might happen and that also gives a clear indication of uncertainties in the description ”. • WG-5 noted that the SRA lacks representation of microbial processes and indication of uncertainties caused by microbial processes. 10
MAIN MICROBIAL PROCESSES • Microbially induced degradation • Corrosion of metal canisters • Degradation of buffer, backfill and cement • Gases • Production − • Consumption + • Migration • Mobilisation − • Immobilisation + 11
GOAL: A TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES • Review past and present research and models. • Understand uncertainties in the safety case caused by microbial processes. • Evaluate how knowledge about microbial processes can be merged into present safety models and concepts. • Identify gaps in knowledge and suggest research needs. • Define a scope of a proposal to be submitted to an EC call or a specific project co financed by the WMOs. • Finally put together an application to the commission. 12
HORIZON 2020 MEETING IN STOCKHOLM APRIL 29, 2014 • The following WMOs attended the meeting hosted by SKB: Posiva, Nagra, Ondraf/Niras, TVO, NDA, GRS and SKB were present. ANDRA contributed with ideas via email. • Contributors to the application: Micans, EPFL, NNL, BGS, HZDR, SCK*CEN, VTT, IRSN, University of Granada, GTK, TUL and Safram Oy. Petra Christensen (SKB) opened up an application immediately after the meeting 13
PARTNERS Partner Participant organisation name Country (no.) 1. Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, SKB Sweden 2. Microbial Analytics Sweden AB, MICANS Sweden 3. National Nuclear Laboratory Limited, NNL United Kingdom 4. Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN Belgium 5. Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, BGS United Kingdom 6. Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus, VTT Finland 7. Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, EPFL Switzerland 8. Technicka Univerzita V Liberci, TUL The Czech Republic 9. Centrum Vyzkumu REZ S.R.O. RCR The Czech Republic 10. Geologian Tutkimuskeskus, GTK Finland 11. Universidad De Granada, UGR Spain 12. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., HZDR Germany 13. Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, TVO Finland 14. Posiva Oy, POSIVA Finland 15. University of Manchester, UNIMAN United Kingdom 14
WORKPACKAGES WP1 (Joe Small, NNL) Remaining key issues for the geological disposal of ILW concern the long-term behaviour, fate and consequences of organic materials in the waste along with hydrogen generated by corrosion and radiolysis. WP2 (Karsten Pedersen, Micans) Remaining key issues for the geological disposal of HLW concern the factors controlling sulphide production in the geosphere, including man-made artefacts to what extent microorganisms can accelerate canister corrosion in the near-field either by hydrogen scavenging or by sulphide and/or acetate production . WP3 (Katinka Wouters, SCK*CEN) Integration, communication and dissemination. In addition WP3 will evaluate and integrate microbial processes towards the conceptualization and performance assessment of geological repositories and in the respective state of the art knowledge base. WP4 (Petra Christensen, SKB) Handles project management. 15
MIND - GOVERNANCE Coordination Team (SKB) WP4 Implementers Project Project Review board Executive Committee Management WP1 WP2 WP3 16
COORDINATION TEAM • Administrative Coordinator and the Technical Coordinator, including the SKB administration team • Intermediary between the Parties and the European Commission in: Collecting, reviewing and submitting information on the progress of the MIND Project. (Periodic and final reports and other deliverables to the Commission) • The Coordination Team also have the responsibility for the Management of the EC financial contribution. 17
MIND - GOVERNANCE Coordination Team (SKB) WP4 Implementers Project Project Review board Executive Committee Management WP1 WP2 WP3 18
PROJECT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • The Project Executive Committee (PEC) have one representative from each of the 15 Partners • Meet in conjunction with Project Annual Meetings • All Partners can send a request for a meeting anytime in contact with the Chair Project Executive Committee task: • Provide technical guidance and is responsible for the management and financial control, through the Coordination Team • Has the ultimate responsibility for: all major decisions concerning the demonstration activities (within given time plans and budgets) • SKB convenes the first Project Executive Committee meeting in Brussels tomorrow, on September 3 rd , 2015. 19
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (PEC) • SKB, Sweden, represented by Birgitta KALINOWSKI and Petra CHRISTENSEN • MICANS, Sweden, represented by Karsten PEDERSEN • National Nuclear Laboratory Limited, United Kingdom represented by Joe SMALL • SCK•CEN, Belgium, represented by Natalie LEYS, proxy Katinka WOUTERS Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, BGS, United Kingdom, • represented by Simon GREGORY VTT, Finland, represented by Merja ITÄVAARA • • TUL, Czech Republic, represented by Alena SEVCU, proxy Miroslav ČERNIK • CV REZ, Czech Republic, represented by Petr POLIVKA • GTK, Finland, represented by Lasse AHONEN • Universidad de Granada, Spain, represented by Mohamed MERROUN • HZDR, Germany, represented by Thuro ARNOLD TVO, Finland, represented by Tuire HAAVISTO • • POSIVA, Finland, represented by Tiina LAMMINMÄKI • University of Manchester, represented by Jon LLOYD 20
MIND - GOVERNANCE Coordination Team (SKB) WP4 Implementers Project Project Review board Executive Committee Management WP1 WP2 WP3 21
IMPLEMENTERS REVIEW BOARD The Project Executive Committee appoints the members of the Implementers Review Board Implementers Review Board Task: • To advice the Project Executive Committee in technical matters. • Provide an evaluation report (deliverable) 22
WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS ANDRA, Agence Nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, France BMWi, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energy, Germany COVRA, Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval, The Netherlands ENRESA, Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos S.A., Spain GRS, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, Germany Nagra, Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle, Switzerland NIRAS/ONDRAF, the Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials NWMO, Nuclear Waste Management Organisation, Canada Posiva Oy, Finland PURAM, Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management, Hungary RWM, Radioactive Waste Management Limited, United Kingdom SKB, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, Sweden SÚRAO, Správa úložišť radioaktivních odpadů , Czech Republic TVO, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, Finland 23
REGULATORS • CNSC, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada • EA, Environment Agency, United Kingdom • FANC, The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Belgium • IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, France • SSM, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Sweden 24
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