Proceedings of the 13^th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation

Technical Report · Tue Feb 20 04:00:00 EST 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2430016· OSTI ID:2430016

Mills, Melissa Marie ^[1]; Kuhlman, Kristopher L. ^[1]; Jayne, Richard Scott ^[1]; Melzer, Jörg ^[2]; Popp, Till ^[3]; Cajuhi, Tuanny ^[4]; Friedenberg, Larissa ^[4]; Czaikowski, Oliver ^[4]; Gupta, Neel ^[5]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany). Projektträger Karlsruhe (PTKA)
3. Institut für Gebirgsmechanik (IfG), Leipzig (Germany)
4. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Cologne (Germany)
5. RESPEC Company, LLC, Rapid City, SD (United States)

This report summarizes the proceedings of the 13^th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation hosted by Sandia National Laboratories on June 20-23, 2023, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Over 60 participants attended, representing Germany, United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and the United Kingdom, along with the IAEA. The purpose of the US/German Workshop is to foster in-person collaboration and dialogue amongst salt repository researchers and nuclear waste disposal implementers across international organizations. The workshop included five sessions of topical presentations and two breakout sessions to promote additional discussion on compelling topics.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2430016
• Report Number(s): SAND--2024-02255R
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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