For Official Use NEA/RWM/NSC/TDB3(2008)2 NEA/RWM/NSC/TDB3(2008)2 For Official Use Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 22-May-2008 English text only NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (RWMC) NUCLEAR SCIENCE COMMITTEE (NSC) Thermochemical Database Project (Phase III) SUMMARY REPORT Seventh Meeting of the Management Board of the TDB III Project NEA Headquarters, Issy-les-Moulineaux [France] 19 February 2008 English text only JT03246240 Document complet disponible sur OLIS dans son format d'origine Complete document available on OLIS in its original format
SUMMARY RECORD of the Seventh Meeting of the Management Board of the NEA TDB III Project 19 February 2008 1. Introduction by chair 1. Bernhard Schwyn, as chair, opened the session. 2. Adoption of agenda 2. The previously circulated agenda (Appendix 1) was adopted for the meeting with the following addition as item 3.: Workshop organization and discussion of the draft proposed by MA/JB 3. Minutes and actions from the previous meeting (All) 3. TDB-III.2007.4/1: Cindy Atkins-Duffin to 1) contact Tom Wolery to see if he would be available to do the intiation for the review of the auxiliary data and 2) to update the proposal made in La Baule and circulate the new version to the MB and EG till November 18 th. Cindy Atkins-Duffin 1) contacted Tom Wolery and he agrees to do the initiation report for the review on Auxiliary Data, 2) circulated to the Management Board and Executive group a new version of the proposal on Auxiliary Data. Action completed. 4. TDB-III.2007.4/2: Participating Organisations to send a list of solids of their interest to the NEA secretariat (auxiliary data review). The NEA secretariat received five answers. Action partly completed. 5. TDB-III.2007.4/3: Mehdi Askarieh to prepare an agenda and programme for the workshop. Action completed. The content will be discussed later. 6. TDB-III.2007.4/4: All participants to send NEA before December 10 th their comments on the final version of the agreement for Phase IV. Action completed. 4. Workshop organization and discussion of the draft proposed by MA/JB 7. Barcelona is proposed as a location because AMPHOS XXI CONSULTING, S.L. (J. Bruno s company) agreed to locally organise the workshop and because the last one in 2000 was very well organised. 8. The workshop is proposed to be held in May-June 2008. This may be too early because of identification of presenters; late September-October is another option. A two-day meeting is the right length for people being present during the whole meeting. 9. The estimated budget for the organisation, room rental, coffee breaks, etc. is 8-10 k. 10. The target participants are the TDB users. There will not be any call for papers. 2
11. The aim of the workshop is to set out the broad task of the NEA-TDB and to give an overview of TDB activities (just presenting highlights). B. Kienzler points out that we have to define the key-speakers very early. C. Tweed stresses the importance to show the limitations and the applicability of thermodynamics for practical issues. H. Wanner proposes to show encountered difficulties (e.g. redox potential of Sn 2+ /Sn 4+ ). 12. Everybody agrees on Barcelona as venue for the meeting. Further discussions are postponed to the phase IV MB meeting. 5. Programme of work for 2008 13. Mireille Defranceschi presents the status of the various reviews (Appendix 2). Iron (stage 1). Manuscript is foreseen to be ready for peer review in summer 2008. The volume will be published beginning of 2009. Thorium. Final corrections are being done. Volume should appear in summer 2008. Tin. Tin(IV) equilibrium studies according to the contract between OECD NEA Paris and the University of Szeged (Professor Tamás Gajda) are in progress. Because the colleague in charge will return from absence on 16 February 2008, a report will be sent to NEA secretariat as soon as possible. Professor Gajda is sure that the remaining 2.5 months till the end of the contract will be sufficient to finish the work. 14. A 1-day meeting is foreseen when the results of the measurements are known (May-June 2008). The meeting will possibly be held in Switzerland; Hans Wanner will attend the meeting. 6. Financial status of TDB III Project 15. Claes Nordborg presents the financial report. It is similar to the one presented during the 6 th MB meeting, 6-7 November 2007. All contributions from the participants are received. We will close the books by 31 January 2008 considering spent and allocated money. 7. Transfer of funds and responsibilities to TDB-IV 16. Everybody agrees to transfer the TDB III responsibilities to TDB IV. 17. Everybody agrees to transfer the remaining funds to TDB IV. SKI, not represented in the present meeting, will not be a member of Phase IV, but gave its consent to such a transfer earlier. 8. Any other business 18. B. Schwyn addresses a special thank to Hans Wanner for his immeasurable contributions since the beginning of the TDB project and thanks all the other members as well as NEA for their work during phase III of TDB. C. Nordborg thanks B. Schwyn for chairing the MB of TDB III. 3
Appendix 1 Proposed Agenda for the Seventh meeting of the Management Board of the NEA TDB III Project Date: 19 February 2008 Place: Room A NEA Headquarters 12 Boulevard des Îles F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux Start : 09:30 on 19 February 2008 Local Information: Map: http://www.nea.fr/html/general/map-oecd.pdf Hotels: http://www.nea.fr/html/general/oecd-hotels.html Mass/Public Transport in Paris: http://www.ratp.fr 1. Chairperson's introduction (BS) 2. Minutes and actions from the previous meeting (all) 3. Status of the TDB III Project (MD): Milestones and deliverables from Review Teams 4. Programme of work for 2008 (MD) 5. Financial status of the TDB III Project (CN) 6. Transfer of funds and responsibilities to TDB-IV 7. Any other business 4
Appendix 2 Status on TDB III activities 5
Appendix 3 List of participants Sona KONOPASKOVA Radioactive Waste Repository Authority Dlazdena 6 CZ-110 00 Praha 1 Cynthia ATKINS-DUFFIN Deputy Program Manager Yucca Mountain Program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-631 Livermore, CA 94550 USA Cherry TWEED Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Curie Avenue Harwell Didcot UK Kastriot SPAHIU SKB Brahegatan 47 Box 5864 S-102 40 Stockholm Ulla VUORINEN VTT Processes PO BOX 1000 FIN-02044 VTT Espoo (Street Address: Otakaari 3A, Espoo) Robert GENS (replacing Stéphane BRASSINNES) Scientific Coordinator HLW/MLW Disposal ONDRAF/NIRAS Avenue des arts 14 BE-1210 Bruxelles Bernhard KIENZLER Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE) Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1 D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Eric GIFFAUT ANDRA Parc de la Croix Blanche 1/7 rue Jean Monnet F-92290 Chatenay Malabry Cedex Tel: +420 2 21 42 1518 Fax: +420 2 21 42 1544 E-mail: konopaskova@rawra.cz Tel: + 1 925 422 5693 Fax: + 1 925 422 0096 E-mail: atkinsduffin1@llnl.gov Tel: + 44 1235 825447 Fax: + 44 1235 825289 E-mail: cherry.tweed@nda.gov.uk Tel: +46 (8) 459 85 61 Fax: +46 (8) 661 57 19 or 662 49 74 E-mail: kastriot.spahiu@skb.se Tel: +358 20 722 6389 Fax: +358 20 722 6390 E-mail: ulla.vuorinen@vtt.fi Tel: +32 2 2121079 Fax: +32 2 2185165 E-mail: robert.gens@nirond.be Tel: +49 (0) 7247 82 4467 Fax: +49 (0) 7247 82 4308 E-mail: Bernhard.Kienzler@ine.fzk.de Tel: +33 (0)1 46 11 82 02 Fax: +33 (0)1 46 11 84 08 E-mail: eric.giffaut@andra.fr 6
Thomas VERCOUTER (replacing Christophe POINSSOT) CEA Saclay Bât. 391 - DPC/SECR F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex Hans WANNER Waste Management Section Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK) CH-5232 VILLIGEN-HSK Mehdi ASKARIEH Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Curie Ave. Harwell didcot OX11 0RH Oxfordshire ROYAUME-UNI Tel: +33 (0)1 69 08 26 59 Fax: +33 (0)1 69 08 54 11 E-mail: thomas.vercouter@cea.fr Tel: +41(56) 310 3868 Fax: +41(56) 310 3907 E-mail: hans.wanner@hsk.ch Tel: +44 (1235) 825 403 Fax: +44 (1235) 820 560 E-mail: mehdi.askarieh@nda.gov.uk OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Mireille DEFRANCESCHI (Expert Group Secretariat) OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 12 bld des Îles F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux Claes NORDBORG OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 12 bld des Îles F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux Akira HASEGAWA OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 12 bld des Îles F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux Tel: +33 1 4524 10 83 Fax: +33 1 4524 1128 E-mail: mireille.defranceschi@oecd.org Tel: +33 1 4524 10 90 Fax: +33 1 4524 1106 E-mail: claes.nordborg@oecd.org Tel: +33 1 4524 10 80 Fax: +33 1 4524 1128 E-mail: akira.hasegawa@oecd.org Apologies: Mikazu YUI 7