'Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System (PEBS) Final Conference', Hannover, Germany

Event date:
2014-02-06 The Final Conference on 'Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System (PEBS)' will be held from 6 to 7 February 2014 in Hannover, Germany.

Nuclear energy generation results in long lived, highly radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. The ultimate management solution for this waste is disposal in deep geological formations. In several disposal concepts radioactive waste packages are protected by engineered barrier made from clay-based material.

In this context, the European project Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System (PEBS), funded under the European Atomic Energy Community's Seventh Framework Programme, aims to evaluate the evolution of Engineered Barrier Systems' sealing and barrier performance with time, through the development of a comprehensive approach involving experiments, model development and consideration of the potential impacts on long-term safety functions.

The conference will provide practitioners, researchers and attendees with a forum for discussions, as well as an opportunity to disseminate the findings and recent results of the PEBS project. Other projects related to the engineering and construction of barriers for underground facilities, such as plugs and seals, will also be discussed.

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2012-12-12