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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Michael Nole (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Chven Mitchell (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Impact of Inventory Changes on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Performance Assessment
10:00–10:20AM MST
Seth King (Sandia), James Bethune (Sandia), Sarah Brunell (Sandia), Dwayne Kicker (Sandia), Sungtae Kim (Sandia)
Paper
Moving from 2D to 3D Flow Modeling for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Performance Assessment
10:20–10:40AM MST
Tara LaForce (Sandia), Seth King (Sandia), Heeho Park (Sandia)
A Next-Generation Transport Simulator for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Performance Assessment
10:40–11:00AM MST
Jennifer M. Frederick (Sandia), Michael A. Nole (Sandia), Heeho Park (Sandia)
Modeling Geologic Waste Repository Systems Below Residual Saturation
11:00–11:20AM MST
Matthew Paul (Sandia), Heeho Park (Sandia), Michael Nole (Sandia)
Newton Trust Region Methods for Nuclear Waste Repository Porous Media Flow Simulations
11:20–11:40AM MST
Heeho Park (Sandia)