Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion and the Environment

Nick Evans, Loughborough University, UK

Programme:

Monday 3 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

On the relative roles of 5f and 6d orbitals in actinide metal-ligand bonds
David L. Clark, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Chemistry in the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle
Jean-Paul Glatz, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Germany

Speakers

Reductive activation of the uranyl ion and actinide cation-cation interaction in geometrically constrained ligands
Polly L. Arnold, University of Edinburgh, UK

Alternative encapsulation technologies for nuclear waste
Steven J. Black, UKAEA, UK

Nuclear Fusion, a limitless environmentally responsible source of energy
Duarte Borba, EFDA CSU Garching, Germany

Prospects and challenges for new nuclear build in the UK
Adrian J. Bull, Westinghouse UK, UK

Actinide reactions at solid/liquid interfaces
Horst Geckeis, Research Centre Karlsruhe, Germany

A new technology for pyrochemical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
Trevor R. Griffiths, Redston Trevor Consulting Ltd, UK

Research activities supporting disposal of higher activity radioactive waste in the UK
Neil Smart, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, UK

Polyphosphate remediation of subsurface uranium contamination
Dawn L. Wellman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Symposium Information

The management of the existing "nuclear legacy" and future power generation from nuclear fission and/or fusion are intimately linked to environmental issues.

For nuclear fission, decommissioning, clean-up, radioactive waste disposal/storage and future nuclear power generation are all complex, multidisciplinary challenges, ranging across analytical, physical, organic and inorganic chemistry.

In the case of fusion, tritium behaviour, behaviour of materials in the extreme conditions of a fusion reactor and the management of tritiated materials are all of great interest.

In all these cases, chemists and chemistry play a range of essential roles. The purpose of this symposium is therefore to bring these topics to the attention of the broader chemistry community.