Fall 2020 Board Virtual Meeting -- December 2-3, 2020
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board held an online virtual public meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and Thursday, December 3, 2020, to review information on the U.S. Department of Energy’s generic disposal research and development program and priorities.
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- Agenda - December 2-3, 2020 (pdf - 36KB)
- Fall 2020 Board Meeting (pdf - 69KB)
- December 2, 2020 Transcript (pdf - 426KB)
- December 3, 2020 Transcript (pdf - 389KB)
- Jean Bahr, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board - Introductory Statement (pdf - 913KB)
- Timothy Gunter, DOE - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Disposal Research Program: Program Overview, Purpose, Scope, and Goals (pdf - 1.8MB)
- David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories - Technical Approach and Prioritization of Activities (pdf - 1.7MB)
- Yifeng Wang, Sandia National Laboratories - Crystalline Host Rock: Disposal Concepts and Research & Development Activities (pdf - 3.1MB)
- Kris Kuhlman, Sandia National Laboratories - Salt Host Rock: Disposal Concepts and Research & Development Activities (pdf - 36MB)
- Carlos Jove Colon, Sandia National Laboratories - Argillite Host Rock: Disposal Concepts and Research & Development Activities (pdf - 3.4MB)
- Irina Gaus, Nagra - IGD-TP Member Experience of the Relationship between Early Programme Stages and Site Selection and R&D Programmes (pdf - 1.6MB)
- Lucy Bailey, Radioactive Waste Management - The UK Geological Disposal Research Strategy (pdf - 1.7MB)
- Emily Stein, Sandia National Laboratories - Prioritization of Cross-Cutting Research and Development Activities: Unsaturated Alluvium Reference Case, Disposal of Dual-Purpose Canisters, and Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment (pdf - 13MB)
- Ed Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories and LianGe Zheng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Prioritization of Cross-Cutting Research and Development Activities: Engineered Barrier System Overview and the HotBENT Experiment at Grimsel Test Site (pdf - 8.1MB)
- Jens Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories - Prioritization of International Activities and Moving Forward: Disposal Research R&D 5-Year Plan (pdf - 3.5MB)
- Agenda - November 4-5, 2020 - Fall 2020 Fact-Finding Meeting (pdf - 39KB)
- Timothy Gunter, DOE - Disposal Research Program Overview - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 738KB)
- Yifeng Wang, Sandia National Laboratories - Used Fuel Disposition in Crystalline Rocks - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 3.5MB)
- David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories - Technical Approach and Prioritization of Activities - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 1.8MB)
- Kristopher Kuhlman, Sandia National Laboratories - Salt Host Rock Generic Disposal Research R&D - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 2.4MB)
- Carlos Jove Colon, Sandia National Laboratories - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 14MB)
- Emily Stein, Sandia National Laboratories - Prioritization of Cross-Cutting Research & Development Activities: Unsaturated Alluvium Reference Case, Disposal of Dual Purpose Canisters, and Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 13MB)
- Ed Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories - Overview of Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) Research - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 5.3MB)
- Jens Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory- Prioritization of International Activities - November 4-5, 2020 (pdf - 8.4MB)
- Board letter to Dr. Kathryn Huff (December 30, 2021) (pdf - 303KB)