Research for the safe management of nuclear waste

Addressing safety aspects regarding the management and final disposal of nuclear waste, using advanced experimental and computational infrastructures.

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Director: Prof. Dr. Dirk Bosbach

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ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Jenna Poonoosamy

The European Research Council officially announced on 17 March 2022 that IEK-6 team leader Dr. Jenna Poonoosamy will be awarded a Starting Grant. She will receive around € 1.5 million over the next five years for the GENIES project where, in the context of decarbonizing energy systems, she is investigating hydrogeochemical processes involving a gas phase.

Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NuDiVe) Exercise

The Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NuDiVe) exercise organised by Germany (Foreign Office, Universität Hamburg, Forschungszentrum Jülich) and France (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Armed Forces) tested, under many realistic conditions, a key step in an inspection process for multilateral verification of the dismantlement of a nuclear explosive device (NED).

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Nuclear Waste Management, Safety, and Radiation Research

Adressing safety aspects regarding the management and final disposal of nuclear waste and the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs), using advanced experimental and computational infrastructures.

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Reactive Transport

Provision of integrated experimental and theoretical approaches for a comprehensive understanding of hydro-geochemical processes in near- and far-field of geological repositories for radioactive wastes.

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Nuclear Reference Materials and Analytics

Producing and characterising Uranium-bearing reference materials for particle analysis in safeguards.

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