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REMEMBER: ITC’s bespoke courses are available at your location anywhere in the world. Any course listed on our web site can come to you! Or we can provide tailored solutions to your staff-training requirements - simply contact us and ask !Internal courses focussed on your organisation’s specific needs - for example, over the last year, we gave bespoke courses like this for the NDA (UK) and ESKOM (SA) and in 2011 courses are planned for SSM (S) and the CNWRA (US).
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| Transport and Retardation Processes in Fractured Rocks: Concepts, Theory and Practice |
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Held : 15th – 24th October, Meiringen, Switzerland General background and objectives
To set the stage, a first series of lectures will cover the basic concepts and theories of underground rock facilities (URFs). Beside general aspects of working underground the roles and benefits of URFs in the different stages of a national radioactive waste disposal programme will be at the centre of the presentations. For logistical reasons, some of these lectures will be held during the ongoing practical exercises, which will take place underground, at the GTS. The focus of the practical modules will be the development of an in depth understanding of radionuclide transport and retardation processes through deep geological formations (clays and fractured rocks). Although the practical training will be performed at the GTS, the course will not only address (Grimsel) granite specific aspects, but other URFs and other geological environments. The discussion of examples from other locations (and host rocks) will provide a comprehensive understanding of the benefits and limitations of tracer testing and radionuclide migration projects within the frame of typical repository implementation phases. Course Outline Lectures and discussions
Complementary laboratory programmes
Course Organiser The course is organised by the ITC-School in collaboration with, and supported by, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) within its network on Training and Demonstration of Waste Disposal Technologies in Underground Research Facilities (http://www-tc.iaea.org/tcweb/default.asp). The local host organisation is Nagra (National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste ( www.nagra.ch). Participants from IAEA Technical Co-operation Project The IAEA will finalise arrangements for the INT 9.173 Technical Co-operation Project "Training in Radioactive Waste Disposal Technologies in Underground Research Facilities", of which this course is a part. A draft prospectus will be circulated by IAEA to target countries in the scheme which explains the application procedure and the support arrangements. Participants from the countries within the IAEA training scheme (Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, the Peoples Republic of China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, India, Lithuania, Kazakstan, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Republic of South Africa, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) should contact responsible officers at the Agency as below. Mr. Mykola Kurylchyk Department of Technical Co-operation, ext. 26368 e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Malcolm Gray, Technical Officer, Department of Nuclear Energy, Division of Waste Management and the Fuel Cycle, IAEA for details: Tel. ++ 43 1 2600 21535; e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Course Programme
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The course will consist of modules including classroom sessions, workshops, case studies, field trips and practical application (hands-on experience) at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS). The course structure will allow interaction with the tutors and enough time will be reserved for ad hoc discussions on specific topics in the afternoon of each day.
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Under the auspices of the IAEA, nationally developed Underground Research Facilities (URFs) and associated laboratories are being offered for use by other nations. The URFs and laboratories form a “Network of Centres of Excellence” for training in and development of waste disposal technologies. If your organisation is from a participating country in the IAEA training network scheme you may be able to request financial support from the IAEA for courses run as part of the Network scheme.
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