MIND MICROBIOLOGY IN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL Kick off, Brussels, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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MIND

MICROBIOLOGY IN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

Kick off, Brussels, September 2nd Birgitta Kalinowski Petra Christensen

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ROUND TABLE PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATION

Birgitta Kalinowski

• Scientific and technical coordinator of

the MIND-project.

• MIND – First EU-Project
• Working at the SKB office in

Stockholm since 7 years. Background

• Master of Science with a major in

general chemistry

• PhD in geochemistry (exogene)
• Post-doc at Penn State university in

geomicrobiology

• Researcher at Göteborg university,

geomicrobiology

• Researcher at Stockholm university,

geochemistry and geomicrobiology

Petra Christensen

• Coordinator of the MIND-Project,

administration and economics

• MIND – First EU-Project.
• Working at the SKB at Äspö Hard Rock

Laboratory in Oskarshamn since 8 years back. Background

• Master Political Science with a major in

EU-Integration

• Internship in Brussels – Regional

development, helping out finding available EU-programmes etc.

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CHRISTOPHE DAVIES

MIND

MICROBIOLOGY IN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

HOW IT ALL S TARTED

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC OCTOBER 29-30, 2013

A technical scientific work group session on microbiological processes was organized : WG5 at IGD-TP, EF4

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WG-5 DESCRIPTION

• >27 participants from research and performance

assessment – an interdisciplinary group

• Waste management organisations
• Technical support organisations
• Universities
• Consulting companies
• National research centers/institutes
• Gender perspective: 50/50
• 9 countries represented
• 9 presentations from 6 countries

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PRESENCE OF MICROORGANISMS

• Microbes are everywhere including the underground –

the deep biosphere

• Microbial life change chemical equilibria.
• Microorganisms influence and change the geochemical

environment, e.g. pH, Eh BUT

• Microbial processes are missing in the current

strategic research agenda (SRA)

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SRA KEY TOPIC 1 SAFETY CASE

• “The safety case must be able to describe the evolution
• f the repository in a way that can be seen as a

reasonable representation of what might happen and that also gives a clear indication of uncertainties in the description”.

• WG-5 noted that the SRA lacks representation of

microbial processes and indication of uncertainties caused by microbial processes.

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MAIN MICROBIAL PROCESSES

• Microbially induced degradation
• Corrosion of metal canisters
• Degradation of buffer, backfill and cement
• Gases
• Production −
• Consumption +
• Migration
• Mobilisation −
• Immobilisation +

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GOAL: A TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

• Review past and present research and models.
• Understand uncertainties in the safety case caused

by microbial processes.

• Evaluate how knowledge about microbial processes

can be merged into present safety models and concepts.

• Identify gaps in knowledge and suggest research

needs.

• Define a scope of a proposal to be submitted to an

EC call or a specific project co financed by the WMOs.

• Finally put together an application to the

commission.

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HORIZON 2020 MEETING IN STOCKHOLM APRIL 29, 2014

• The following WMOs attended the meeting hosted by

SKB: Posiva, Nagra, Ondraf/Niras, TVO, NDA, GRS and SKB were present. ANDRA contributed with ideas via email.

• Contributors to the application: Micans, EPFL, NNL, BGS,

HZDR, SCK*CEN, VTT, IRSN, University of Granada, GTK, TUL and Safram Oy. Petra Christensen (SKB) opened up an application immediately after the meeting

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PARTNERS

Partner (no.) Participant organisation name Country 1. Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, SKB Sweden 2. Microbial Analytics Sweden AB, MICANS Sweden 3. National Nuclear Laboratory Limited, NNL United Kingdom 4. Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN Belgium 5. Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, BGS United Kingdom 6. Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus, VTT Finland 7. Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, EPFL Switzerland 8. Technicka Univerzita V Liberci, TUL The Czech Republic 9. Centrum Vyzkumu REZ S.R.O. RCR The Czech Republic 10. Geologian Tutkimuskeskus, GTK Finland 11. Universidad De Granada, UGR Spain 12. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., HZDR Germany 13. Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, TVO Finland 14. Posiva Oy, POSIVA Finland 15. University of Manchester, UNIMAN United Kingdom

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WORKPACKAGES

WP3 (Katinka Wouters, SCK*CEN)

Integration, communication and dissemination. In addition WP3 will evaluate and integrate microbial processes towards the conceptualization and performance assessment of geological repositories and in the respective state of the art knowledge base.

WP2 (Karsten Pedersen, Micans)

Remaining key issues for the geological disposal of HLW concern the factors controlling sulphide production in the geosphere, including man-made artefacts to what extent microorganisms can accelerate canister corrosion in the near-field either by hydrogen scavenging or by sulphide and/or acetate production.

WP1 (Joe Small, NNL)

Remaining key issues for the geological disposal of ILW concern the long-term behaviour, fate and consequences of organic materials in the waste along with hydrogen generated by corrosion and radiolysis.

WP4 (Petra Christensen, SKB)

Handles project management.

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MIND - GOVERNANCE

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WP4 Project Management Coordination Team (SKB) WP1 WP2 WP3 Implementers Review board Project Executive Committee

COORDINATION TEAM

• Administrative Coordinator and the Technical Coordinator, including the

SKB administration team

• Intermediary between the Parties and the European Commission in:

Collecting, reviewing and submitting information on the progress of the MIND Project. (Periodic and final reports and other deliverables to the Commission)

• The Coordination Team also have the responsibility for the Management of

the EC financial contribution.

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MIND - GOVERNANCE

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WP4 Project Management Coordination Team (SKB) WP1 WP2 WP3 Implementers Review board Project Executive Committee

PROJECT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• The Project Executive Committee (PEC) have one representative

from each of the 15 Partners

• Meet in conjunction with Project Annual Meetings
• All Partners can send a request for a meeting anytime in contact

with the Chair Project Executive Committee task:

• Provide technical guidance and is responsible for the management

and financial control, through the Coordination Team

• Has the ultimate responsibility for: all major decisions concerning

the demonstration activities (within given time plans and budgets)

• SKB convenes the first Project Executive Committee meeting in

Brussels tomorrow, on September 3rd, 2015.

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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (PEC)

• SKB, Sweden, represented by Birgitta KALINOWSKI and Petra CHRISTENSEN
• MICANS, Sweden, represented by Karsten PEDERSEN
• National Nuclear Laboratory Limited, United Kingdom represented by Joe SMALL
• SCK•CEN, Belgium, represented by Natalie LEYS, proxy Katinka WOUTERS
• Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, BGS, United Kingdom,

represented by Simon GREGORY

• VTT, Finland, represented by Merja ITÄVAARA
• TUL, Czech Republic, represented by Alena SEVCU, proxy Miroslav ČERNIK
• CV REZ, Czech Republic, represented by Petr POLIVKA
• GTK, Finland, represented by Lasse AHONEN
• Universidad de Granada, Spain, represented by Mohamed MERROUN
• HZDR, Germany, represented by Thuro ARNOLD
• TVO, Finland, represented by Tuire HAAVISTO
• POSIVA, Finland, represented by Tiina LAMMINMÄKI
• University of Manchester, represented by Jon LLOYD

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MIND - GOVERNANCE

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WP4 Project Management Coordination Team (SKB) WP1 WP2 WP3 Implementers Review board Project Executive Committee

IMPLEMENTERS REVIEW BOARD

The Project Executive Committee appoints the members of the Implementers Review Board Implementers Review Board Task:

• To advice the Project Executive Committee in technical

matters.

• Provide an evaluation report (deliverable)

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WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS

ANDRA, Agence Nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, France BMWi, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energy, Germany COVRA, Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval, The Netherlands ENRESA, Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos S.A., Spain GRS, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, Germany Nagra, Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle, Switzerland NIRAS/ONDRAF, the Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials NWMO, Nuclear Waste Management Organisation, Canada Posiva Oy, Finland PURAM, Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management, Hungary RWM, Radioactive Waste Management Limited, United Kingdom SKB, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, Sweden SÚRAO, Správa úložišť radioaktivních odpadů, Czech Republic TVO, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, Finland

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REGULATORS

• CNSC, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada
• EA, Environment Agency, United Kingdom
• FANC, The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Belgium
• IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire,

France

• SSM, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Sweden

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STATUS OF AGREEMENTS

Grant Agreement

• Status of signatures: SKB signed the GA on April 29th
• EC signed on May 15th
• On May 29th, all MIND beneficiaries signed the Accession Forms
• Final version of the GA is available on the Participant Portal and soon on the website.

New task on Ethics management:

• Personal data
• Copies of ethical approvals for the collection of personal data by the competent University Data Protection

Officer / National Data Protection authority for each University will be submitted to the EC.

• Environment Protection Question, safety certification
• For each underground research laboratory a safety certification will be delivered explaining the valid

procedures for visitor and worker access.

• Consortium Agreement

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STATUS OF PRE- FINANCING

• Pre- Financing – Distribution

26 Members EUR Pre-financing Guarantee Fund To be paid

SKB 328 373,75 142 295,27 16 418,69 125 876,58 MICANS 450 875,00 195 379,14 22 543,75 172 835,39 NNL 391 598,75 169 692,76 19 579,94 150 112,83 SCK•CEN 626 250,00 271 374,96 31 312,50 240 062,46 NERC 246 951,00 107 012,08 12 347,55 94 664,53 VTT 399 420,00 173 081,97 19 971,00 153 110,97 EPFL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 TUL 278 125,00 120 520,81 13 906,25 106 614,56 CV REZ 289 375,00 125 395,81 14 468,75 110 927,06 GTK 217 500,00 94 249,99 10 875,00 83 374,99 Universidad de Granada 150 000,00 64 999,99 7 500,00 57 499,99 HZDR 363 125,00 157 354,14 18 156,25 139 197,89 TVO 12 500,00 5 416,67 625,00 4 791,67 POSIVA 12 500,00 5 416,67 625,00 4 791,67 UNIMAN 393 641,00 170 577,74 19 682,05 150 895,69

Total 4 160 234,50 1 802 768,00 208 011,73 1 594 756,27

COMMUNICATION TOOLS

• Webpage: www.mind15.eu
• Logo:

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P R E S E N T A T I O N O F W P : S

WP-STATUS AND PLANS FOR THE FIRST YEAR

STATUS OF DELIVERABLES

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DD1 Website WP4 August 31st DD2 Project presentation WP4 August 31st DD3 Review of organic wastes WP1 November 30th and their biodegradation under ILW repository conditions DD4 Dissemination and Exploitation Plan WP4 November 30th DD5 Data Management Plan WP4 November 30th DD6 Y1 Evaluation report WP3 May 31st 2016 DD7 Risk Communication WP3 May 31st 2016

REPORTING PERIODS

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• RP1 from month 1 to month 18 (01/06/2015-

30/11/2016)

• RP2 from month 19 to month 36 (01/12/2016-

31/05/2018)

• RP3 from month 37 to month 48 (01/06/2018-

31/05/2019)