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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
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
Caitlin Condon (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Emily R. Stein
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Two Decades of Safety Case Development
10:00–10:20AM MST
Manuel Capouet (Ondraf/Niras), Ulrich Noseck (GRS), Paul Smith (Safety Assessment Mgmt.)
Presented by Tom Peake (US EPA)
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Implementation of the French Cigéo Geological Disposal Project
10:20–10:40AM MST
Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke (Andra)
Development of the Repository Layout Options for the HLW Disposal in Japan
10:40–11:00AM MST
Tetsuhiro Ichimura (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Satoru Suzuki (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Yoichi Yamamoto (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan)
Case Studies of the Repository Layout Design in the Virtual SDMs
11:00–11:20AM MST
Satoru Suzuki (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Tetsuhiro Ichimura (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Hiromitsu Saegusa (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Yoshito Kitagawa (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan)
Evaluating Geologic Disposal Pathways for Advanced Reactor Spent Fuels
11:20–11:40AM MST
David Sassani (Sandia), Laura Price (Sandia), Heeho Park (Sandia), Edward Matteo (Sandia), Paul Mariner (Sandia)