Geological Disposal of Radwastes Training
22nd April 2013One week training course on Geological Disposal of Radwastes in cooperation with Okayama University in Korea for the International School for Geoscience Resources of Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM).
read morePlugs and Seals (DoPAS) Project
22nd March 2013Support to NDA in European Commission IGD TP Demonstration of Plugs and Seals (DoPAS) project.
read moreElizaveta Tumarkina (Klein) joins MCM
1st October 2012Elizaveta Tumarkina (Klein) has joined our team in Switzerland after successfully completing her doctoral examination at the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH, Zürich.
read moreKnowledge Transfer
1st July 2012MCM is helping transfer of knowledge to young professionals and to new nuclear programmes. The modules on geological disposal at the Summer Institute of the World Nuclear University in Oxford, UK, were again this year presented by MCM staff. In addition, approaches to cooperation between countries were described and discussed at the INPRO Dialogue …
read moreIntegrated Management of TRU waste
6th June 2012Invited colloquium at JAEA Tokai on “Integrated management of TRU waste”.
read moreTechnical Advisory Panel
1st June 2012MCM is contracted to provide the Chairman (Neil Chapman) and Secretariat (Ellie Scourse) for the newly-formed Technical Advisory Panel of NDA’s Radioactive Waste Management Directorate.
read moreIntegrated radioactive waste management policy and roadmap for the Emirates
10th May 2012MCM submitted to the Foreign Affairs Office of the United Arab Emirates a draft document outlining an integrated radioactive waste management policy and roadmap for the Emirates. The project was prepared over the past year and it relates to all waste management, treatment, storage and disposal facilities that will be needed in the UAE …
read moreArius Association
5th April 2012MCM staff supporting the Arius Association which promotes multinational and regional cooperation on storage and disposal helped to organise and run a meeting of MENA countries in Abu Dhabi. This meeting, co-organised by the IAEA, will be followed up by a second MENA regional meeting in Tunisia in November 2012, with the prime organiser …
read moreRemediation and disposal of Fukushima Radioactive waste
12th March 2012Invited presentation on “Remediation and disposal of Fukushima Radioactive waste” at a symposium on Fukushima after one year, held at Okayama University.
read moreSwedish Regulatory Authority awards contract
22nd February 2012The Swedish regulatory authority, SSM, awards MCM a contract to provide the lead geoscientific adviser for its review of the geological aspects of the SKB license application for the national spent fuel repository.
read moreWorkshop with GNS Science
22nd January 2012MCM staff were in Christchurch, New Zealand, co-organising a workshop with GNS Science on concealed active faults on behalf of NUMO, Japan, as part of the ongoing ‘TOPAZ’ project on probabilistic tectonic hazard analysis in geological disposal.
read moreMCM is contracted by Obayashi
1st January 2012MCM is contracted by Obayashi to support JAEA in the synthesis of Fukushima remediation demonstration and model projects, provide QA support and draft an English language summary of the work carried out.
read moreMCM is contracted by Quintessa
MCM is contracted by Quintessa to critically review scenario development / analysis and databases for radionuclide sorption and diffusion in the SKB SR-Site safety case.
read moreSafety cases for the direct disposal of spent fuel
1st December 2011MCM is contracted by Obayashi to provide an international overview of concepts and associated safety cases for the direct disposal of spent fuel.
read moreProfessor to Okayama University
5th November 2011Ian McKinley invited as visiting professor to Okayama University.
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