The MCM team has an extensive publications list built up over the last 4 decades. This highlights our commitment to peer review, ensuring that we are producing work of the highest quality, and illustrates our wide range of expertise in radioactive waste management and associated technical areas.

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  • Martin Kelly
  • David Roberts
  • Ellie Scourse Ellie Scourse
  • Dr Ian McKinley
  • Alastair Clark
  • Tara Beattie
  • Dr Charles McCombie
  • Professor Neil Chapman

2019

M. Kelly, D. Holton and D. Roberts, A Method for Understanding the Behaviour of Radioactive Decay Chains in Radiological Assessments, Paper 19382, Waste Management Conference 2019, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2019. (Awarded the title of Superior Paper).

2018

M. Kelly, D. Holton and D. Roberts, A Modelling Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Radioactive and Chemotoxic Waste Disposals, Paper 18199, Waste Management Conference 2018, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2018.

2013

A. Carter, M. Kelly and L.E.F. Bailey, Radioactive High Level Waste Insight Modelling for Geological Disposal Facilities, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Vol. 64C, P1-11, 2013.

2001

M. Kelly and M.C. Thorne, An Approach to Multi-attribute Utility Analysis Under Parametric Uncertainty, Annals of Nuclear Energy 28 (2001), 875-893.

1997

M. Kelly and D.E. Billington, Scenario Analysis and Conceptual Model Development, Using FANFARE, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXi, Volume 506, pp 702-708, 1997.

David Roberts Publications

2020

Holton D, Jackson P, Roberts D, Tsitsopoulos V, Williams T. Investigating the thermo-hydro-mechanical evolution of a UK geological disposal facility due to disposal of high-heat-generating waste, NDA Report no. RWM/Contr/20/006. 2020.

2019

Holton D, Bamforth P, Clark A, Cloet V, Engelhardt J, Lever D, Marcos N, Mårtensson P, Neall F, Pairaudeau H, Pearson J, Roberts D, Shelton A. Backfill Development Integrated Project: Roadmap. NDA Report no. RWM/Contr/20/004. 2019.

2018

Kelly M, Roberts D and Holton D. A Modelling Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Radioactive and Chemotoxic Waste Disposals – 18199. WM2018 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. March 18 – 27, 2018.

2016

Kelly M and Roberts D, Geological Disposal. Generic Post-closure Performance Modelling, NDA/RWM/137, 2016.

Ellie Scourse Publications

 

2017

  • Scourse, E., Aspinall, W., Chapman, N. and Sparks, S. (2017) ‘Expert judgment elicitation: Application to science issues in siting facilities for geological disposal of nuclear waste’ pages 529 – 550 in the book entitled ‘Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste (Second Edition), published by Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy and edited by Apted, M. and Ahn, J. ISBN: 978-0-08-100642-9

2016

  • Mahony S. H., Sparks R.S.J., Wallace L.M., Engwell S.L., Scourse E.M., Barnard N.H., Kandlbauer J., and Brown S.K. (2016). ‘Increased rates of large magnitude explosive eruptions in Japan in the Late Neogene and Quaternary’. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, May 2016.

2015

  • Williams, S. J. and Scourse, E. M. (2015) ‘Carbon-14 Source Term in Geological Disposal: The EC Project CAST’ Journal of Nuclear Research and Development, No. 10, December 2015.
  • Chapman N., McCombie N., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E.M. (2015). Developing a Spent Fuel Management Strategy for a Newcomer Nuclear Power Country, IAEA SF Conference.
  • Hardie, S.M.L., McKinley, I.G. & Scourse, E.M. (2015). Remediation of sites contaminated from nuclear energy generation activities. 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference, July 20th – July 22nd, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2014

  • Scourse E.M., Aspinall W.P., Chapman N.A. (2014). ‘Using expert elicitation to characterise long-term tectonic risks to radioactive waste repositories in Japan’ Journal of Risk Research 18(3), November 2014.
  • Chapman, N., Apted, M., Aspinall, W., Cloos, M., Connor, C., Connor, L., Jaquet, O., Litchfield, N., Mahony, S., Malservisi, R., Wallace, L., Berryman, K., Scourse, E., Sparks, S., Stirling, M., and Kawamura, H. (2014) ‘TOPAZ Project, Long-term Tectonic Hazard to Geological Repositories, Tohoku Case Study: Summary Report for 2013/14.’ NUMO Technical Report Number: 2014-XX (currently being published)

2013

  • Alexander W.R., McKinley I.G., Scourse E.M., Hardie S.M.L. and Klein E. (2013). Radium natural analogue requirements for robust safety case development. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PB6-1, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • Hardie S.M.L., McKinley I.G., Beattie T., Scourse E.M. and Klein L. (2013). Development of a box-modelling approach to integrate contaminated site understanding in Fukushima. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PFS-3, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • Kickmaier W., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2013). The strategic role of underground rock laboratories in a geological disposal programme. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April-2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • Klein E., Beattie T., Hardie S.M.L., Scourse E.M. and McKinley I.G. (2013). Developing quality assured sorption databases for performance assessment. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session C3-3, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E.M. (2013). Planning an integrated waste management strategy for new nuclear nations. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April-2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • McKinley I.G., Hardie S.M.L., Alexander W. R., Klein E. and Scourse E.M. (2013). Fukushima in perspective. PSAM – 14-18 April 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Scourse E.M., Alexander W.R., McKinley I.G., Kawamura H. and Hardie S.M.L. (2013). Learning from Fukushima: a holistic approach to tsunami risk assessment. PSAM – 14-18 April 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Scourse E.M., Beattie T., Hardie S.M.L. and McKinley I.G. (2013). Common challenges for the UK and Japanese geological disposal programmes. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session C5-2, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.

2012

  • Chapman N.A., Apted M., Aspinall W., Berryman K., Cloos M., Connor C., Connor L., Jaquet O., Kiyosugi K., Scourse E.M., Sparks S., Stirling M., Wallace L. and Goto J. (2012). TOPAZ Project: Long-term Tectonic Hazard to Geological Repositories: an extension of the ITM probabilistic hazard assessment methodology to 1 Myr. NUMO Technical Report No. NUMO-TR-12-05, 87 pps.
  • McKinley I.G., Neall F.B., Scourse E.M. and Kawamura H. (2012). What really happens to the “vanishing overpack”? Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXV, 281-286.
  • Scourse E.M., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G., Kawamura H. and Stephens S.T. (2012). The Importance of Verification and Validation Testing of Engineering Designs in Underground Rock Laboratories. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXV, 435-440.

2010

  • Scourse E.M., Kawamura H. and McKinley I.G. (2010). Exploiting synergies between the UK and Japanese geological disposal programmes. Proc. ICEM ’10 (CD). This paper was also reproduced as a YGN contribution to Nuclear Futures Magazine.

2009

  • McKinley I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2009). Materials aspects of advanced repository concepts for higher toxicity waste. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXIII, 127-134.

 

Dr Ian McKinley Publications

2015

  • Hardie, S.M.L., McKinley, I.G., Lomperski, S., Kawamura, H. and Beattie, T. Management options for Fukushima corium. Progress in Nuc. Energy, in press.
  • Alexander, W.R., Laine, H.M., McKinley, I.G.      (2015). How does information on natural systems support the safe disposal of radioactive waste? Swiss J. Geosciences, 108, 75-100.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura, H, Hardie, S.M.L., Klein, E., Beattie, T. M. (2015). Key natural analogue input required to build a safety case for direct disposal of spent fuel in Japan, Swiss J. Geosciences, 108, 147-154.
  • Umeki, H., Fujihara, H. and McKinley, I.G.      (submitted). Developing resilient concepts for geological disposal of waste in Japan. Proc. Global 2015.
  • Ishida, K., Shibutani, S., Inagaki, M., Ishiguro, K., Umeki, H. and McKinley, I.G.      (submitted). Challenges for the next generation of radionuclide transport models. Proc. Global 2015.
  • Hardie, S.M.L., McKinley, I.G.      and Scourse, E.M. (2015). Remediation of sites contaminated from nuclear energy generation activities. 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference, July 20th – July 22nd, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Beattie, T.M., McKinley, I.G.      and Hardie, S.M.L. (2015). Chemical challenges for safety cases supporting geological disposal of radioactive waste. 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference, July 20th – July 22nd, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • McKinley, I.G. Hardie, S.M.L., McKie, D. and Clark, A. (2015). Use of advanced tools to manage the chemical complexity of carbon capture projects1st Chemistry in Energy Conference, July 20th – July 22nd, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Umeki, H., McKinley, I.G., Honda, A., Wakasugi, K., Takase, H., and Hardie, S.M.L. (2015). Introducing resilience into geological disposal concepts. Nuclear Engineering International, July 2015, 24-26.
  • Klein, E., McKinley, I.G., Hardie, S.M.L., Tachi, Y., Shibata, M., Amano, Y. & Takase, H. (2015). Use of natural analogues to develop and test models of radionuclide release and transport in uplift / erosion scenarios. 14th Natural Analogue Working Group Workshop, 9th – 11th June, 2015, Olkiluoto, Finland.
  • Amano K., Semba T., Makino H., Hama K., Mizuno T., Seo T., Kickmaier W., Hardie S.M.L., McKinley, I.G., McKie D., Neall F.M., McKinley L., Takase H. and Alexander W.R. (2015). CoolRepH26: Integrated R&D report for supporting safety case development. ANS 2015 IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 12 April-16 2015, Charleston USA.
  • Clark A., Tuthill C., Johnson M., Beattie T., Robarts S., Kickmaier W., McKinley, I.G. and Gentles D. (2015). Feasibility studies for the design of disposal vaults for multi-purpose containers (MPCs) construction, operation, ventilation and management of heat. Abstract for Waste Management WM2015 Conference. 15-19 March 2015, Phoenix USA.
  • Miyahara, K., McKinley, I.G., Saito, K., Hardie, S.M.L. and Iijima, K. (2015). Technical Report: Use of Knowledge and Experience Gained from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident to Establish the Technical Basis for Strategic Off-site Response. JAEA-Review 2015-001.
  • Nakayama, S., Kawase, K., Hardie, S.M.L., Yashio, S., Kajiima, K., McKinley, I.G., Miyahara, K. and Klein, E. (2015). Remediation of Contaminated Areas in the Aftermath of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Overview, Analysis and Lessons Learned Part 1: A Report on the “Decontamination Pilot Project”. JAEA-Review 2014-051.
  • Nakayama, S., Kawase, K., Hardie, S.M.L., Yashio, S., Kajiima, K., McKinley, I.G., Miyahara, K. and Klein, E.  (2015). Remediation of Contaminated Areas in the Aftermath of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Overview, Analysis and Lessons Learned Part 2: Recent Developments, Supporting R&D and International Discussions. JAEA-Review 2014-052.

2014

  • McKinley, I.G., Hardie S.M.L. and Klein E. (2014). Fukushima Dai-Ichi Challenges from a Radiochemistry Perspective. INSJ International Nuclear Safety Journal, vol 3, issue 3, 68-74.
  • Hardie, S.M.L. and McKinley, I.G. (2014). Fukushima Remediation: status and overview of future plans. J. Environmental Radioactivity, 133, 75-85.
  • Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Kickmaier W., Hardie S.M.L. and Klein E. (2014). Assessment of state-of-the-art in determining bentonite porewater chemistry. AOGS 2014, IG23-A013, (Abstract only).
  • McKinley, I.G., Umeki H., Alexander R. and Hardie S.M.L. (2014). Multidisciplinary Geosciences Behind the Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes. AOGS 2014, IG23-A005, (Abstract only).
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H., Alexander R., Klein E. and Hardie S.M.L. (2014). Use of Analogues to Support Development of Next Generation Radionuclide Transport Models. AOGS 2014, IG23-A002, (Abstract only).

2013

  • Alexander, W.R., McKinley, I.G., Kawamura, H. (2013) The process of defining an optimal natural analogue programme to support national disposal programmes, Proc. NEA workshop “Natural Analogues for Safety Cases of Repositories in Rock Salt”, 29-43.
  • Kawamura, H., McKinley, I.G. (2013). Direct disposal of spent fuel: developing solutions tailored to Japan. Proc. ICEM 2013 (CD).
  • Kawamura, H., McKinley, I.G. (2013). Tailoring the CARE concept for practicality, safety and robustness. Proc. ICEM 2013 (CD).
  • Sato H., Iijima K., Niizato T., Nakayama S., Hardie S.M.L. and McKinley, I.G. (2013). Quantification of the natural redistribution of radiocaesium in the aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear accident. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PFS-2, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • Scourse E.M., Beattie T., Hardie S.M.L. and McKinley, I.G. (2013). Common challenges for the UK and Japanese geological disposal programmes. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session C5-2, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • Hardie S.M.L., McKinley, I.G., Beattie T., Scourse E. and Klein L. (2013). Development of a box-modelling approach to integrate contaminated site understanding in Fukushima. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PFS-3, 8-13 September 2013, Brighton, UK.
  • Scourse E.M., Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H. and Hardie S.M.L. (2013). Learning from Fukushima: a holistic approach to tsunami risk assessment. PSAM – 13, Tokyo, Japan.
  • McKinley, I.G., Hardie S.M.L., Alexander W. R., Klein E. and Scourse, E.M. (2013). Fukushima in perspective. PSAM – 13, Tokyo, Japan.
  • McKinley, I.G., Hardie S.M.L., Klein E. and Kickmaier W. (2013). Fukushima Remediation Waste Management. PSAM – 13, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kawamura H. and McKinley, I.G. (2013). Use of scenario analysis to quantify risks to an open repository from major perturbations, PSAM – 13, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Apted M.J. and McKinley, I.G. (2013). Optimizing Back-end Flexibility with the Care Concept. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April-2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • Kickmaier W., McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2013). The strategic role of underground rock laboratories in a geological disposal programme. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April -2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • Nakayama S. and McKinley, I.G. (2013). Fukushima’s Future. Project Syndicate. http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/two-years-of-cleaning-fukushima-by-shinichi-nakayama-and-ian-mckinley.
  • Shimada H., Kumagai T., Takase H., McKinley, I.G., Someya S., Miyagawa, T., Henderson, A., McClowry, S. (2013). Developing a CCS communication framework for Japan, Energy Procedia, 37, 7395-7402.

2012

  • Scourse E.M., Kickmaier W., McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H. and Stephens S.T. (2012). The Importance of Verification and Validation Testing of Engineering Designs in Underground Rock Laboratories, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXV, 435-440.
  • McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B., Scourse E.M. and Kawamura H. (2012). What really happens to the “vanishing overpack”?, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXV, 281-286.

2011

  • Makino H., Hioki K., Umeki H., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2011). Knowledge management for radioactive waste disposal: moving from theory to practice. Int. J. Nuclear Knowledge Management, 5, 93-110.
  • Umeki H., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2011). Geological disposal: KM challenges and solutions. Knowledge Manag. Res. & Practice, 9, 236-244.
  • Miyahara K., Kawamura M., McKinley, I.G., Inagaki M. and Takanori E. (2011). Consequence Analysis of Fluvial River Erosion Scenarios for an HLW repository. J. Nucl. Sci. Tech., 48, 1069-1076.
  • McKinley, I.G. (2012). Fukushima Dai-ichi: Lessons learned, Elements, 8, 168.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R. and Kawamura H. (2011). Assessing and managing tsunami risks. Nuclear Engineering International, 56 (687, Oct.), 14-17.
  • Makino, H., Umeki, H., Takase, H., McKinley, I.G.      (2011). A vision of next generation performance assessment models, Proc. IHLRWMC 2011, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 25-31.
  • Miyahara, K., Tachi, Y., Kitamura, A., Mitsui, S., Sawada, A., Shibata, M., Neall, F., McKinley, I.G.      (2011). Roles of conceptual model development for realistically quantifying radionuclide migration, Proc. IHLRWMC 2011, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 292-298.
  • Kawamura, H., McKinley, I.G., Saito, S. (2011). Hydrothermal scenario development for Japanese geological disposal systems, Proc. IHLRWMC 2011, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 861-866.
  • Yashio, S., Kawamura, H., Wakasugi, K., Ebashi, T., Ishiguro, K., McKinley, I.G.      (2011). A storyboard-led hybrid development method for safety assessment scenarios, Proc. IHLRWMC 2011, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 853-860.
  • West, J.M., McKinley, I.G., Palumbo-Roe, B., Rochelle, C.A., (2011). Potential impact of CO2 storage on subsurface microbial ecosystems and implications for groundwater quality. Proc. GHGT-10, Energy Procedia, 4, 3163-3170.
  • McKinley, I.G., Grogan H.A. and McKinley L.E. (2011). Fukushima: Overview of relevant international experience. J. Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Environment, 18, 89-99.

2010

  • Takase H., McKinley, I.G., West J., Kumagai T. and Akai M. (2010). Advanced KMS for Knowledge Sharing and Building Confidence in CCS, GHGT-10.
  • Scourse E.M., Kawamura H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Exploiting synergies between the UK & Japanese geological disposal programmes. Proc. ICEM’10, (CD-ROM), 6pp. This paper was also reproduced as a YGN contribution to Nuclear Futures Magazine.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Takase H. (2010) Repository engineering and demonstration: special challenges for TRU. Proc. ICEM’10, (CD-ROM), 6pp.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Stroes-Gascoyne, S.C (2010). Implications of microbial redox catalysis in analogue systems for repository safety cases, Proc.
  • Umeki H., Hioki K., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Overview of the JAEA Knowledge Management System supporting implementation and regulation of geological disposal in Japan, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16354.pdf), 6 pp.

2009

  • Makino H., Umeki H., Ochi Y., Hioki K., Okubo H., Matsumoto M., Sato O., Masuda S. and McKinley, I.G. (2009). Supporting Development of Practical Designs for a Japanese HLW Repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXIII, 673-680.
  • Matsumoto M., Sato O., Okubo H., Makino H., Ochi Y., Hioki K., Umeki H., Masuda S. and McKinley, I.G. (2009). Application of Formal Knowledge Engineering Approaches to Develop a Design Catalogue for a Japanese HLW Repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXIII, 681-688.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2009). Materials aspects of advanced repository concepts for higher toxicity waste, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXIII, 127-134.
  • Miyahara K., Inagaki M., Kawamura M., Ebine T. and McKinley, I.G. (2009). Disruptive effects on a HLW repository due to uplift-erosion in the distant future, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXIII, 177-184.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Chapman N.A. (2009). The impact of subsidence, uplift and erosion on geological repositories for radioactive wastes. In Connor, C. et al. (Eds.) Volcanism, tectonism and siting nuclear facilities, CUP, 548-565.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (2009). Special issues for coastal sites. In Connor, C. et al. (Eds.) Volcanism, tectonism and siting nuclear facilities, CUP, 509-526.
  • McKinley, I.G. (2009). 21st century challenges and opportunities for nuclear waste management, Proc. INC`09.
  • Tsuchi H., Kitayama K., Deguchi A., Takahashi Y., Ohe T., McCombie C. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Experience with Technical Advisory Groups in the Japanese HLW Disposal Programme, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16290f), 5 pp.
  • ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16336.pdf), 6 pp.
  • White M., Baldwin T., Chapman N.A., Hicks T., Hooker P., McKinley, I.G. and Neall F.B. (2010). Design options for the UK’s ILW disposal facility, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16241.pdf), 11 pp.
  • Osawa H., Hioki K., Umeki H., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Use of the safety case to focus KMS applications, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16348.pdf), 5 pp.
  • Semba T, Osawa H., Hioki K., Tachibana S., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Practical application of the KMS: 2) Site characterisation, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16351.pdf), 9 pp.
  • Makino H., Hioki K., Umeki H., Yang H., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Practical application of the KMS: 1) Total system performance assessment, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16349.pdf), 8 pp.
  • Makino H., Hioki K., Umeki H., Tachibana S., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2010). Challenges for the JAEA KMS: fostering inventive design and problem solving, Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16351.pdf), 9 pp.
  • Smectite and zeolite formation from the pyroclastic deposits of the Aksitero Formation, Philippines. Proc. Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, 22-26 June, 2009. Geochim Cosmochim Acta, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, A547.
  • Vargas, E., Pascua, C.S., Arcilla, C.A., Honrado, M.L.L., Alexander, W.R., Namiki, K., Fujii, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato T. and McKinley, I.G.      (2009). Origin of the Manleluag Hyperalkaline Hot Spring, Philippines. Proc. Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, 22-26 June, 2009. Geochim Cosmochim Acta, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, A1375
  • Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., Vargas, E., Honrado, M.L.L., Alexander, W.R., Namiki, K., Fujii, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato T. and McKinley, I.G.      (2009). Reaction pathways for rising hyperalkaline groundwater in a bentonite mine in the Philippines. Proc. Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, 22-26 June, 2009. Geochim Cosmochim Acta, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, A50
  • Osawa H., Umeki H., Ota K., Hama K., Sawada A., Takeuchi S., Semba T., Takase H.and McKinley, I.G. (2009). A structured approach to stepwise development of next-generation technology of integrated site characterisation for deep geological repositories. Proc. WM2009, (CD-ROM), 11pp.
  • Makino H., Umeki H., Hioki K. and McKinley, I.G. (2009). The challenge of development of a holistic waste management approach to support the nuclear renaissance. Proc. WM2009, (CD-ROM), 15pp.
  • Yamakawa M., Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Arcilla C.A., Takahashi Y. and Namiki K. (2009). The potential in the Philippines for studying natural analogues of the interaction of low-alkali cement leachates and bentonite barriers in a radioactive waste repository. Proc. Radioactive Waste Disposal 2008 Perspective of Science and Engineering, 4th Japan-Korea Joint Workshop, Hakone, Japan.
  • Honrado, M.L.L., Pascua, C.S., Vargas, E., Arcilla, C.A., Alexander, W.R., Namiki, K., Fujii, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato T. and McKinley, I.G. (2009).

2008

  • Alexander W.R., Arcilla C.A., McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H., Takahashi Y., Aoki K. and Miyoshi S. (2008). A new natural analogue study of the interaction of low-alkali cement leachates and the bentonite buffer of a radioactive waste repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXI, 493-500.
  • West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (2008). The microbiology of redox processes – development of a redox model. BGS report, OR/08/076.
  • Kawamura H., McKinley, I.G., Toguri S. and Asano H. (2008). Quantifying the performance of various EBS emplacement methods. Proc. 2008 International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, (CD-ROM).
  • Limer L., West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (2008). The impact of CO2 storage on deep subsurface microbial ecosystems and the implications for groundwater quality Proc. ISSM, abstract only.
  • Palumbo-Roe B., West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (2008). Modelling the effects of microbial activity in deep geological environments, Proc. ISSM, abstract only.
  • McKinley, I.G., West J.M., Alexander W.R., Yoshida H., Kawamura H., Aoki K. and Fujii N. (2008). Microbial catalysis of redox reactions in deep geological environments, Proc. ISSM 2008, abstract only.
  • Osawa H., Umeki H., Makino H., Takase H., McKinley, I.G. and Okubo H. (2008). Design concept of a knowledge management system of geological disposal technology, Karyoku Genshiryoku Hatsuden (in Japanese), 59, 26-33.
  • Kawamura H., McKinley, I.G. and Neall F.B. (2008). Practical and safe implementation of disposal with prefabricated EBS modules. Proc. ESDRED workshop, Andra, 8-1 – 8-9.
  • McKinley, I.G., Apted M., Umeki H. and Kawamura H. (2008). Cavern disposal concepts for HLW/SF: assuring operational practicality and safety with maximum programme flexibility. Proc. ESDRED workshop, Andra, poster 06-1 – 06-10.
  • Kawamura H. and McKinley, I.G. (2008). Integrated safety case development for deep geological repositories. Proc. ESDRED workshop, Andra, 9-1 – 9-10.
  • Makino H., Umeki H., Hioki K., Osawa H., Nakano K., Takase H., McKinley, I.G., Okubo H., Shirai Y. and Udoguchi S. (2008). Development of a Knowledge Management System for waste disposal (III) (2) Design of the knowledge base structure, Proc. AESJ 2008 Spring meeting (in Japanese).
  • Osawa H., Umeki H., Hioki K., Makino H., Nakano K., Takase H., Tachibana S., McKinley, I.G. and Okubo H. (2008). Development of a Knowledge Management System for waste disposal (III) (1) Conceptual design of intelligent management functions, Proc. AESJ 2008 Spring meeting (in Japanese).
  • Umeki H., Ohsawa H., Naito M., Nakano K., Makino H. and McKinley, I.G. (2008). Knowledge Management -The Cornerstone of a 21st Century Safety Case, International Symposium: Safety Case for the Deep Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Where do We Stand?, 23-25, January 2007, Paris, 211-219.

2007

  • Alexander W.R., McKinley L.E. and McKinley, I.G. (2007). A look to the future. In Alexander W.R. & McKinley L.E. (Eds.) Deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, Elsevier, pp. 250-264.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R. and Blaser P. (2007). Development of geological disposal concepts. In Alexander W.R. & McKinley L.E. (Eds) Deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, Elsevier, pp. 41-76.
  • Wersin P., Johnson L.H. and McKinley, I.G. (2007). Performance of the bentonite barrier at temperatures beyond 100 °C: A critical review. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32, 780-788.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Apted M. (2007). CARE: a cavern disposal option providing flexibility to respond to waste inventory uncertainties in Korea, Proc. Int. Symp. Radiation Safety Management, pp. 699-707.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Arcilla C.A., Kawamura H. and Takahashi Y. (2007). IPHAP: a new natural analogue of bentonite alteration by cement leachates, Proc. Int. Symp. Radiation Safety Management, pp. 492-498.
  • McKinley, I.G., Takase H., Okubo H., Makino H., Osawa H. and Umeki H. (2007). Knowledge management as a challenge for 21st century radioactive waste disposal, Proc. Int. Symp. Radiation Safety Management, pp. 454-461.
  • Umeki H., Naito M., Makino H., Osawa H., Nakano, K., Miyamoto, Y. and McKinley, I.G. (2007). Establishing priorities for HLW R&D in the 21st century. Proc. 15th ICONE, 8.
  • Makino H., Osawa H., Nakano K., Naito M., Umeki H., Takase H. and McKinley, I.G. (2007). Concept and design of the JAEA KMS for geological disposal of HLW. Proc. Global ’07, 478-485.

2006

  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B., Rochelle C.A., Bateman K. and Kawamura K. (2006). Microbiological effects on the Cavern Extended Storage (CES) repository for radioactive waste—A quantitative evaluation, J. Geochem. Explor., 90, 114-122.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B., Rochelle C.A., Bateman K. and Kawamura H. (2006). Quantitative evaluation of the geochemical / microbiological processes within extended storage repositories. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIX, 79-86.
  • McKinley. I.G., Neall F.B., Kawamura H. and Umeki H. (2006) Geochemical optimisation of a disposal system for high-level radioactive waste, J. Geochem. Explor., 90, 1-8.
  • Peyaud, J.-B., de Putter, T., McKinley, I.G., Geochemistry for the safe isolation of hazardous wastes. J. Geochem. Explor., Volume 90 (issues 1-2) (2006).
  • Alexander, W.R., McKinley, I.G., Kawamura, H., Miyoshi, S., (2006). Development of an optimised natural analogue programme: a novel methodology. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern (extended abstract).
  • Masuda S., Kawamura H., McKinley, I.G., Kitayama K. and Umeki H. (2006). Alternative Repository Design Concepts for HLW Disposal – Challenges and Initiatives, Proc. IBC Conference.
  • Kawata. T., Umeki H and McKinley, I.G. (2006). Knowledge Management: the Emperor’s New Clothes? International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, 1236 – 1243.
  • Kawamura H., McKinley, I.G. and Neall F.B. (2006). Challenges for tele-handled emplacement of the EBS for Japanese HLW. Proc. 2006 International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, 463-469.
  • Masuda S., Kawamura H., McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B. and Umeki H. (2006). Optimising repository design for the CARE concept, Proc. 2006 International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, 507 – 514.

2005

  • McKinley, I.G. and Kawamura H. (2005). CARE: a flexible repository concept for the 21st Century, Safety Barrier 3-4, 72-76 (English and Russian).
  • Sakabe Y., Ueda H., Hyodo H., Ishiguro K., Kitayama K., McKinley, I.G. and Kaku K. (2005). Implementation of a requirements management system for the Japanese HLW programme. Proc. IAEA Conf. Safety of Radioactive Waste Disposal, Tokyo.
  • Kitayama K., Ueda H., Sakabe Y., Umeki H., McKinley, I.G. and Kaku K.A. (2005). Structured approach for stepwise design of HLW repositories tailored to volunteer sites. Proc. IAEA Conf. Safety of Radioactive Waste Disposal, Tokyo.
  • Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., McKinley, I.G. and Kaku K. (2005). Nagra’s Grimsel URL: From underground testing to the demonstration of disposal systems. Proc. ICEM ’05 conference, pp. 1678-1683.
  • Chapman N.A, McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Kawamura H. (2005). Staging and monitoring for the Japanese L/ILW repositories. Proc. ICEM ’05 conference, pp. 447-451.
  • Kitayama K., Umeki H., Ueda H., McKinley, I.G. and Kaku K.A. (2005). Structured approach for stepwise tailoring of repository concepts to volunteer sites. Proc. ICEM ’05 conference, pp. 1698-1702.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2005). Shared facilities for storage and disposal of radioactive wastes: the Asian context. Proc. AOGS 2005, (Abstract only).
  • Masuda S., McKinley, I.G. and Kawamura H. (2005). Applying the CARE concept to small regional repositories. Proc. AOGS 2005, (Abstract only).
  • Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Frieg B. and McKinley I. G. (2005). Studies of hyperalkaline effects on clays in the near and far field – present status and future requirements. Extended abstract in Clays in Natural & Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, International Meeting, March 14-18, 2005, Tours, France. Andra Technical Report, Andra, Paris, France.
  • McKinley I. G. and Kawamura H. (2005). Geological disposal of toxic waste: optimisation for practicality and operational safety. Proc. AOGS 2005, (Abstract only).
  • McKinley I. G. (2005). High-level radioactive waste management: R&D challenges for the 21st century. Proc. JNC Research Symp., JNC TN 1400 2004-015.
  • Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., McKinley, I.G. (2005). Radwaste Management: Brothers Grimsel. Nucl. Eng. Internat., 50, 10-13.
  • Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (2005). Grimsel Test Site: challenges for the 21st century and beyond. European Geologist, No.19, 19-22.

2004

  • McKinley, I.G., Neall F., Smith P.A., West J.M. and Kawamura H. (2004). Evolution of the Cavern Extended Storage (CES) concept for flexible management of HLW, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXVII, 931-936.
  • Umeki H., Sakabe Y., Ueda H., Takahashi Y., McKinley I. G., Takase H., Shimbo H. and Ijiri Y. (2004). Managing uncertainty on site characteristics for the design of a high-level radioactive waste repository Proc. 3rd Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium.
  • Hyodo H., Danda H., Umeki H., Sakabe Y., Kitayama K., McKinley, I.G., Kaku K., Kawamura H. and Noda M. (2004). Tailoring of excavation methodology to site-specific repository designs, Proc. Workshop “Selection of excavation methods for Geological Repository”, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and Neall F.B. (2004). The bentonite / cement interaction problem: Cutting the Gordian Knot. Posiva WR 2004-25 / NUMO TR-04-05, 86-90.
  • Vomvoris S., Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (2004). Education and Training in Nuclear Waste Management. NWMO Backround Paper 7-12. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Canada. 146 pps.
  • Masuda S., Umeki H., McKinley, I.G. and Kawamura H. (2004). Management with CARE. Nucl. Eng. Internat., 49, 26-29.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (2004). Near-surface disposal of hazardous wastes – special concerns for coastal sites. Proc. AOGS 2004, (Abstract only).
  • McKinley, I.G. and Umeki H. (2004). Deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste – turning up the heat. Proc. AOGS 2004, (Abstract only).
  • Umeki H., McKinley, I.G., Masuda S. and Kawamura H. (2004). Alternative repository design options for HLW disposal in Japan. Proc. PSAM 7/ ESREL’04, 3552-3557.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kaku K., Neall F.B., Kawamura H. and Asano H. (2004). Assessment of operational-phase safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste. Proc. PSAM 7/ ESREL’04, 3540-3545.
  • Tsuboya T. and McKinley, I.G. (2004). Integration of natural analogue studies within a national confidence-building programme, Proc. WONUC Conf., Int. J. Nucl. Energy Sci. Tech., 1, 108-115.

2003

  • Vomvoris S., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I. G. (2003). Grimsel Test Site: The next decades. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVI, 13-18.
  • Alexander W.R., Smith P.A. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). Modelling radionuclide transport in the geological environment: a case study from the field of radioactive waste disposal. In Scott, E.M. (ed.), Modelling radioactivity in the environment, Elsevier, pp. 109-145.
  • Biggin,C., Möri A., Alexander W.R., Ota K., Frieg B., Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). In situ radionuclide retardation in groundwater conducting systems: overview of the research carried out at Nagra’s Grimsel Test site, central Switzerland. pp 207-228 in Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II (ed P.Warwick) RSC, London, UK.
  • Umeki H., Masuda, S. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). Advanced repository concepts required for NUMO’s volunteering approach to site selection. Proc. ANS San Diego Symp.
  • Umeki H., Masuda, S. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). Advanced repository concepts required for a volunteering approach to site selection. Proc. Global 2003, pp. 262-267.
  • Sakuma, H., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). The evolution of Nagra’s Grimsel URL – From underground testing to the demonstration of disposal systems. Proc. ICEM’03.
  • Biggin C., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). Integrated programme of research into the behaviour of the clay engineered barrier – An example from Nagra’s Grimsel Test Site. Andra Sci. Tech. Series, Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement, pp. 18-27.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R. and Biggin C. (2003). Deriving in-situ radionuclide migration data from natural series data: limitations of, and errors in, current models. Migration ’03 Book of Abstracts.
  • McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B., Umeki H., Ueda H. and West J.M. (2003). Tailoring HLW repository design to specific geological conditions. EGS-AGU-EGU joint assembly 2003, Book of Abstracts.
  • Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Frieg B. and McKinley, I.G. (2003). Building confidence in the performance of the geological barrier. EGS-AGU-EGU joint assembly 2003, Book of Abstracts.

2002

  • West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (2002). The geomicrobiology of nuclear waste disposal. In Bitton, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of environmental microbiology, Wiley, 2661 – 2674.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Stroes-Gascoyne S. (2002). Microbial effects on waste repository materials. In Kieth-Roach, M. J. & Livens, F. R. (ed.), Microbiology and Radioactivity, Elsevier, 255-277.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and Biggin C. (2002). Integrated programme of research into the behaviour of the clay engineered barrier: An example from Nagra’s Grimsel Test Site. Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement: International meeting, Reims, December 9-12, 2002: Abstracts. Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, 287-288.
  • Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., Alexander W.R., Frieg B. and McKinley, I.G. (2002). Grimsel Test Site – Finalisation of Phase V and initiation of phase VI. Proc. WM’02 (CD).
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (2002). Integration of TRU disposal studies in Switzerland. Proc. WM’02 (CD).
  • McKinley, I.G. and Neall F.B. (2002). Geochemical optimisation of EBS design for HLW, Goldschmidt Conference 2002, Book of Abstracts.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Murnier R. (2003). Discussion of “In Absurdum: long-term predictions and nuclear waste handling by N.A. Mörner”, Engineering Geology, 68, 401-403.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B. and Rochelle C. (2002). Preliminary analysis of microbiological influences in the Cavern Extended Storage (CES) repository for radioactive waste. ISSM 2002 Book of Abstracts.
  • Biggin C., Möri A., Alexander W.R., Ota K., Frieg B., Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (2002). In situ radionuclide retardation in groundwater conducting systems: Overview of research carried out at Nagra’s Grimsel Test Site, Central Switzerland, Proc. 9th Internat. Symp. Environmental Radiochemical Analysis.
  • McKinley, I.G., Birkhäuser P., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S. and Zuidema P. (2000). Transfer of radioactive waste management expertise from Switzerland to other countries with small nuclear power programmes. Proc. Croatian Nuc. Soc. Int. Conf. Nuclear option in countries with small and medium electricity grid, 487-494.

2001

  • West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (2001). Progress in the geomicrobiology of radioactive waste disposal, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIV, 827-835.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H. and Tsuchi H. (2001). Moving HLW-EBS concepts into the 21st Century, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIV, 723-729.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H., Neall F. and Ando K. (2001). Repository design optimisation for long-lived ILW, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIV, 843-850.
  • Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Vomvoris S. and McKinley, I.G. (2001). Grimsel 2000 – Status of international projects at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS), Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIV, 893-900.
  • Smith P.A., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Ota K., Frieg B. and McKinley, I.G. (2001). Development and testing of radionuclide transport models for fractured rock: Examples from the Nagra / JNC Radionuclide Migration Programme in the Grimsel test site, Switzerland, J. Contaminant Hydrol. 47, 335-348. [Also in Japanese in JNC technical review 11, JNC TN 1340 2001-006].
  • Miller W., Alexander R., Chapman N, McKinley, I.G. and Smellie J. (2000). Geological disposal of radioactive waste & natural analogues, Pergamon.
  • Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Möri A. and McKinley, I.G. (2001). In-situ studies of actinide behaviour at the Grimsel Test Site. Actinides 2001, Hayama, Japan.
  • Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., McKinley, I.G. and Hugi M. (2001). In-situ radiochemical studies at Grimsel and Mont Terri- Abstract APSORC 2001, Japan.
  • West J.M., Alexander W.R., Kaku K., McKinley, I.G. and Shimmura A. (2001). Communication of nuclear power concepts to stakeholders – the use of nature’s own laboratories, Proc. NUCEP conf.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Kawamura H. and Tsuchi H. (2001). Convergent evolution of high-level nuclear waste disposal concepts in Switzerland and Japan. 31st Int. Geol. Congress, Abstracts Vol. (CD).
  • McKinley, I.G., Zuidema P., Vomvoris S. and Marschall P. (2001). Swiss geological studies to support implementation of repository projects – status and outlook. Geological challenges in radioactive waste isolation – third worldwide review, LBNL-49767, pp. 269-276.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Tsuboya T. (2001). Integrating natural analogue studies into a national confidence-building programme, Radwaste Solutions, Nov/Dec, pp. 24-27.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kickmaier W. and Hugi M. (2001). In-situ radiochemical studies at Grimsel and Mont Terri underground rock laboratories, Proc. APSORC, Japan.
  • Apted M.J., McKinley, I.G. and Umeki H. (2001). Geochemical research priorities for nuclear waste disposal – perspective from international repository programs, Goldschmidt Conf. Va. USA.
  • Smith P.A., Alexander W.R., Heer W., Fierz T., Meier P.M., Baeyens B., Bradbury M.H., Mazurek M. and McKinley, I.G. (2001). Grimsel Test Site Investigation Phase IV (1994-1996): The Nagra-JNC in situ study of safety relevant radionuclide retardation in fractured crystalline rock: Radionuclide migration experiment – Overview 1990-1996. NTB 00-09.

1999

  • Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1999). The chemical basis of near-field containment in the Swiss high-level radioactive waste disposal concept. In Metcalfe R., Rochelle C.A. (eds.), Chemical containment of wastes in the geosphere. Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. 157, 47-69.

1998

  • Alexander W.R., Ota K., Frieg B., and McKinley, I.G. (1998). The assessment of radionuclide retardation in fractured crystalline rocks, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXI, 1065-1066.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Gautschi A. and Waber N. (1998). An approach to validation of solubility databases for performance assessment, Radiochim. Acta, 82, 407-412.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie, C., (eds.). Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI, MRS press (1998).
  • McKinley, I.G. and Zuidema P. (1999). Integrated planning of laboratory, in-situ, modelling and natural analogue studies in the Swiss radioactive waste management programme. Proc. Internat. Symp. Technologies for the management of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and back end nuclear fuel cycle activities, IAEA/SM 357/52.
  • McKinley, I.G., Neall F.B., Ando K. and Kawamura H. (1999). Optimisation of designs for TRU Engineered Barrier Systems, Proc. ICEM’99.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H. (1999). HLW engineered barrier design optimisation for a sedimentary host rock. Proc. ICEM’99.
  • Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Linklater C., Tweed C.J., Casas I., Börjesson S. and Selin P. (1998). Testing the limits of applicability of thermodynamic databases, Ch. 12 in Linklater, C.M. (ed), A natural analogue of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with repository host rock II, Nirex Sci. Rep S-98-003, Nirex, Harwell, UK.
  • Toyota M. and McKinley, I.G. (1998). Optimisation of the engineered barrier system for vitrified HLW – Fabrication and emplacement aspects. Proc. 8th Internat. HLRWM Conf., 648-652.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Toyota M. (1998). Increasing transparency of the safety case during optimization of repository design. Proc. WM’98.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura H., Kitayama K. and Smith P.A. (1998). Validation of performance assessments for nuclear waste repositories. Proc. ESREL’98, 1185-1191.

1997

  • Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (1997). A review of research carried out in European rock laboratories. Nuclear Engineering & Design, 176, 75-81.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1997). Engineering for robustness: an approach to optimising HLW disposal concepts, Waste Management 17, 1-8.
  • Linklater C., Albinson Y., Alexander W.R., Casas I., McKinley, I.G. and Selin P. (1996). A natural analogue of high pH cement pore waters from the Maqarin area of Northern Jordan: comparison of predicted and observed trace element chemistry of uranium and selenium. J. Contaminant Hydrology, 21, 59-69.
  • McKinley, I.G., Hagenlocher I., Alexander W.R. and Schwyn B. (1997). Microbiology in nuclear waste disposal: interfaces and reaction fronts, FEMS microbiology reviews, 20, 545-556.
  • Sasaki T., Ando K., Kawamura H., Schneider J.W. and McKinley, I.G. (1997). Thermal analysis of options for spent fuel disposal in Switzerland, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XX, 1133-1140.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1997). Assessing and presenting risks from deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste, Advances in Safety and Reliability, (Proc. ESREL`97, C. Guedes Soares, ed), 1, 577-582, Pergamon.
  • McKie D., Mäder U., Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Yoshida H. and Ota K. (1997). Development of a mechanistic model to interpret natural series disequilibrium data. Proc. 7th NAWG workshop, EUR 17851 EN, 35-37.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley, I.G. (1997). Nagra R&D activities supporting HLW/TRU disposal. Proc. WM’97.
  • McCombie C., Kickmaier W., McKinley, I.G., Sprecher C. and Thury M. (1997). Swiss underground rock laboratories in crystalline and clay – Rationale for technical programme choice. Proc. ICEM’97, 409-413.
  • Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., Frick U. and Ota K. (1997). The Grimsel field tracer migration experiment – What have we achieved after a decade of intensive work? (executive summary only), Proc. NEA/EC GEOTRAP workshop, 119-122.
  • Alexander W.R., Gautschi A. and McKinley, I.G. (1997). Status (1995-1996) of the Swiss natural analogue programme and bibliography of publications. Proc. 7th NAWG workshop, EUR 17851 EN, 159-173.
  • Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (1997). Research in European rock laboratories. Nagra Bulletin, 29, 29-36.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1997). The place of international collaboration in Nagra`s R&D programme, Nagra Bulletin, 29, 5-15.

1996

  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (1996). On the incorrect derivation and use of in-situ retardation factors from natural isotope profiles, Radiochim. Acta, 74, 263-267.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Savage D. (1996). Comparison of solubility databases used for HLW performance assessment. J. Contaminant Hydrology, 21, 335-350.
  • Umeki H., Hatanaka K., Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G. and Frick U. (1995). The Nagra / PNC Grimsel test site radionuclide migration experiment: rigorous field testing of transport models. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XVIII, 427-434.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1996). High level radioactive waste management in Switzerland : status 1995. Geological problems in radioactive waste isolation : Second worldwide review, P.A. Witherspoon (ed), Report LBL-38915, pp223-231. (Also as Chinese translation ISBN 7-5022-2002-X, pp. 208 – 216, 1999).
  • Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1996). The chemical basis of the Swiss high-level radioactive waste disposal concept (near field), Extended abstract in Proc. Min. Soc. Conf. Chemical containment of wastes in the geosphere.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kickmaier W., del Olmo C. and Huertas F. (1996). The FEBEX project: full-scale simulation of engineered barriers for a HLW repository. Nagra Bulletin, Nr. 27, 56-67.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Sprecher C. (1996). Planning phase IV (1994-1996). Nagra Bulletin, Nr. 27, 15-17.
  • Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (1996). Investigations in phases I to III (1983-1993) at the Grimsel Test Site. Nagra Bulletin, Nr. 27, 5-14.
  • McKinley, I.G., Hagenlocher I. and Alexander W.R. (1996). Microbiology in nuclear waste disposal: interfaces and reaction fronts, Proc. ISSM-96, (abstract only), Davos.
  • West J.M., Bateman K., Hagenlocher I., McKinley, I.G., Metcalfe R., Noy D.J. and Rochelle C.A. (1996). Modelling subsurface microbial growth using MGSE (Microbial Growth in Subsurface Environments), Proc. ISSM-96, (abstract only), Davos.
  • West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (1996). Some bugs like it hot, New Scientist, 152, No. 2050, 42-45 (5 Oct. 1996).
  • Ulibarri A.M., del Olmo C., Huertas F., McKinley, I.G. and Kickmaier W. (1996). FEBEX: An example of a major international collaborative project. Proc. Spectrum `96, 2161-2166.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1996). International collaboration – A key contribution to Nagra`s R&D programme, Proc. Spectrum `96, pp. 1442-1448.
  • Kickmaier W. and McKinley, I.G. (1996). A review of research carried out in European rock laboratories, Proc. Topseal `96, ENS, pp. 116-123.
  • Alexander W.R., Gautschi A. and McKinley, I.G. (1996). Overview of the Swiss natural analogue programme, 1994. Proc. 6th NAWG workshop, EUR 16761, pp. 59-63.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (1996). The uses of natural analogue input in repository performance assessment: an overview. Proc. 6th NAWG workshop, EUR 16761, pp. 273-282.

1995

  • McCombie C., McKinley, I.G., Lambert A., Thury M. and Birkhäuser P. (1995). The Swiss strategy for HLW siting; parallel investigation of two alternative host rocks. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XVIII, 1363-1370.
  • Smith P., Umeki H., Neall F. and McKinley, I.G. (1995). Common aspects of the PNC and Nagra assessments of deep repositories for vitrified HLW. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XVIII, 527-533.
  • Neall F., Baertschi P., McKinley, I.G., Smith P., Sumerling T. and Umeki H. (1995). Comparison of the concepts and assumptions in five recent HLW/spent fuel disposal performance assessments. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XVIII, 503-510.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1995). Natural analogues: a look into the future, Radwaste Magazine, 2, No.6, 46.
  • McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Vomvoris S. (1995). Contributions of the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) to Swiss site characterisation programmes, Proc. 5th Internat. HLRWM Conf., 172-174.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1995). Poços de Caldas: testing models of radionuclide transport processes. Radwaste Magazine, 2, No.4, 34-38.
  • Smith P., Zuidema P. and McKinley, I.G. (1995). Assessing the performance of the Nagra HLW disposal concept, Nagra Bulletin, 25, 34-46; also Proc. AECL Workshop “Communicating results from long-term performance assessment of HLW disposal in granite”, Sudbury, Canada pp. 38-49.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley, I.G. (1995). Natural analogues: confidence-building tools for HLW repositories. Radwaste Magazine, 2, No.1, 27-31.
  • Linklater C., Albinson Y., Alexander W.R., Casas I., McKinley, I.G. and Selin P. (1995). A natural analogue of high pH cement pore waters from the Maqarin area of Northern Jordan: comparison of predicted and observed trace element chemistry. Proc. Migration `93 Conf., 639-644.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Savage D. (1995). Comparison of solubility databases used for HLW performance assessment. Proc. Migration `93 Conf., 657-665.
  • Miller W.M., Alexander W.R., Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and. Smellie J.A.T. (1995). Natural analogues revisited. Proc. Migration `93 Conf., 545-549.

1994

  • Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1994). Constraints on the use of “in-situ distribution coefficient (Kd)” values in contaminant transport modelling, Eclogae geol. Helv., 87, 321-324.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1993). The role of natural analogues in nuclear waste repository performance assessment with particular emphasis on experience in Switzerland. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 42, 233-246.
  • Miller W., Alexander W.R., Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1994). Natural analogue studies in the geological disposal of radioactive waste, Elsevier.
  • Nagra, Kristallin-I: Conclusions from the regional investigation programme for siting a HLW repository in the crystalline basement of Northern Switzerland / Gesamtsynthese der regionalen Untersuchungen zur Endlagerung hochaktiver Abfälle im kristallinen Grundgebirge der Nordschweiz, Nagra NTB 93-09E / 93-09 (1994).
  • McKinley, I.G. (1994). Radioactive waste management, Nuclear energy and natural environment (Proc. IAEA media seminar, Jadwisin, Poland, 22-23/6/93), National Atomic Energy Agency (Poland), pp. 201-216.
  • McKinley, I.G., Scholtis, A. and Alexander W.R. (1994). The Nagra thermodynamic database: compilation, testing and application. Proc. Tokai Workshop, Japan, 15-18/11/93, pp. I 7-16.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Apted M.J. (1994). Conclusions from the Cadarache workshop – near-field environment and containment.Proc. Tokai Workshop, Japan, 15-18/11/93, pp. I 1-6.
  • Smith P.A., Zuidema P., McKinley, I.G. , Curti E., Klos R.A., Sumerling T. and Galson D. (1994). Results from the Kristallin-I performance assessment. Proc. 5th International HLRWM Conf., Las Vegas, pp. 1648-1654.
  • Miller W.M., Alexander W.R., Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1994). Natural analogues revisited, Proc. 4th Migration Conf., 559-563.
  • Alexander W.R., Frieg B., Short S.A., Kawamura H. and McKinley, I.G. (1994). Model testing in the extreme? Excavation of the site of an in situ radionuclide migration experiment. Proc. ANS topical meeting Focus `93, pp. 71-78.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1994). Switzerland plans to bury its nuclear waste problem, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 42, 233-246.
  • Pate S., Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1994). Use of natural analogue test cases to evaluate a new performance assessment TDB. Proc. 5th NAWG workshop, Toledo, EUR 15176, pp. 321-331.
  • Neall F., Baertschi P., McKinley, I.G., Smith P., Sumerling T. and Umeki H. (1994). Kristallin-I: Results in perspective. NTB 93-23.

1993

  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (1993). Assessment of radionuclide retardation: uses and abuses of natural analogue studies, J. Contaminant Hydrology, 13, 249-259; response to comments 271-275.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Scholtis A. (1993). A comparison of radionuclide sorption databases used in recent performance assessments, J. Contaminant Hydrology, 13, 347-363.
  • McKinley, I.G., “Radioactive waste management: The Swiss solution”. Video Uranium Information Centre Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, (1993).
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G., Shea M.E. and Smellie J.A.T. (compilers) (1993). Poços de Caldas: Nature`s experiments, Nagra Bulletin, 1/1993.
  • McKinley, I.G. and McCombie C. (1993). La gestion de residuos radiactivos en Suiza (Spanish translation), Estratos, 29, 20-28.
  • Zuidema P., McKinley, I.G., Smith P., Curti E., Klos R., Hugi M. and Niemeyer M. (1993). Kristallin-I performance assessment: first results, Proc. 1993 Int. Conf. on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, 1, 721-731, ASME, NY.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie C., Thury M. and Zuidema P. (1993). Conclusions from total system assessment within Kristallin-I, Proc. 1993 Int. Conf. on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, 1, 709-720, ASME, NY.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Hagenlocher I. (1993). Quantification of microbial activity in a nuclear waste repository. Proc ISSM-93, (abstract only), Bath.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley, I.G. (1993). Validation – another perspective, Guest editorial, Ground Water, 31, 530-531.
  • McCombie C., Lambert A. and McKinley, I.G. (1993). Swiss strategy for developing a high-level waste disposal system, Proc. Int. Symp. on Geological Disposal of Spent Fuel, High-level and Alpha-bearing Wastes, Antwerp, IAEA, Vienna, pp. 365-373.

1992

  • Alexander W.R., Dayal R., Eagleson K., Eikenberg J., Hamilton E., Linklater C.M., McKinley, I.G. and Tweed C.J. (1992). A natural analogue of high pH cement pore waters from the Maqarin area of northern Jordan II: results of predictive geochemical calculations. J. Geochem. Explor., 46, 133-146.
  • Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1992). A review of the application of natural analogues in performance assessment: improving models of radionuclide transport in groundwaters. J. Geochem. Explor., 46, 83-115.
  • Bruno J., Cross J.E., Eikenberg J., McKinley, I.G., Read D., Sandino A. and Sellin P. (1992). Testing models of trace element geochemistry at Poços de Caldas. J. Geochem. Explor., 45, 451-470.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Vialta A. (1992). Microbiological analysis at the Poços de Caldas natural analogue study sites. J. Geochem. Explor., 45, 439-449.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G., Penna Franca E., Shea M.J. and Smellie J.A.T. (1992). The Poços de Caldas Project: an introduction and summary of its implications for radioactive waste disposal. J.Geochem. Explor., 45, 1-24.
  • Alexander W.R., Bradbury M.H., McKinley, I.G., Heer W., Eikenberg J. and Frick, U. (1992). The current status of the radionuclide migration experiment at the Grimsel underground rock laboratory. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XV, 721-728.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1992). The management of long-lived nuclear waste, Energy Policy, 20, 683-692.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (1992). Use of natural analogues to test performance assessment models of a cementitious near field, Waste Manag., 12, 253-259.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Alexander W.R. (1992). Constraints on the applicability of “in -situ” Kd values. J.Environ. Radioactivity, 15, 19-34.
  • Chapman, N.A., McKinley, I.G., Shea, M.E., Smellie, J.A.T. (eds.), The Pocos de Caldas project: natural analogues of processes in a radioactive waste repository. J. Geochem. Explor. Volumes 45 (part I) and 46 (part II), (1992). Published in book form by Elsevier, (1993).
  • McKinley, I.G. (1992). The fuel cycle and nuclear waste management, speaking of nuclear energy, IAEA/PI7A36E, Vienna, 91-97.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Scholtis A. (1992). Compilation and comparison of radionuclide sorption databases used in recent performance assessments, Proc. Workshop on “Radionuclide sorption from the safety evaluation perspective”, OECD/NEA, Paris, pp. 21-55.
  • McKinley, I.G., Smith P.A. and Curti E. (1992). Can the Kristallin-1 near-field model be considered robust?, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. High level radioactive waste management, 1770-1776.
  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1992). Application of results from the Poços de Caldas project in the Kristallin-1 HLW performance assessment, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. High level radioactive waste management, 357-361.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1992). Integrated near-field assessment. Proc. technical workshop on near-field performance assessment for high-level waste, KBS 91-59, pp. 111-129.
  • Frick U., Alexander W.R., Baeyens B., Bossart P., Bradbury M.H., Bühler Ch., Eikenberg J., Fierz Th., Heer W., Hoehn E., McKinley, I.G. and Smith P.A. (1992). The radionuclide migration experiment – overview of investigations 1985-1990. Nagra NTB 91-04.

1991

  • McKinley, I.G. and Grogan H. (1991). Consideration of microbiology in modelling the near-field of a L/ILW repository. Experientia, 47, 573-577.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Grogan H.A. (1991). Radionuclide sorption databases for Swiss repository safety assessments. Radiochim. Acta, 52/53, 415-420.
  • West J.M., Grogan H.A. and McKinley, I.G. (1991). The role of microbiology in the geological containment of radioactive wastes, Diversity of environmental biogeochemistry (J.Berthelin, Ed), pp. 205-215.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1991). Radioaktiv hulladekok elhelyezese (Hungarian translation), Energ. Atomtech., special edition 1991, 341-344.
  • McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Zuidema P. (1991). How much must the geological barrier contribute to safe HLW disposal?, Proc. 2nd International high-level waste management conf., pp. 291-295.
  • Linklater C.M., Tweed C.J., Hamilton E., McKinley, I.G., Eikenberg J., Dayal R. and Eagleson K. (1991). Predictive modelling of the geochemistry of hyperalkaline groundwater in the Maqarin area, Jordan. Proc. 4th NAWG meeting, EUR 13014 EN, 251-266.
  • Alexander W.R., Frick U., Gautschi A. and McKinley, I.G. (1991). Natural analogue studies in the radioactive waste research programme of Switzerland (status 1990 and bibliography). Proc. 4th NAWG meeting, EUR 13014 EN, 241-248.
  • Alexander W.R. and McKinley, I.G. (1991). Natural analogues in performance assessment: improving models of radionuclide transport in groundwaters by studying the natural environment. Proc. 4th NAWG meeting, EUR 13014 EN, 119-151.
  • McCombie C., Zuidema P. and McKinley, I.G. (1991). Sufficient validation: The value of robustness in performance assessment and system design. Validation of geosphere flow and transport models (Geoval), OECD, Paris, pp. 598-610.
  • Chapman N.A., Smellie J.A.T., McKinley, I.G. and Shea M. (1991). The Pocos de Caldas Project: Summary and implications for radioactive waste management. Pocos de Caldas Tech. Rep. 15, Nagra NTB 90-33, SKB TR 90-24, UK DoE RW 90-055.
  • McKinley, I.G. (ed) (1991). Testing models of redox front migration and geochemistry at the Osamu Utsumi mine and Morro do Ferro analogue study sites. Pocos de Caldas Tech. Rep. 12, Nagra NTB 90-30, SKB TR 90-21, UK DoE RW 90-052.
  • West J.M., Vialta A. and McKinley, I.G. (1991). Microbiological analysis at the Osamu Utsumi mine and Morro do Ferro analogue study sites. Pocos de Caldas Tech. Rep. 10, Nagra NTB 90-28, SKB TR 90-19, UK DoE RW 90-050.
  • Bruno J., Cross J.E., Eikenberg J., McKinley, I.G., Read D., Sandino A. and Sellin P. (1991). Testing of geochemical models in the Pocos de Caldas analogue study. Pocos de Caldas Tech. Rep. 11, Nagra NTB 90-29, SKB TR 90-20, UK DoE RW 90-051.

1990

  • Knecht B., McKinley, I.G. and Zuidema P. (1990). Disposal of low and intermediate level waste in Switzerland: basic aspects of potential relevance to microbial effects. Experientia, 46, 787-791.
  • Alexander W.R., McKinley, I.G., MacKenzie A.B. and Scott R.D. (1990). Verification of matrix diffusion by means of natural decay series disequilibria in a profile across a water-conducting fracture in granitic rock, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XIII, 567-576.
  • Chapman N.A. and McKinley, I.G. (1990). Radioactive waste: back to the future?, New Scientist No.1715 (5 May), 54-58 also Atom , No. 408, 22-26.
  • McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Zuidema P. (1990). Nagra performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal in crystalline and sedimentary host rocks. Proc. 1st Conf. High Level Waste Management (Las Vegas), Vol 1, 348-352.
  • Sargent, F.P. and McKinley, I.G. (1990). Geochemical and chemical data and modelling for the safety assessment of geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste. Proc. OECD-NEA Symp. Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, 543-556.
  • Hadermann J., McCombie C., McKinley, I.G. and Zuidema P. (1990). Safety assessment of HLW disposal in Switzerland – Lessons learned. Proc. OECD-NEA Symp. Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, 201-210.
  • McCombie C., Issler H. and McKinley, I.G. (1990). High level waste disposal in Switzerland. Proc. 1989 Joint International Waste Management Conference, Kyoto (Slate S.C., Kohout R., Suzuki A., eds), Vol. 2, 399-402.
  • Wittwer C. and McKinley, I.G. (eds.) (1990). Geochemical database for the sediment report. Nagra NTB 89-02.
  • Grogan H.A. and McKinley, I.G. (1990). An approach to microbiological modelling: Application to the near-field of a Swiss Low/Intermediate – level waste repository, Nagra NTB 89-16.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1989). The near-field geochemistry of HLW disposal in an argillaceous host rock. Nagra NTB 88-26.
  • Alexander W.R., MacKenzie A.B., Scott R.D. and McKinley, I.G. (1990). Natural analogue studies in crystalline rock: The influence of water-bearing fractures on radionuclide immobilisation in a crystalline rock repository. Nagra NTB 87-08.

1989

  • McKinley, I.G. (1989). Applying natural analogues in predictive performance assessment: 2. Examples and discussions. Risk analysis in nuclear waste management (A.Saltelli, D.A.Stanners, M.D`Allessandro, eds), 377-396.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1989). Applying natural analogues in predictive performance assessment: 1. Principles and requirements. Risk analysis in nuclear waste management (A.Saltelli, D.A.Stanners, M.D`Allessandro, eds), 359-375.
  • Smellie J.A.T., Barroso Magno Jr L., Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G., Penna Franca E. and Shea M. (1989). Testing safety assessment models using natural analogues in high natural series groundwaters, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XII, 863-870.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Bradbury M. (1989). Near-field geochemistry of vitrified HLW in a sedimentary host rock, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XII, 645-651.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Vialta A. (1989). The influence of microbial activity on the movement of uranium at Osamu Utsumi mine, Pocos de Caldas, Brazil. Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XII, 771-777.
  • Alexander W.R., Scott R.D., MacKenzie A.B. and McKinley, I.G. (1988). A natural analogue study of radionuclide migration in a water carrying fracture, Radiochimica Acta, 44/45, 283-289.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1989). Applications of natural analogues in Swiss safety analysis, Proc. 3rd CEC NAWG meeting, EUR 11725 EN, 174-180.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Frick U. (1989). Swiss natural analogue research, Proc. 3rd CEC NAWG meeting, EUR 11725 EN, 104-109.
  • Baeyens B. and McKinley, I.G. (1989). A PHREEQE database for Ni, Pd and Se. Nagra NTB 88-28 / PSI Bericht 34.

1988

  • Hadermann J., von Gunten H.R., McCombie C. and McKinley, I.G. (1988). Radionuclide migration in the geosphere – Swiss research activities in laboratory and field experiments and in model validation, Rad. Waste Manag. Nuc. Fuel Cycle, 10, 233-255.
  • McKinley, I.G., Bath A., Berner U., Cave M. and Neal C. (1988). Results of the Oman analogue study, Radiochimica Acta, 44/45, 311-316.
  • Berner U., Jacobsen J. and McKinley, I.G. (1988). The near-field chemistry of a Swiss L/ILW repository, Proc.NEA workshop on near-field assessment of repositories for low and medium level wastes, 197-213.

1987

  • McKinley, I.G., Alexander W.R., Bajo C., Frick U., Hadermann J., Herzog F. and Höhn E. (1988). The radionuclide migration experiment at the Grimsel Rock Laboratory Switzerland, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XI, 179-187.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1987). Radionuclide retardation in the near- and far-field of a HLW repository. The geological disposal of high-level radioactive wastes (D.G.Brookins,ed), 445-458.
  • Chapman N.A. and McKinley, I.G. (1987). The geological disposal of nuclear waste. Wiley.
  • Alexander W.R., Scott R.D., MacKenzie A.B. and McKinley, I.G. (1987). Natural analogue studies at Grimsel, Southern Switzerland. Natural analogues in radioactive waste disposal (B.Come and N.Chapman eds.), 473-484.
  • Bath A., Cave M., Berner U., McKinley, I.G. and Neal C. (1987). Testing geochemical models in a hyperalkaline environment. Natural analogues in radioactive waste disposal (B.Come and N.Chapman eds.), 167-178.
  • Smellie J., Barroso Magno L., Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Penna-Franca E. (1987). The Pocos de Caldas project feasibility study. Natural analogues in radioactive waste disposal (B.Come and N.Chapman eds.), 118-132.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1987). Natürliche Analoga – ihre Bedeutung für die nukleare Entsorgung, EIR Bulletin, 63, 35-39.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1987). Natürliche Analoga in Oman, Nagra Informiert, 9, 38-42.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1987). Das Pocos de Caldas Projekt, EIR Bulletin, 62, 24-26.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1987). A review of Swiss natural analogue studies, Proc. 2nd NAWG meeting, EUR 10671, pp. 89-92.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Grogan H.A. (1987). Natural analogue support for geomicrobiological modelling, Proc. 2nd NAWG meeting, EUR 10671, pp. 153-159.v
  • McKinley, I.G., Berner U. and Wanner H. (1987). Predictions of radionuclide chemistry in a highly alkaline environment, Chemie und Migrationsverhalten der Aktinoide und Spaltprodukte in natürlichen aquatischen Systemen, PTB-SE-14, pp. 77-89.
  • Bath A., Christofi N., Neal C., Philp J.C., Cave M., McKinley, I.G. and Berner U. (1987). Trace element and microbiological studies of alkaline groundwaters in Oman, Arabian Gulf – a natural analogue for cement porewaters, Rep.Fluid Processes Res. Group Brit.Geol.Surv., FLPU 87-2 / Nagra NTB 87-16.

1986

  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G., Grogan H.A. and Arme S.C. (1986). Laboratory and modelling studies of microbial activity in the near-field of a HLW repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., IX, 533-538.
  • McKinley, I.G., Grogan H.A. and West J.M. (1986). Quantitative modelling of the effects of microorganisms on radionuclide transport from a HLW repository. Proc.NEA workshop on the effects of natural organic compounds and of microorganisms on radionuclide transport, pp. 50-56.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1986). Applications of analogues in near-field geochemistry, Proc. 1st NAWG meeting, EUR 10315, pp. 76-85.

1985

  • West J.M. and McKinley, I.G. (1985). The geomicrobiology of nuclear waste disposal, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., VII, 487-494.
  • Nagra, Project Gewähr 1985; Nuclear waste management in Switzerland: Feasibility studies and safety analyses, (English summary) Nagra Project Report NGB 85-09 (1985).
  • McKinley, I.G. (1985). Radionuclide solubility, speciation and sorption, EIR Bulletin, 56, 15-18.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1985). Geochemistry of the near-field of the Nagra type C repository, EIR Bulletin, 56, 10-15.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1985). The quantification of source-term profiles from near-field geochemical models, Proc. Albuquerque source term workshop, SAND 85-0380, pp. 115-123.
  • West J.M., Hooker P.J. and McKinley, I.G. (1985). Geochemical constraints on the microbial contamination of a hypothetical UK deep geological repository, Rep.Fluid Processes Res. Group Brit.Geol.Surv., FLPU 84-8.
  • McKinley, I.G., West J.M. and Grogan H.A. (1985). An analytical overview of the consequences of microbial activity in a Swiss HLW repository, Nagra NTB 85-45 / EIR Ber. 562.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1985). The geochemistry of the near-field, Nagra NTB 84-48 / EIR Ber. 563.
  • Hooker P.G., MacKenzie A.B., Scott R.D., Ridgeway I.M., McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1985). A study of long term (103 – 104 y) elemental migration in saturated clays and sediments Part III, Rep.Fluid Processes Res. Group Brit.Geol.Surv., FLPU 85-9.

1984

  • West J.M., Christofi N. and McKinley, I.G. (1984). An overview of recent microbiological research relevant to geological disposal of nuclear waste, Rad. Waste Manag. Nuc. Fuel Cycle, 6, 79-95.
  • McKinley, I.G., MacKenzie A.B., West J.M. and Scott R.D. (1984). A natural analogue study of radionuclide migration in clays, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., VII, 851-857.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1984). Radionuclide sorption on argillaceous rocks from Harwell, Oxfordshire, Rad. Waste Manag. Nuc. Fuel Cycle, 4, 379-399.
  • MacKenzie A.B., Scott R.D., Ridgeway I.M., McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1984). A study of long term (103 – 104 y) radionuclide migration in saturated sediments from Loch Lomond, Scotland. Proc. Lake Geneva natural analogues workshop, KBS TR 84-14, F2:1-18.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1984). The potential of natural analogues in assessing systems for deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Proc. Lake Geneva natural analogues workshop, KBS TR 84-14, A1-2.
  • McKinley, I.G., Van Dorp F. and West J.M. (1984). Modelling microbial contamination of a deep geological repository for HLW, Proc. IUR/CEC workshop on the role of microorganisms on the behaviour of radionuclides, pp. 245-250.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1984). Applying complex sorption data to transport models: simplifying sorption parameters, The geochemistry of high-level waste disposal in granitic rocks, AECL-8361/EUR-9162, pp. 39-42.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1984). The potential of natural analogues in assessing systems for deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste, Nagra NTB 84-41 / EIR Ber. 545 / KBS TR 84-16.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Hadermann J. (1984). Radionuclide sorption database for Project Gewähr, Nagra NTB 84-40 / EIR Ber. 550.
  • MacKenzie A.B., Scott R.D., Ridgeway I.M., McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1984). A study of long term (103 – 104 y) elemental migration in saturated clays and sediments Part II, Rep.Fluid Processes Res. Group Brit.Geol.Surv., FLPU 84-11.

1983

  • McKinley, I.G. (1983). Die Bedeutung von Sorptionsmessungen von Radionukliden, EIR Bulletin, 50, 45-48.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1983). Radionuclide sorption measurements in perspective, Nuclear Europe, III, 40-42.
  • MacKenzie A.B., Scott R.D., McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1983). A study of long term (103 – 104 y) elemental migration in saturated clays and sediments, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., FLPU 83-6.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1983). Radionuclide sorption / desorption processes occuring during groundwater transport- Progress report July 1981- June 1982, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., FLPU 83-2.
  • Christofi N., West J.M., Robbins J.E. and McKinley, I.G. (1983). The geomicrobiology of the Harwell and Altnabreac boreholes, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., FLPU 83-4.

1982

  • McKinley, I.G., West J.M. and Chapman N.A. (1982). Radionuclide retardation during transport through fractured granite, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., V, 811-820.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Chapman N.A. (1982). The effect of microbial activity on the containment of radioactive waste in a deep geological repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., V, 831-838.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G., Savage D. and West J.M. (1982) Mechanisms of dissolution of radioactive waste storage glasses and caesium migration from a granite repository, Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., IV, 347-354.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Chapman N.A. (1982). Microbes in deep geological systems and their possible influence on radioactive waste disposal, Rad. Waste Manag. Nuc. Fuel Cycle, 3, 1-15.
  • Swan D.S., Baxter M.S., McKinley, I.G. and Jack W. (1982). Radiocaesium and Pb-210 in Clyde Sea loch sediments, Est. Coast. Shelf Sci., 15, 515-536.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1982). Research on migration and dispersion of radionuclides from storage of radioactive wastes in the terrestrial environment, Final Rep. IAEA-CRP on radionuclide migration, pp. 118-136.
  • McKinley, I.G. (1982). Prediction of radionuclide retardation during groundwater transport from laboratory sorption data, Proc. IAEA Symp. Migration in the terrestrial environment of long-lived radionuclides from the nuclear fuel cycle, pp. 147-152.
  • West J.M., McKinley, I.G. and Christofi N. (1982). Geomicrobiology and its relevance to nuclear waste disposal – An annotated bibliography, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 82-8.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1982). Sorption/desorption properties of argillaceous strata from boreholes at Harwell, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 82-6.

1981

  • Baxter M.S., Farmer J.G., McKinley, I.G., Swan D.S. and Jack W. (1981). Evidence of the unsuitability of gravity coring for collecting sediment in pollution and sedimentation rate studies, Environ. Sci. Technol., 15, 843-846.
  • McKinley, I.G., Baxter M.S. and Jack W. (1981). A simple model of radiocaesium transport from Windscale to the Clyde Sea Area, Est. Coast. Shelf Sci., 13, 59-67.
  • McKinley, I.G., Baxter M.S., Ellett D.J. and Jack W. (1981) Tracer applications of radiocaesium in the Sea of the Hebrides, Est. Coast. Shelf Sci., 13, 69-82.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Savage D. (1981). Near-field processes and release models for granitic rocks, Proc.NEA workshop on near-field phenomena in geologic repositories for radioactive waste, pp. 83-90.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley, I.G. and Savage D. (1981). The effect of groundwater availability on the release source term in a low hydraulic conductivity environment, Proc. NEA workshop on radionuclide release scenarios, pp. 91-103.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1981). Radionuclide sorption / desorption processes occurring during groundwater transport- Progress report January 1981- June 1981, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 81-14.
  • McKinley, I.G. and West J.M. (1981). Radionuclide sorption / desorption processes occurring during groundwater transport- Progress report October 1979- December 1980, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 81-6.

1980

  • McKinley, I.G. and Baxter M.S. (1980). A radiotracer study of water renewal and sedimentation in a Scottish fjord, Fjord Oceanography (Plenum Press), pp. 539-544.
  • McKinley, I.G. and Greenwood P.B. (1980). The distribution coefficient (Kd) concept and its applicability to studies of radionuclide migration in geologic media, Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 80-07.

1979

  • Baxter M.S., McKinley, I.G., MacKenzie A.B. and Jack W. (1979). Windscale radiocaesium in the Clyde Sea Area, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 10, 116-120.
  • MacKenzie A.B., Baxter M.S., McKinley, I.G., Swan D.S.and Jack W. (1979). The determination of Cs-134, Cs-137, Pb-210, Ra-226 and Ra-228 concentrations in nearshore sediments and seawater, J. Radioanal. Chem., 48, 27-49.

1978

  • Baxter M.S., McKinley, I.G. (1978). Radioactive species in sea water, Proc. Royal Soc. Edin., 76B, 17-35.

1977

  • Baxter M.S., MacKenzie A.B., Swan D.S., McKinley, I.G. and Jack W. (1977). Some radionuclides of interest in the Clyde Sea and their relevance to water transport and sedimentation processes, Bull. Estuarine Brackish Waters Assoc., 17, 18.

1976

  • MacKenzie A.B., McKinley, I.G., Jack W. and Baxter M.S. (1976). Radioactive tracers of coastal water transport, EOS, 57, 678.

Dr Alastair Clark Publications

2018

  • Farrer, M., Clark, A. Cowell, K., Robertson, N., Norskov, S., Hardy, R. (2018). Designed Potential: The Conceptual Design of an Unshielded Intermediate Level Waste Handling Facility. Nuclear Future Volume 14, Issue 1, January/February 2018.
  • Clark A., Chapman N. and Scourse, E. (2018). Low Level Waste Repository Disposal System Specification. Report for LLWR Ltd, Version 2.0, 19th June 2018, TN-17-05.
  • Chapman, N., Clark, A., Beaumont, H. (2018). Investigation and Construction – Geological Disposal Facility Construction and Operations phase site investigation and characterisation. CAPG Report for RWM, 21st June 2018.
  • Clark, A., Tait, T., Johnson, M. (2018). Development of a Conceptual Design for a Type B Transport Container for GNS Yellow Box® DCIC or SSB: Sellafield Ltd User Requirements Document. CAPG Report for RWM, Doc. Ref. 245144-09-01, 21st June 2018.
  • Clark, A., Tait, T., Cowan, P. (2018). Development of a Conceptual Design for a Type B Transport Container for GNS Yellow Box® DCIC or SSB: Magnox User Requirements Document. CAPG Report for RWM, Doc. Ref. 245144-09-02, 21st June 2018.
  •  Co-Author – Repository Design Principles and Approaches, IAEA Technical Document [In press].

 

2017

  • Clark, A., Chapman, N., Scourse, E. (2016). Low Level Repository Disposal System Specification development using a Requirements Management System. Revision 2.0, 2nd March 2017.
  •  Clark, A, Tait, T. and Nixon, D. (2017). Higher Activity Waste Innovation and Delivery: Development of a Larger Waste Container: Implementation Plan for 9 Cubic Metre Container. Amec Foster Wheeler report no. 007627/02/03/003, Issue 02, March 2017. Link.
  • Nieder-Westermann, G., Haverkamp, B., Gasull, R., Berlepsch, T., Clark, A. (2017). Conceptual Design for a Short-Lived Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste Repository at the Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Center, Baghdad, Iraq. Waste Management 2017 Conference, March 5th to 9th 2017, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Link.
  • Abi-Zadeh, D., Van Puyenbroeck, T., Clark, A. (2017). Geological Disposal Facility Ventilation System Basis of Design Report. Issue 2, 9th March 2017.
  • Hawley, T., Clark, A. (2017). International Nuclear Services Ltd Review of Managing Knowledge, 7th April 2017.
  • Farrer, M., Clark, A., Cowell, K. (2017). Development of the Unshielded Intermediate Level Waste Inlet Cell Design Options Report. Report for RWM, Final Draft, 14th July 2017.
  • Holton, D., Roberts, D., Lever, D., Baxter, S., Clark, A. (2017). Review of Concepts for Near-Surface and Intermediate-depth Disposal of Radioactive Waste. Amec Foster Wheeler Report, Issue 0.2, Ref: 202401-ESRC202399-AA-0018-01, August 2017.
  • Hawley, T., Clark, A. (2017). Radioactive Waste Management Review of Managing Knowledge, 25th September 2017.
  • Farrer, M., Clark, A. (2017). Unshielded Intermediate Level Waste Inlet Cell Design Report. Report for RWM, Final Draft, 29th September 2017.
  •  Hawley, T., Clark, A. (2017). Direct Rail Services Review of Managing Knowledge, 15th December 2017.
  • Hawley, T., Clark, A. (2017). Low Level Waste Repository Ltd Review of Managing Knowledge, 22nd December 2017.

 

2016

  • Tait, T., Clark, A. Nixon, D.J. (2016). HAW Upstream Options Programme: Development of a Larger Waste Container; User Requirements Document, Client Reference RWM/03/014, Amec Foster Wheeler Reference 007627/02/001, Issue 2, May 2016.
  • Johnson, M. and Clark, A. (2016). Higher Activity Waste Innovation and Delivery: Development of a Larger Waste Container ITEAP Template and Guidance, Amec Foster Wheeler report No. 007627/02/003, Issue 01, September 2016. Link
  • Tait, T., Clark, A., Nixon, D.J. (2016). HAW Upstream Options Programme: Development of a Larger Waste Container; System Requirements Document Larger Robust Shielded Waste Container, Client Reference RWM/03/014 (Extension), Amec Foster Wheeler Reference 007627/06/001, Issue 1, November 2016.

 

2015

  • Clark A., Scourse E. and Chapman N. (2015). Use of a Requirements Management System (RMS) for the Low Level Waste Repository final cap design. Report for LLWR Ltd, MCM TN-15-01, July 2015.
  •  Clark A, Beattie. T, Robarts S., King S., Holton D. (2015). Multi-Attribute Analysis to support Concept Selection. CODE Alliance Report for RWM Concept Development Integrated Project, July 2015.
  •  Clark A., Tuthill C., Johnson M., Beattie T., Robarts S., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G. and Gentles D. (2015) Feasibility studies for the design of disposal vaults for multi-purpose containers (MPCs) construction, operation, ventilation and management of heat. Waste Management WM2015 Conference. 15-19 March 2015, Phoenix USA. Paper awarded ‘Superior’ status by Waste Management Symposia.
  •  Clark A. and Sheil F. (2015). Review of Site Licence Companies Integrated Waste Strategies, Report for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, March 2015.
  •  Clark A. (2015). Principles for the Concept Selection Process, RWM Technical Note, 202399-AA-00112/T3.1.1-D1-TN, January 2015.
  •  Clark A., McKinley I, Reece S. (2015) Technical assessment of the engineering implementation approaches specifically developed and/or adapted for UK wastes and Geological Disposal Facility siting boundary conditions. CODE Alliance Report for RWM Concept Development Integrated Project, May 2015.
  • Farrer, M. and Clark, A. (2015). Inlet Cell Design Development – Functional Specification. Report for RWM, December 2015.

 

2014

  • Clark A. and Tuthill C. (2014). Feasibility to construct, operate, ventilate and manage heat from MPC vaults. Report for RWM, Issue 3.0, 19th December 2014.
  •  Clark A. (2014). Assumptions common to all geological disposal concepts. CODE Alliance Report for RWM Concept Development Integrated Project, September 2015.
  •  Clark A. and Wisbey S. (2014). Application of knowledge management to the UK’s radioactive waste management programme. Waste Management 2014 conference, USA.

 

2013

  • Clark A. (2013). Design information requirements from the site characterisation programme, RWMD Technical Note, July 2013.
  •  Co-Author – EC Project ‘MoDeRn’ (Monitoring Developments for Safe Repository Operation and Staged Closure). Final Conference, Development of the approach to monitoring a UK Geological Disposal Facility, March 2013.

 

2012

  • Clark A. (2012). Overview of RWMD’s proposed approach to identification and assessment of potential candidate sites during MRWS Stage 4. RWMD Technical Note, November 2012 (Provisional).

 

2011

  • Clark A. (2011). Development of an engineering process and associated systems and procedures for a UK Geological Disposal Facility. ICEM2011-59160. 14th International ICEM Conference, September 2011.

 

2010

  • Clark A. (2010). EC Project ‘MoDeRn’ (Monitoring Developments for Safe Repository Operation and Staged Closure). Site plans and monitoring programmes report, Work Package 3 Deliverable 3.1.1, August 2010.
  •  Co-Author (2010). Geological Disposal: Feasibility studies exploring options for storage, transport and disposal of spent fuel from potential new nuclear power stations. NDA Report no. NDA/RWMD/060, November 2010.

 

2005

  • Clark A. (2005). High resolution characterisation, simulated groundwater leaching and radionuclide in Drigg LLWR container grout. PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005.

 

2004

  • Clark A. (2004). The use of Pulverised Fuel Ash in landfill construction. Banks Foundation report, March 2004.

 

2003

  • Clark A. (2003). Drigg LLW Container grout/water interactions: petrography, mineralogy, chemical evolution and radionuclide attention potential (safety case related characterisation and experimental investigation) Drigg PCSC Doc DTP/109, 2003.

 

Dr Tara Beattie (née Lewis) Publications

2016

  • Beattie T.,  McKinley. I (2016), Review and integration of the inventory of L-ILW Task 2, D2.1, EC Project IQ4.01/11 – Feasibility Study, Basic Design and Engineering Design of an Engineered Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Iraq.

2015    

  • Beattie T., Kowe R., Delay J., Buckau G., and Diaconu D. (2015), RD&D Planning Towards Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Guidance for less-advanced Programmes, Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform (IGD-TP) Technical Report D2.3 / Contract Number 323260, Issued 30th http://www.igdtp.eu/index.php/key-documents/doc_download/405-rd-d-planning-guide-for-less-advanced-programmes.
  • Apted M (Ed), Contributing Authors: Arthur R., Beattie T., Benbow S., Bennet D., Bond A., Metcalf R., Savage D., Sällfors G., Segle P., Wilson J., Review of Engineered Barriers System (EBS) topics in Posiva’s construction license application for a spent fuel repository at Olkiluoto, Finland. STUK-TR 18, Helsinki 2015. 34pp. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-309-276-1.
  • Felipe-Sotelo M., Edgar M., Beattie T., Warwick P., and Evans N D M., Read D. (2015) Effect of anthropogenic organic complexants on the solubility of Ni, Th, U (IV) and U (VI). Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol 300, 553-560. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.060.
  • McKinley, I.G., Kawamura, H., Hardie, S.M.L., Klein, E. & Beattie, T.M. (2015). Key natural analogue input required to build a safety case for direct disposal of spent fuel in Japan. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 108, 147-154.
  • Clark A., Tuthill C., Johnson M., Beattie T., Robarts S., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G. and Gentles D. (2015). Feasibility studies for the design of disposal vaults for multi-purpose containers (MPCs) construction, operation, ventilation and management of heat. Waste Management WM2015 Conference. 15-19 March, Phoenix USA.
  • Beattie, T.M., McKinley, I.G. & Hardie, S.M.L. (2015). Chemical challenges for safety cases supporting geological disposal of radioactive waste. Conference abstract, 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference, July 20th – July 22nd, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Kowe, R., Beattie, T. (2015). Overview of the IGD-TP’s Planning Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Europe (PLANDIS) workshop, Nuclear 2015 Conference, 27-29 May, Pitesti Romania.

2014

  • Beattie T., Kickmaier W., McKinley I., Klein L., Clark A., and Johnson M (2014). Feasibility of Backfilling around Multi-Purpose Containers (MPCs) in a Geological Disposal Facility. Invited Talk at Chemistry in Nuclear Power Generation (Royal Society of Chemistry Event), 11th November, Manchester, UK.
  • Kowe R., Beattie T., and Delay J. (2014). IGD-TP Working Group on RD&D Dissemination, Nuclear 2014, 28-30 May, Pitesti, Romania.
  • Kowe R., Delay J., Hammarström M., Beattie T., Palmu M. (2014) Implementing Geological Disposal of a Radioactive Waste Technology Platform (IGD-TP) – Achievements and Future Plans, Geodisposal, 24-26 June, Manchester, UK.
  • Beattie, T. (2014). SecIGD2 RD&D Planning Guide for Geological Disposal, Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste – Technology Platform, IGD-TP Exchange Forum No.5, 28-30 October, Kalmar, Sweden.

2013

  • Beattie T., Couch M. and Jackson C.P. (2013). Elicitation of uranium solubility to support the disposal of U3O8. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PA1-13, 8-13 September, Brighton, UK.
  • Hardie S.M.L., McKinley I.G., Beattie T., Scourse E. and Klein L. (2013). Development of a box-modelling approach to integrate contaminated site understanding in Fukushima. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session PFS-3, 8-13 September, Brighton, UK.
  • Klein E., Beattie T., Hardie S.M.L., Scourse E. and McKinley I.G. (2013). Developing quality assured sorption databases for performance assessment. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session C3-3, 8-13 September, Brighton, UK.
  • Scourse E.M., Beattie T., Hardie S.M.L. and McKinley I.G. (2013). Common challenges for the UK and Japanese geological disposal programmes. Migration Conference Abstracts, Session C5-2, 8-13 September, Brighton, UK.
  • Kowe R., and Beattie T (2013). IGD-TP Working Group on RD&D Dissemination (Invited Talk). Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform Exchange Forum No.4, 30th October, Prague.

2012

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (2012). Geological Disposal: RWMD Approach to issues management. NDA/RWMD/081, V02.
  • Palmu M., Eng T., and Beattie, T.M. (2012). Towards an ‘implementing geological disposal technology platform’ in Europe, Mineralogical Magazine, 76(8), 3439-3444, DOI: 1180/minmag.2012.076.8.57.
  • Beattie, T.M. and Williams S.J. (2012). An overview of near-field evolution research in support of the UK geological disposal programme. Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 2995-3001, DOI: 1180/minmag.2012.076.8.15.

2011

2010

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (2010). Geological Disposal: Near-field Evolution Status Report, NDA/RWMD/03
  • Warwick P., Evans N.D.M. and Lewis T. (2010). Effect of ‘as-disposed’ complexants on the solubility of Nickel (II), Thorium (IV) and Uranium (VI). Loughborough University Contractor Report to NDA, Lboro CMND.
  • Beattie T. (2010). Current Status of the HATCHES Thermodynamic Database to Support Safety Case Development of a UK Geological Disposal Facility. Invited talk at the 2nd Annual Workshop Proceedings of the Collaborative Project “Redox Phenomena Controlling Systems”, EC ReCOSY, Topical Session focuses on Redox determination by thermodynamic methods and the associated databases, Larnaca (Cyprus) 16th – 19th March.
  • Felipe-Sotelo M., Warwick P., Lewis T. and Williams S. (2010). Deep geological disposal of intermediate and low level waste in UK: Experiments to demonstrate chemical containment. 11th Environmental Radiochemical Analysis, Chester, UK.
  • J. Young, P. Warwick, M. Felipe-Sotelo, T. Beattie and S. Williams, (2010). The Effect of Cement Superplasticisers on the Solubility and Sorption of Radionuclides, Paper presented at the DIAMOND conference on Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Management of Nuclear Waste for Disposal, Manchester, UK.

2009

  • Felipe-Sotelo M., Lewis T., Warwick P. and Evans N.D.M. (2009). Effect Of ‘As-Disposed’ Anthropogenic Organic Complexants On The Solubility Of Ni, Th, U(IV) And U(VI). Migration 2009. Poster Presentation, Migration 2009, USA, September 2009, p 0.
  • Felipe-Sotelo M., Warwick P., Evans N.D.M., Lewis T. and Williams S. (2009). Experiments to demonstrate chemical containment in the near-field of an intermediate-level nuclear waste repository. IUPAC 2009. Poster Presentation, IUPAC 2009, Glasgow, 2009, p 0.
  • Lewis T., Warwick P. and Evans N.D.M. (2009). Feasibility Of An Additivity Approach For Modelling Ternary Systems (Humic Acid-Metal-Mineral). Migration 2009. Poster Presentation, Migration 2009, USA, September 2009, p 0.
  • Li N., Ivanov P., Abrahamsen L., Bryan N., Evans N.D.M., Lewis T. and Warwick P. (2009). The Effects Of Humic Substance Fractionation On Radionuclide Behaviour In Ternary Systems. Migration 2009. Poster Presentation, Migration 2009, USA, September 2009, p 0.
  • Warwick P., Evans N., Felipe-Sotelo M., Heath C., Lewis T., Tweed C. and Williams S. (2009). Aspects of near- field chemistry in a UK nuclear waste repository. APSORC09.

2008

  • Beattie T. (2008). The Sorption of Metals to Clay Minerals in the Presence of Complexing Organic Ligands. PhD Thesis, Loughborough Universit
  • Evans E., Warwick P., Lewis T. and Bryan N. (2008). Influence of Humic Acid on the Sorption of Uranium(IV) to Kaolin. Environmental Chemistry Letters, DOI:10.1007/s10311-009-0241-y.
  • Lewis T., Evans N.D.M., Bryan N. and Warwick P. (2008). Effects of EDTA on Sorption of Eu(III) and Ni(II) to Some Minerals at pH 6. 4th Annual Workshop Proceedings, 6th EC FP – FUNMIG IP, Karlsruhe, pp 213-219.
  • Ivanov P., Abrahamsen L., Pitois A., Li N., Bryan N., Evans N.D.M., Lewis T. and Warwick P. (2008). The Effects of Humic Substance Fractionation on Radionuclide Behaviour in Ternary Systems. 4th Annual Workshop Proceedings. Poster Presentation, 6th EC FP – FUNMIG IP, Karlsruhe, 24th November 2008, p0.

2005

  • Evans N.D.M., Khan H., Warwick P., Lewis T., Bryan N. and Knight L. (2005). Modelling the Influence of Humic Acid on the Sorption of Cadmium to Montmorillonite. EC-FP FUNMIG IP 2nd Annual Workshop Proceedings, SKB Technical Report TR-07-05, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Warwick P., Lewis T., Evans N.D.M., Bryan N. and Knight L. (2005). Sorption of Cellulose Degradation Products and Associated Components to Clay Minerals under Far Field Conditions of an Intermediate to Low Level Nuclear Waste Repository. EC-FP FUNMIG IP 2nd Annual Workshop Proceedings, SKB Technical Report TR-07-05, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 287-292.
  • Warwick P., Lewis T., Evans N.D.M., Bryan N. and Knight L. (2005). Sorption of Na-EDTA to Montmorillonite, Kaolinite and Goethite at pH 6. EC-FP FUNMIG IP 1st Annual Workshop Proceedings, Saclay, France, pp 116-118.
  • Warwick P., Lewis T., Evans N.D.M., Bryan N. and Knight L. (2005). Sorption of Selected Radionuclides to Clay in the Presence of Humic Acid. EC-FP FUNMIG IP 1st Annual Workshop Proceedings, Saclay, France, pp 184-189.

Dr Charles McCombie Publications

2015

  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A, Regional Cooperation on Spent Fuel Management Status and Prospects in Europe, Arab Regions and Asia, IAEA SF Conference (2015).
  • Chapman N., McCombie N., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E., Developing a Spent Fuel Management Strategy for a Newcomer Nuclear Power Country, IAEA SF Conference (2015).

2013

  • McCombie C. (principal author), IAEA NE Report: Options for Management of SNF and Radioactive Waste for Countries Developing Nuclear Programme, NW-T-1.24, (2013).
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Verhoef E (2013) Towards a European Regional Geological Repository, ICEM (2013).
  • Kickmaier W., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2013). The strategic role of underground rock laboratories in a geological disposal programme. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April -2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • McCombie C. (2013). Effects of Fukushima on Global Nuclear Development. World Federation of Scientists, International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings – 46th Session. 18th-25th August 2013.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E.M. (2013). Planning an integrated waste management strategy for new nuclear nations. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April-2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.

2011

  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Verhoef E. (2011). Implications of Co-Existing National and Multinational Geological Repository Development Programmes In Europe. In: Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2011, September 25th – 29th, 2011, Reims, France. ICEM2011-59118.

2010

  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Verhoef E. (2010). Multinational initiatives for long-term spent fuel management – an update on current international projects. IAEA Conference on Management of Spent Fuel, Vienna, June 2010.
  • McCombie C. (2010). Spent fuel challenges facing small and new nuclear programmes. IAEA Conference on Management of Spent Fuel, Vienna, June 2010.
  • McCombie C. and Isaacs T. (2010). The key role of the back-end in the nuclear fuel cycle. Dædalus, Winter 2010, American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
  • Verhoef E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2010). Radioactive Waste: Show Time? ENC Conference Barcelona, June 2010.
  • 2009
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Isaacs T. (2009). Security Concerns at the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Radwaste Solutions, 16 (4), 27-33. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C. (Co-author and editor). (2009). Viability of Sharing Facilities for the Disposition of Spent Fuel and Nuclear Wastes. IAEA-TECDOC -1658.
  • McCombie C. (2009). Evaluating solutions to the nuclear waste problem. Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. November 2009, vol. 65, 6: pp.42-48.
  • McCombie C. (2009). Responsible Expansion of Nuclear Power Requires Global Cooperation on Spent-Fuel Management. Innovations volume 4, issue 4, fall 2009, MIT Press.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2009). A Nuclear Renaissance Without Disposal? Radwaste Solutions, 16 (4), 19-26. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2009). An Environmental Policy Imperative: Addressing Security Concerns at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Radwaste Solutions, July/August 2009.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2009). Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2009, October 11-15, 2009, Liverpool, UK.
  • Verhoef E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2009). Shared, Regional Repositories: Developing a Practical Implementation Strategy. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2009, October 11-15, 2009, Liverpool, UK.

2008

  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2008). An Adaptive, Staged, Siting Strategy for a Multinational Repository. Nuclear Engineering International, 53, 26-33.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Richardson P. (2008). Economic Aspects of Regional Repositories SAPIERR II Work Package 3. April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). A Nuclear Renaissance Without Disposal? In: Proceedings International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2008). Security Concerns at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Proc. Las Vegas IHLRWM Conference 2008.
  • Piero Risoluti P., McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Boutellier C. (2008). Legal & Business Options for Developing a Multinational/Regional Repository. SAPIERR II Work Package 1, April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • Salzer P., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). Responsibilities and Financial Liabilities SAPIERR II Work Package 2. April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • Verhoef E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). Shared, regional repositories: developing a practical implementation strategy. Euradwaste ’08 Seventh European Commission Conference on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Luxembourg, 20-23 October 2008.

2007

  • Chapman N.A., Dansie A. and McCombie C. (2007). Artifact to Analogue. Archeology of Arid Environment Points to Management Options for Yucca Mountain. Radwaste Solutions, March/April issue, 22-31. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2007). Is Now the Time for Regional Repositories? IBC Conference. London, June 2007.
  • McCombie C. (2007). Comments on discussion on siting a nuclear waste repository in Finland. Letters, Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, Winter/Spring 2007, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, Pages 214-221.
  • McCombie C. (2007). GNEP and other Multinational Options for Spent Fuel Management. INMM Conference, Tucson, USA, July 2007.
  • McCombie C. (2007). Multinational Cooperation in Geological Disposal: Sharing of Concepts. Results, Research Projects and Facilities, Reposafe Conference Braunschweig, October, 2007.
  • McCombie C. (2007). Repository Implementation. Chapter 7 in Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, edited by Alexander W.R. and McKinley L., Elsevier.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2007). The Crucial Importance of the Back-End in Multinational Initiatives to Enhance Fuel Cycle Security. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management: ICEM 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
  • Salzer P., Butler G., Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and McGlynn G. (2007). Waste Management Regulations and Approaches in the EU: Potential Areas for Enhancement or Harmonization. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management: ICEM 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
  • Verhoef E., Codée H., Stefula V. and McCombie C. (2007). European concepts for shared storage and disposal facilities for radioactive wastes? Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management ICEM2007. September 2-6, 2007, Oud Sint-Jan Hospital Conference Center, Bruges, Belgium.

2006

  • Boutellier C. and McCombie C. (2006). Zu den politischen und rechtlichen Bedingungen der Errichtung eines internationalen Lagers für hochradioaktive Abfälle. EurUP, Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Nr 3.
  • Boutellier C., McCombie C. and Mele I. (2006). Multinational repositories: ethical, legal political/public aspects. Int. J. Nuclear Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.36–48.
  • Chapman N.A., Dansie A. and McCombie C. (2006). Preservation of Archaeological Materials in Arid Environments Relevant to Yucca Mountain. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society. <
    • As above: In “Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management”, Materials Research Society, Symposium Proceedings; 932; 1025-1032.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2006). The Cost of New UK Build. Nuclear Engineering International, 51 (621), 54-59.
  • Kurzeme K., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Managing Australian Radioactive Waste in an International Environment. 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006 PBNC, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006.
  • McCombie C. (2006). A Cleaner, Safer World – How Can Australia Help? Paydirt Magazine.
  • McCombie C. (2006). Internationalising the Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. IBC Global Conference, London, UK, 12-14 June 2006.
  • McCombie C. (2006). Managing HLW. Environmental Safety Magazine, Moscow no3/2006, pp 60-65.
  • McCombie C. (2006). Role and Status of Geological Disposal. International Seminar on Planetary Emergencies, 36th Session, Erice, Italy 18-26 August 2006.
  • McCombie C. (2006). RWM and the Nuclear Renaissance, 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006 PBNC, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006.
  • McCombie C. (2006). The dependence of nuclear energy expansion on national and multinational progress in waste management. The Nuclear Energy Financing Global Summit, Paris, France 27-28 June 2006.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Multinational and regional disposal initiatives: nearing a turning point. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Progress with Multinational Repository Concepts. In: “Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation: 4th Worldwide Review” Witherspoon, P. A. & Bodvarsson, G. S. (eds). Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory report No. LBNL-59808, 267-274.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). The Role of Spent Fuel Storage in Multinational Approaches to the Backend of the Fuel Cycle. IAEA International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors, Vienna, Austria 19-23 June 2006.

2005

  • Boutellier C. and McCombie C. (2005). Multinational repositories: ethical, legal political/public aspects. International Conference Nuclear Inter Jura 2005, Portorož, Slovenia, October 9-14, 2005.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2005). What will it take to develop an international repository in Russia? Safety Barrier No 3-4, 2005, Radon Press Moscow.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Kawamura H. (2005). Staging and monitoring for the Japanese L/ILW repositories. Proc. ICEM ’05 conference, pp. 447-451.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Stefula V. (2005). Possible Options and Scenarios of Regional Disposal and Future RTD Recommendations conclusions. www.sapierr.net.
  • Kitayama K., McCombie C. and Ohe T. (2005). Strategies for Technical Confidence Building in the NUMO HLW Disposal Programme. IAEA International Conference, Tokyo.
  • McCombie C. (2005). Debate on atomic waste isn’t buried. Edinburgh Evening News, 13.4.2005.
  • McCombie C. (2005). Geological Disposal: Global Status and Key Issues. Pract. Periodical of Haz., Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Mgmt. Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 71-80 (January 2005).
  • McCombie C. (2005). Geological disposal: past, present and future. RADON Press.
  • McCombie C. (2005). Global Perspectives on High-Level Waste Management. Nuclear Power Asia-Pacific.
  • McCombie C. (2005). Multinational repositories for radioactive wastes: one component of a dual track waste management strategy. ESTRATOS.
  • McCombie C. (2005). Site Selection for Spent Fuel Storage and Disposal of High-Level Waste: Experience of European Countries. Moscow proceeding published by NRC.
  • McCombie C. and Boutellier C. (2005). Problems of an international repository for radioactive waste: Political and legal aspects of international repositories. “Die Internationalisierung des Atomrechts; Internationalising Atomic Energy Law”, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2005). Developments in multinational disposal initiatives. In Proceedings ICEM’05: 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Glasgow.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2005). The Importance of Storage and Disposal in Multinational Approaches to the Fuel Cycle, Multilateral Technical and Organizational Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Aimed at Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Regime. Moscow, 13-15 July 2005.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and McKinley I. (2005). Shared facilities for storage and disposal of radioactive wastes: the Asian context. Asia Pacific Conference.
  • McCombie C. and Necheva C. (2005). The importance for Bulgaria of Multilateral Approaches to the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Nuclear Society Conference, Bulgaria.
  • McCombie C. and Smith P. (2005). Multibarrier Systems in geological disposal programmes. 10th Int’l Conf on Environmental Remediation & Radioactive Waste Management Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Sept. 4-8, 2005.
  • Vladan Š. and McCombie C. (2005). SAPIERR project: Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories – interim results. 10th Int’l Conf on Environmental Remediation & Radioactive Waste Management Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Sept. 4-8, 2005.

2004

  • Boutellier C. and McCombie C. (2004). Technical Report on Legal Aspects (WP 1, Deliverable D2). SAPIERR: Support Action: Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories. (www.sapierr.net) Sept. 2004.
  • Co-author and editor: McCombie C. (2004). Developing multinational radioactive waste repositories: Infrastructural framework and scenarios of cooperation. IAEA-Tecdoc-1413, Oct 2004.
  • McCombie C. (2004) Building technical and public confidence in geological disposal. Invited Talk: NUMO Open Forum Discussion: Scientific and Technical Basis for Implementation of Geological Disposal, June 1, 2004, Keidanren Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
  • McCombie C. (2004). Geological Disposal: Global Status and Key Issues. ASCE Journal.
  • McCombie C. and Boutellier C. (2004). Problems of an international repository for radioactive waste: Political and legal aspects of international repositories. Sept 2004, Celle.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Do shared repositories represent unethical “nuclear dumping”? Nuclear Engineering International, May 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres – an old and new idea. In: Proc: Annual Symposium of the World Nuclear Association, London, 8-10 September 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Renewed Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres and its Impact on Multinational Repository Concepts. Regional Seminar, Tengelic, Hungary, 14/15 October, 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Siting multinational facilities: a bottom-up approach. In: Proc. WM’04 Waste Management 2004 Tucson, USA.
  • Stefula S. and McCombie C. (2004). SAPIERR Paves The Way Towards European Regional Repository. 5th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 16-20 May, 2004.
  • Zuidema P. and McCombie C. (2004). Übersicht über die Endlagerung – Konzepte und Stand der Arbeiten. Klaus Kühn Seminar.

2003

  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2003). Principles and Standards for the Disposal of Long-Lived Wastes. Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd., Waste Management Series, 2003, vol. 3, ISBN 0080441920.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2003). Regional and International Solutions for Long-Lived Radioactive Waste Disposal: the ARIUS Initiative. 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, March 31st – April 3rd, 2003, Las Vegas, USA.
  • McCombie C. (2003). Challenges for the Future: Sharing Geological Repositories. 10th Anniversary of DECOM Slovakia, Conference, 26-28 August, 2003 Piestany, Slovakia.
  • McCombie C. (2003). International Perspectives: Reprocessing, Storage and Disposal. Invited paper at National Academy of Engineering Symposium in Honour of Harold Forsen, Irvine California, Feb., 2003, published in “The Bridge” Fall 2003.
  • McCombie C. (2003). Progress with Multinational Disposal Concepts. Presentation at Board on radioactive Waste management (BRWM) of the US National Research Council; Open Meeting, December 2003, Washington D.C., USA.
  • McCombie C. (2003). Regional and International Mechanisms for Management of Nuclear Materials. Nuclear Energy and Science for the 21st Century Atoms for Peace + 50, 22nd October 2003, Washington, USA.
  • McCombie C. (2003). Site Selection for Spent Fuel Storage and Disposal of High Level Waste: Experience of European Countries. International Seminar: organized by Russian Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. National Academies:” Problems of Managing Spent Nuclear Fuel and Selection of a Site for Its Storage”, May 2003. Published by NAS.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Enhancing safety and security in a sharing society. Nuclear Engineering International, November 2003.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Growing interest in international and regional repositories. Nuclear Engineering International.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Increasing Interest in the Safety, Security and Economic Aspects of Multinational Repositories. The Nuclear Engineer/ Volume 44, No. 6- Nov./Dec. 2003.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Progress with multinational storage and disposal concepts. In Proc: 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Oxford, UK. ICEM2003-4681, pp. 239-244.
  • McCombie C. and Pastina B. (2003). One Step at a Time: The Staged Development of Geological Repositories. 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, March 31st – April 3rd, 2003, Las Vegas, USA.
  • National Research Council. Report by a Committee (Chair: McCombie C.). (2003). One Step at a Time. National Academy Press. Washington, District of Columbia.

2002

  • McCombie C. (2002). Used Nuclear Fuel Management: Options in the International Arena. NEI Conference, Chicago, April 2002.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Progress Towards International Repositories. WM02 Conference, Tucson, March 2002.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Regional And International Repositories: not if, but how and when! WNA Conference, London, Sept. 2002.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Sharing the waste burden. Nuclear Engineering International, November 2002.
  • McCombie C. and Williams T. (2002). Overview of Swiss Spent Fuel Management Programme. Minatom Conference Moscow, September 2002.
  • McCombie et al. (2002). Progress Report: Principles and Operating Strategies for Staged Repository Systems. Report by BRWM Committee to USDOE March 2002.

2001

  • Ahlström P.-E., Alexandre D., Heath C., Kühn K., McCombie C. and Weart W. (2001). Repository Project Gorleben – Evaluation of the present situation. Report issued by GNS, Essen, Germany, July 2001.
  • McCombie C. (2001). International and Regional Repositories: The Key Questions. 9th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 29-May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, USA.
  • McCombie C. (2001). International repositories: ethical, safe, economic … and necessary. IBC 3rd International Two Day Conference on Managing Radioactive Waste, London, 11-12 December, 2001.
  • McCombie C. (2001). Radioactive Waste Management: An international perspective on the German situation. published in Wettbewerbsfaktor Kernenergie, Proceedings of the Winter Meeting of German Atomforum, Berlin, February, 2001.
  • McCombie C.M., Chapman N.A., Kurzeme M. and Stoll R. (2001). International Repositories: An Essential Complement to National Repositories. In: Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation: Third Worldwide Review. University of California, Berkeley. Report LBNL-49767, 319-326.
  • National Research Council. Report by a Committee (Chair: North W., Vice-Chair: McCombie C.) Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel. The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges. National Academy Press. Washington, District of Columbia.
  • Stoll R. and McCombie C. (2001). The Role of Geologic Disposal in Preventing Nuclear Proliferation. 9th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 29-May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, USA.

2000

  • McCombie C. (2000). Allocation of responsibilities for monitoring and retrieval activities. International Seminar on Retrievability of HLW and Spent Nuclear Fuel, Proceedings published by IAEA.
  • McCombie C. (2000). International perspective on siting criteria and site selection. AKEND, German Seminar on Disposal, Kassel, September.
  • McCombie C. (2000). Safety Issues in the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, 13-17 March 2000, Cordoba, Spain.
  • McCombie C and Kurzeme M. (2000). Status Of The Pangea International Repository Feasibility Studies. Proceed. of the MRS Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symposium, Sydney.
  • McCombie C. and Kurzeme M. (2000). The Pangea Concept for an International Repository. The People’s Conference, 4-5 March 2000, Adelaide, Australia.
  • McCombie C., Pentz D., Kurzeme M. and Miller I. (2000). Deep Geological Repositories: A Safe and Secure Solution to Disposal of Nuclear Wastes. GeoEng2000, An International Conference on Geotechnical & Geological Engineering, 19 – 24 November 2000, Melbourne, Australia.
  • McCombie C. and Stoll R. (2000). The Pangea proposal for international or regional disposal facilities. East Asian Conference, 7-9 March 2000, Las Vegas, USA.
  • McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (2000). Retrievability; Rationale, Measures, Impacts. Proceed. of the MRS Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symposium, Sydney.
  • Pellaud B. and McCombie C. (2000). International repositories for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. INMM 41st Annual Meeting, 15-20 July 2000, New Orleans, USA.

1999

  • McCombie C. (1999). Developments in the Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes. The Australian Uranium Summit, 29 – 30 March 1999, Darwin, Australia.
  • McCombie C. (1999). Multinational Repositories -a Win- Win Disposal Strategy. ENS TOPSEAL99, 10-14 October 1999, Antwerp, The Netherlands.
  • McCombie C. (1999). Organisation of waste disposal programmes – Lessons learned. ICEM Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, 27 September 1999, Nagoya, Japan.
  • McCombie C. (1999). Pangea: A Proposed Global Solution for the Disposal of Unwanted Nuclear Materials. ICEM Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, 27 September 1999, Nagoya.
  • McCombie C. and Kickmaier W. (1999). Underground Research Laboratories: their roles in demonstrating repository concepts and communicating with the public. EURADWASTE Seminar.
  • McCombie C., Pescatore C., Sumerling T. and Smith P. (1999). Progress Towards Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Where Do We Stand? An International Assessment, NEA/OECD 1999.
  • McKinley I. and McCombie C. (editors) (1999) Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI: Symposium held September 23-October 3, 1997, Davos, Switzerland, Material Research Society, March, 1999.
  • Miller I., Black J., McCombie C., Pentz D. and Zuidema P. (1999). High Isolation Sites for Radioactive Waste Disposal: A fresh look at the challenge of locating safe sites for radioactive repositories. WM99 “HL W, LL W, Mixed Wastes and Environmental Restoration -Working Towards a Cleaner Environment”, 28 February – 4 March 1999, Tucson, USA.

1998

  • McCombie C. (1998). Waste, Nuclear, Hazards and Safety Levels. in Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol 64, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York.
  • McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1998). Monitoring and Retrievability – Issues of Growing Importance in HLW Disposal Programmes. Proc of 8th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, pp 732-735, ANS Inc May 1998.

1997

  • Kickmaier W., Thury M. and McCombie C. (1997). The Grimsel Rock Laboratory in the Swiss Alps – An overview of the research Programme. European Geologists, 1/1997.
  • McCombie C. (1997). Ethical aspects of long-lived waste disposal. Paper presented at the Congress on Radiation Protection IRPA’9, Vienna, 1996, published in Nagra Bulletin, no 29, pp37-46.
  • McCombie C. (1997). In the eye of the beholder – Diverse perceptions of geological disposal. Presentation at the 7th HLRWM, Las Vegas, 1996, published in Nagra Bulletin, no 30, pp15-23.
  • McCombie C. (1997). Multi-national repositories – Will their time come? Nuclear Engineering International, July 1997, pp30-32.
  • McCombie C. (1997). Nuclear waste management worldwide. 1997 American Institute of Physics, Physics Today; June 1997, pp56-62.
  • McCombie C. (1997). R&D in support of repository implementation – do we need any more? Proceed. of the MRS Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symposium, Davos.
  • McCombie C. (1997). Requirements for repository licensing – The implementer’s perspective. Invited paper presented at the Joint CNRA/RWMC/CRPPH Workshop, Cordoba, January 1997.
  • McCombie C. (1997). The hazards presented by radioactive wastes and the safety levels to be provided by repositories. Proc. of the ENS Topseal, pp84-91, 1996 also published in Nuclear Engineering and Design.
  • McCombie C. and Issler H. (1997). International repositories – Perspective from a country with a small nuclear programme. Paper submitted for WM’97, Tucson, March 1997.
  • McCombie C. and Kickmaier W. (1997). Full-Scale Engineered Barriers Experiment in Crystalline Rock (FEBEX). Wissenchaftliche Kurzberichte der Schweizer Teilnehmer an EU-Projekten 1996, Bundesamt für Bildung und Wissenschaft.
  • McCombie C., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G., Sprecher C. and Thury M. (1997). Swiss underground rock laboratories in crystalline and clay – Rationale for technical programme choice. Proc. ICEM’97, Singapore, October 1997, pp409-413.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1997). The place of international collaboration in Nagra`s R&D programme. Nagra Bulletin, 29, 5-15.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley I.G. (1997). Nagra R&D activities supporting HLW/TRU disposal. Paper presented at WM’97, Tucson, March 1997, Proceedings in press.
  • McKinley I.G., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1997). Assessing and presenting risks from deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Proc. ESREL’97 – International Conference on Safety and Reliability, Lisbon, Portugal, 1997, Vol. 1, pp577-582.

1996

  • McCombie C. (1996). A phased strategy towards implementation of a Swiss deep geologic repository. Paper presented at 1996 Deep Disposal Conference, Winnipeg.
  • McCombie C. (1996). Deep disposal of radioactive waste – A challenge for geology and geologists. Invited William Smith Memorial lecture at the Conf. of Applied Geoscience, Warwick University/UK.
  • McCombie C., Weyermann P. and Lieb R. (1996). The costs of disposing of radioactive waste in Switzerland. Nagra Bulletin no 28, pp10-20.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1996). High-level radioactive waste management in Switzerland – Status 1995. Geological problems in radioactive waste isolation – Second worldwide review, P.A. Witherspoon (ed.), Report LBL 38915, pp223-231.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1996). International collaboration – A key contribution to Nagra’s R&D programme. Proc. of SPECTRUM’96, Vol. 2, pp.1442-1448.

1995

  • McCombie C. (1995). Endlagerung hochaktiver Abfälle – Ziele, Strategie, Termine. Nagra Informiert no 25, pp4-9.
  • McCombie C. (1995). International approaches to the organisation and execution of geological disposal programmes. Paper presented at the Seminar on Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Management, London.
  • McCombie C. (1995). Perceptions of problem areas in radioactive waste disposal. Presented at the GLOBAL ’95 Conf., Versailles.
  • McCombie C. (1995). Safety assessment methodology and confidence-building measures. Paper presented at the IAEA Seminar on Requirements for the safe management of radioactive waste, Vienna.
  • McCombie C. (chairman) et al. (1995). NEA Peer Review of the Disposal of Canada’s Nuclear Fuel Waste. Natural Resources Canada/OECD-NEA.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley I.G. (1995). Natural analogues – Confidence-building tools for HLW repositories. RADWASTE Magazine, Radwaste Magazine, 2, vol 1, pp27-31.
  • McCombie C., McKinley I.G., Lambert A., Thury M. and Birkhäuser P. (1995). The Swiss strategy for HLW siting – Parallel investigation of two alternative host rocks. Proceed. of the MRS XVIII, MRS – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symp., Kyoto 1994, Vol. 353/II, pp1363¬1370.
  • McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Vomvoris S. (1995). Contributions of the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) to Swiss site characterisation programmes. 6th Int. HLRWM Conf., Las Vegas, pp172-174.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1995). Natural analogues – A look into the future. Radwaste Magazine, pp 46, November 1995.

1994

  • McCombie C. (1994). Interfaces and interactions in the Swiss waste disposal programme. Proc. of the 5th Int. HLRWM Conf., Las Vegas, Vol 1, pp238 – 248.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1994). Switzerland plans to bury nuclear waste problem. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 9, pp116 118.

1993

  • Hadermann J. and McCombie C. (1993). Research needs in HLW disposal programmes. Proc. of the Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. ’93, pp707-718, Vol. 294.
  • McCombie C. (1993). HLW disposal in Switzerland – Current status and future R&D focus. Int. Seminar, Tokai/Japan, November 1993.
  • McCombie C. (1993). Topical issues concerning long-term performance assessments for geological disposal facilities. Paper presented at SAFEWASTE ’93, Avignon, June 1993.
  • McCombie C., Issler H. and Kowalski E. (1993). Organisational structures, roles and responsibilities within the Swiss Waste management programme. Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Vol. 2, pp.753-761, Prague, September 1993.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley I.G. (1993). Validation – Another perspective. Guest editorial; Ground Water, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp 530-531, August 1993.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1993). La gestion de residuos radiactivos en Suiza (Spanish translation). Estratos, 29, 20-28.
  • McKinley I.G., McCombie C., Thury M. and Zuidema P. (1993). Conclusions from a total system assessment with in Kristallin-I. Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Vol. 1, pp.709-720, Prague, September 1993.

1992

  • Kowalski E., Wenger R. and McCombie C. (1992). Some basic ideas for an integral quality assurance system within the Swiss nuclear waste disposal programme. ASQC 3rd Int. WM Conference, Las Vegas/NV, May 1992.
  • McCombie C. (1992). Endlagerung der hochaktiven und der langlebigen mittelaktiven Abfälle. Energieforum Schweiz, Nukleare Entsorgung – Eine Bestandesaufnahme, Berne, May 1992.
  • McCombie C. (1992). Swiss high-level radioactive waste management system issues. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on High-level radioactive waste management, pp25-27, Las Vegas/NV, April 1992.
  • McCombie C. (1992). The role of the repository implementer in providing and demonstrating safe disposal of radioactive wastes. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on High-level radioactive waste management, pp102-105, Las Vegas/NV, April 1992.
  • McCombie C., Lambert A. and McKinley I.G. (1992). Swiss strategy for developing a high-level waste disposal system. Int. Symp. on Geologic disposal of spent fuel, high-level and alpha-bearing wastes, IAEA-SM-326/30, pp365-373, Antwerp, October 1992.
  • McCombie C. and McKinley I.G. (1992). Nuclear waste disposal. Chemistry in Britain, p517, June 1992.
  • McCombie C., Thury, M. and Lambert A. (1992). Sedimentgesteine unter der Lupe. Nagra informiert 1/92.
  • McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1992). Application of performance assessment as tool for guiding project work. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on High-level radioactive waste management, pp2126-2131, Las Vegas/NV, April 1992.
  • McKinley I.G., Alexander W.R., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1992). Application of results from the Poços de Caldas project in the Kristallin I HLW performance assessment. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on High-level radioactive waste management, pp357-361, Las Vegas/NV, April 1992.

1991

  • McCombie C. (1991). Critical uncertainties in safety assessments and how to address them. in Fourth natural analogue working group meeting (NAWG) and Poços de Caldas project final workshop, EUR 13014 EN, Pitlochry, Scotland, 18 to 22 June 1990.
  • McCombie C. (1991). How can we provide and demonstrate safety? 1st Äspö Int. Seminar, Äspö/S.
  • McCombie C., Issler H. and Kowalski E. (1991). Overview of low-level radioactive waste management in Switzerland. Joint Int. Waste Management Conference, Seoul/South Korea.
  • McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Zuidema P. (1991). How much must the geologic barrier contribute to safe HLW disposal? Proc. of the 2nd Int. HLRWM Conference, Las Vegas, NV/USA, 1991, pp291-295.
  • McCombie C., Zuidema P. and McKinley I.G. (1991). Sufficient validation – The value of robustness in performance assessment and system design – Validation of geosphere flow and transport models (Geoval). OECD, Paris/F, pp598-610.
  • McKinley I.G. and McCombie C. (1991). Nuclear waste disposal. Invited presentation at the IAEA media information seminar, Budapest and Bangkok.
  • Zuidema P., Kowalski E., McCombie C. and Wenger R. (1991). Approach to quality assurance within the Swiss waste disposal programme. Quality Assurance Conf. in Las Vegas NV/USA.

1990

  • Hadermann J., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Zuidema P. (1990). Safety assessment of HLW disposal in Switzerland – Lessons learned. Proc. Paris Symp. on Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, OECD/NEA, Paris, pp201-210.
  • McCombie C. (1990). Introduction to the meeting. Int. Symp. GEOVAL’90, Stockholm, 14-17 May 1990.
  • McCombie C., Papp T. and Coplan S. (1990). The development and status of performance assessment in radioactive waste disposal. Proc. Paris Symp. on Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, OECD/NEA, Paris.
  • McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Zuidema P. (1990). Nagra performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal in crystalline and sedimentary host rocks. Proc. of 1st Conf. High-Level Waste Management (Las Vegas/NV), Vol. 1, pp348 352.
  • Zuidema P., McCombie C. and McKinley I.G. (1990). The role of validation in Swiss performance assessments. Int. Symp. GEOVAL’90, Stockholm, 14-17 May 1990.

1989

  • Hadermann J., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Zuidema P. (1989). Safety assessment of HLW disposal in Switzerland – Lessons learned. Int. Symp. on the Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, Paris/F.
  • Kowalski E., Kurtz K.H. and McCombie C. (1989). Quality assurance for waste conditioning, interim storage and transport in Switzerland. ASQC WM Conf. Las Vegas/NV.
  • Kowalski E., McCombie C. and Issler H. (1989). Low-level waste disposal in highly populated areas. XIth US-DOE LLW Conf., Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania.
  • Kowalski E., McCombie C. and Issler H. (1989). Swiss projects for radioactive waste disposal move into a new phase. Waste Management 89, Tucson/AZ, Vol 1, pp73 76.
  • McCombie C. (1989). Research priorities – Are we tackling the most important problems in waste management? Proc. of the Symp. on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XII MRS (eds. Lutze W., Ewing R.C.), Vol. 127, pp3 9.
  • McCombie C. (1989). The diversity of waste disposal planning in Switzerland. Final Disposal Symp., The Hague/NL.
  • McCombie C., Issler H. and McKinley I.G. (1989). High-level waste disposal in Switzerland. Proc. 1989 Joint Int. Waste Management Conf. on High- and low-level waste, Kyoto/Japan (Slate S.C., Kohout R., Suzuki A., eds.), Vol. 2, pp399 402.
  • McCombie C. and Thury M. (1989). Site characterization plan for high-level waste repository in Switzerland. Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Vol. 12(1-4), pp117 125.
  • McCombie C. and Thury M. (1989). Swiss HLW programme – Status and key issues. 28th International Geologic Congress. Workshop on Geological Problems in Radioactive Waste Isolation – A Worldwide Review. Washington D.C./USA, July 15-16, 1989.
  • McKinley, I.G., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1989). Applications of natural analogues in Swiss safety analysis. Proc. 3rd CEC Meeting of the Natural Analogue Working Group NAWG, CEC Report EUR 11725, pp.174-180, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels.
  • van Dorp F., Grogan H. and McCombie C. (1989). Disposal of radioactive waste. Radiat. Phys. Chem. Vol. 34, no 2, pp337 347.
  • van Dorp F., McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1989). Performance assessment for a L/ILW repository in marl at the potential site Oberbauenstock. Proc. Paris Symp. on Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, OECD/NEA, Paris.
  • van Dorp F., McCombie C., Zuidema P. and Hugi M. (1989). Performance assessment for a L/ILW repository in marl at the potential site Oberbauenstock. Int. Symp. on the Safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories, Paris/F.
  • Zuidema P., McCombie C., Thury M. and Lieb R. (1989). Investigation for Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste in Switzerland. 28th International Geologic Congress. Symposium E11. High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Waste Disposal: Applied Geosciences for Repository Site Characterisation and Design/Operation of Repositories. Washington D.C./USA, July 9-19, 1989.

1988

  • Hadermann J., von Gunten H.R., McCombie C. and McKinley I. (1988). Radionuclide migration in the geosphere – Swiss research activities in laboratory and field experiments and in model validation. Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Vol. 10(1-3), pp233 255, Harwood Academic Publishers.
  • Kowalski E., McCombie C. and Issler H. (1988). Status of Swiss waste disposal projects. Waste Management 88, Tucson/AZ, Vol. 2, pp275 280.
  • McCombie C. (1988). Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle in der Schweiz. Nagra Informiert, Vol. 3, Baden/CH.
  • McCombie C., van Dorp F. and Zuidema P. (1988). Safety assessment for low and intermediate-level waste repositories – The importance of proper characterization of the disposal system. Proc. IAEA Symp. on Management. of low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes, Stockholm/S, pp187 200.
  • McCombie C. and Zuidema P. (1988). Kriterien für die Standortwahl. Nagra Informiert, Vol. 3, Baden/CH.
  • McCombie et al. (1988). Switzerland – National policy framework. Uranium Institute Report.

1987

  • McCombie C. (1987). Schweizerische Projekte zur Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle. Kerntechnik 50, Vol. 1.
  • McCombie C., Gautschi A., Hufschmied P., Thury M. and Hadermann J. (1987). Swiss programmes for validation of performance assessment models by comparison with experimental data. Geoval, Stockholm/S.
  • McCombie C., Hadermann J. and Zurkinden A. (1987). Notes on the status of repository performance assessment in Switzerland. NEA PAAG Meeting, Paris/F.
  • McCombie C., van Dorp F. and Zuidema P. (1987). Impact of performance assessment on Swiss projects for a L/ILW repositories. Int. Conf. on Near-field assessment of repositories for low- and medium-level waste, Baden/CH.
  • Zuidema P., McCombie C. and van Dorp F. (1987). Evaluation of the performance and safety of repositories for the final disposal of radioactive waste. IAEA CN 48/55, Int. Conf. on Nuclear power performance and safety, Vienna/A.

1986

  • Güntensperger M. and McCombie C. (1986). Sicherheitsanalysen am Beispiel der Endlagerung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Technische Rundschau, Vol. 39.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Einführender Überblick – Bewirtschaftung und Sicherheitsaspekte insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle. SVA-Vertiefungskurs über Abfallbewirtschaftung im Kernkraftwerk, Winterthur/CH.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Important issues in disposal of L/ILW. World Nuclear Fuel Market, 13th Annual and Int. Conf. on Nuclear Energy, Brugge/B.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Notes on site characterization programmes. Panel discussion; IAEA Int. Symp. on Siting, design and construction of underground repositories for radioactive wastes, Hannover/FRG.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Nuclear waste disposal – State-of-the-art. 3ième Cycle Déchets, Neuchâtel/CH.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Present status and current challenges in system performance assessments. Proc. of NEA Workshop on System performance assessments for radioactive waste disposal, NEA, OECD, Paris/F.
  • McCombie C. (1986). Radionuclide release and transport modelling – Specific applications and requirements for further developments. ENRESA Workshop on Numerical modelling for radioactive waste repositories, Madrid/E.
  • McCombie C. and Issler H. (1986). Overview of projects for disposal of radioactive wastes originating in Switzerland. ENC, Geneva/CH.
  • McCombie C. and Rometsch R. (1986). High-level waste disposal programme. OECD ad hoc director’s meeting on Enhanced collaboration among crystalline rock repository projects, Paris/F.
  • Rometsch R. and McCombie C. (1986). Swiss projects for geological disposal of LLW/ILW in mined caverns. Waste Management 86, Tucson/AZ, Vol. 1, pp47 53.

1985

  • Alder J.C., van Dorp F. and McCombie C. (1985). The relationship between waste acceptance specifications and disposal safety requirements in the Swiss case. Int. Seminar on Radioactive Waste – Suitabilty for final disposal”, Jülich/FRG.
  • Hadermann J., Rösel F. and McCombie C. (1985). Transport of radionuclides in inhomogeneous crystalline rocks. Proc. 9th Int. Symp. on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, MRS, Stockholm, pp655 662.
  • Issler H. and McCombie C. (1985). Demonstration of the feasibility of safe disposal of radioactive wastes – The Swiss approach. Waste Management’85, Tucson/AZ, Vol. 1, pp55 60.
  • Issler H. and McCombie C. (1985): Swiss projects for HLW disposal in crystalline rock. Nuclear Europe Vol. 2.
  • Knecht B. and McCombie C. (1985). High-level waste overpack for final storage in the Swiss granitic bedrock – Material selection, design and characteristics. High-level nuclear waste disposal technology and engineering, (H.C. Burkholder, ed.), Battelle Press, Vol. 1, pp533 543.
  • McCombie C. (1985). Predicting the safety of a HLW repository. High-level nuclear waste disposal technology and engineering, (H.C. Burkholder, ed.), Battelle Press, Vol. 1, pp617 627.
  • McCombie C. (1985). Swiss HLW research programme – Key research areas. Proc. 9th Int. Symp. on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, MRS, Stockholm, pp49 56.
  • McCombie C., Nold A.L. and Thury M. (1985). Swiss field investigations for radioactive waste repositories. Int. Symp. on Coupled Processes affecting the performance of a nuclear waste repository, Berkeley/CA, Academic Press Inc., 1987.

1984

  • McCombie C. (1984). Waste disposal in Switzerland – Summary report on Nagra work to August 1984. Report for the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD/NEA.
  • McCombie C., Thury M. and Hadermann J. (1984). Scientific investigations for Swiss high-level waste disposal projects. Proc. IAEA Symp. on Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 4, pp275 288.
  • 1982
  • Alder J.C., McCombie C., Resele G. and Smith A.L. (1982). Establishing storage capabilities for proposed Swiss LLW repositories. Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., Vol. 40, p72.
  • Issler H. and McCombie C. (1982). Overview of waste disposal projects in Switzerland. Proc.of Waste Management’81 Conf., Tucson, Arizona, USA, Vol. 1.

1981

  • McCombie C. (1981). Radioaktive Abfälle – Vorstellen der Nagra – Wo, wieviel und welche Abfälle fallen an – Das Konzept der Endlagerung. SGK-Energieseminar, Chur/CH.

1980

  • McCombie C. (1980). Wege zum Nachweis der Sicherheit. Schweiz. Vereinigung für Atomenergie, Berne/CH.
  • Schmocker U., Chawla R., Gmür K., Jermann M., McCombie C. and Richmond R. (1980). Reactor rate distributions through a central thorium metal zone in a GCFR lattice. Proc. Am. Nuc. Soc. Meeting, Las Vegas/NV, Vol. 34.

1979

  • Chawla R., Lefler W.L. and McCombie C. (1979). Heterogeneity effects in temperature coefficient calculations for MEU/LEU pebble-bed HTRs. Winter Meeting of the Am. Nuc. Soc., San Francisco/CA.
  • Schmocker U., Chawla R., Gmür K., Jermann M., McCombie C., Richmond R., Seth S., Bartine D, Ingersoll D. and White J.R. (1979). Critical experiments in a zero power fast reactor lattice with breeder zones of thorium and uranium. Int. Symp. on Fast Reactor Physics, Aix-en-Provence/F.

1978

  • Gmür K., McCombie C., Richmond R., Schmocker U. and Seth S: (1978). Testing of ENDF/B 4 thorium data in a GCFR lattice. Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., Vol. 28, 1978.
  • McCombie C. (1978). Zero energy reactor PROTEUS. IAEA Compendium on facilities for gas-cooled reactor research.
  • McCombie C., Gmür K., Graf H., Richmond R., Schmocker U., Jermann M. and Setz S. (1978). Axial UO2 blanket measurements in a rodded GCFR lattice. Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., Vol 28.
  • McCombie C., Gmür K., Jermann M., Richmond R., Schmocker U. and Seth S. (1978). Benchmark shielding experiments for testing iron and steel data. ANS Topical Conf. on Advances in Reactor Physics, Tennessee/USA.
  • McCombie C., Schmocker U. and Seifritz W. (1978). Thorium in schnellen Brütern. Schweiz. Technische Zeitschrift, No 37/38.
  • Schmocker U., Gmür K., Graf H., Jermann M., McCombie C., Richmond R. and Seth S. (1978). Benchmark experiments with thorium in fast reactor lattices. Int. Conf. on Neutron physics and nuclear data for reactors and other applied purposes, Harwell/UK.

1977

  • Gmür K., Jermann M., McCombie C. and Richmond R. (1977). Benchmark shielding experiments in a GCFR spectrum. Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc. Vol. 27.
  • Gmürr K., Jermann M., McCombie C. and Richmond R. (1977). The PROTEUS iron shielding benchmark experiment. NEA Specialist meeting on Sensitivity Studies and Shielding Benchmarks, Paris/F.
  • Seth S., Brunson G., Gmür K., Jermann M., McCombie C., Richmond R. and Schmocker U. (1977). Measurements and calculations of integral capture cross sections of structural materials in fast reactor spectra. Specialist meeting on Neutron Data of Structural Materials for Fast Reactors, Geel/B.

1976

  • McCombie C., Brunson G., Heer W., Jermann M., Richmond R. and Seth S. (1976). Effect of steam entry in a GCFR core. Conf.761001 USERDA Int. Meeting on Fast Reactor Safety and Related Physics, Chicago.

1975

  • Seth S., Heer W., Jermann M., McCombie C., Ottewitte E., Richmond R. and Wydler P. (1975). GCFR Benchmarks – Experiments and analysis. Proc. Conf. on Nucl. Cross Sections and Technology (Schrack R.A., Bowman C.D., eds.), NBS SP 425, Vol. 1+2, Washington D.C.

Professor Neil Chapman Publications

Books

  • Rougier J., Sparks S. and Hill L. (eds). (2013). Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards. Cambridge University Press. 592 pps. Contributions to Chapter 13 Technological facilities, infrastructure and hazardous materials, including some notes on space weather.
  • Connor C. B., Chapman N.A. and Connor L. J. (eds.). (2009). Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 623 pps.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C.M. (2003). Principles and Standards for the Disposal of Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes. Waste Management Series v.3. Elsevier (Pergamon), Amsterdam. 277 pps.
  • Miller W.M., Alexander W. R., Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (2001). Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes and Natural Analogues. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 316 pps.
  • Savage D. (ed). (1995). The Scientific and Regulatory Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. John Wiley & Sons (publ), Chichester. 437 pps. Contributions to Chapters 1, 9, 10 and 11.
  • Miller W.M., Alexander W.R., Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1994). Natural Analogue Studies in the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 395pps.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G., Penna Franca E., Shea M. and Smellie J.A.T. (eds). (1993). The Poços de Caldas Project: natural analogues of processes in a radioactive waste repository. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 603pps.
  • Côme B. and Chapman N.A. (eds). (1987). Natural Analogues in Radioactive Waste Disposal. Graham and Trotman (pubs) for CEC. 492pp.
  • Chapman N.A. and McKinley I.G. (1987). The Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste. John Wiley & Sons (publ), Chichester. 252 pps.

Papers and Articles

2016

  • Cook, D., McCombie, C., Chapman, N., Sullivan, N., Zauner, R. and Johnson, T. (2016). Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal facilities in South Australia. Quantitative Cost Analysis and Business Case. Report to the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission. Jacobs-MCM report, 227 pages.
  • Chapman, N. and McCombie, C. (2016). Safety Cases for Geological Disposal Facilities. Appendix I, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Report, Government of South Australia, ISBN 978-0-9945776-4-1.
  • McCombie, C, Chapman, N. and Verhoef, E. (2016). From Taboo to Necessity. Nuclear Engineering International, Feature, May 16th 2016.

2015

  • Chapman N., McCombie N., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E. (2015). Developing a Spent Fuel Management Strategy for a Newcomer Nuclear Power Country, IAEA SF Conference.
  • Chapman, N. A., Bath, A., Geier, J. and Stephansson, O. (2015). The Disposal Site and Underground Construction. STUK Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland. Report No. STUK-TR 17.
  • Apted, M., Chapman, N. and Sagar, B. (2015). The role of key consultants in the Finnish radiation and nuclear safety authority’s ‘construction license application’ review and assessment. Proceedings of 15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference 2015, IHLRWM 2015 .

2014

  • Chapman N.A., Berryman K., Villamor P., Epstein W., Cluff L. and Kawamura H. (2014). Active Faults and Nuclear Power Plants. EOS, Vol. 95, No. 4, 33-40, 28 January 2014.
  • Scourse, E., Aspinall, W.P. and N. A. Chapman (2014). Using expert elicitation to characterize long-term tectonic risks to radioactive waste repositories in Japan. Journal of Risk Research.
  • Chapman N.A., Berryman K., Villamor P., Epstein W., Cluff L. and Kawamura H. (2014). Active Faults and Nuclear Power Plants. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 95, No. 4, 33-40, 28 January 2014.

2013

  • Connor C., Connor L., Jaquet O., Wallace L., Kiyosugi K., Chapman N.A., Sparks S. and Goto J. (2013). Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Future Volcanism in the Chugoku Region: a partial application of NUMO’s Topaz probabilistic tectonic assessment methodology. NUMO Technical Report No. NUMO TR-13-03, 83pps.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E.M. (2013). Planning an integrated waste management strategy for new nuclear nations. IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April-2 May 2013. Albuquerque USA.
  • Sparks S., Aspinall W.P., Chapman N.A., Hill B.E., Kerridge D.J., Pooley J. and Taylor C.A. (2013). Catastrophic impacts of natural hazards on technological facilities and infrastructure. In: Rougier J., Sparks S. and Hill L. (eds): Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445-480.

2012

  • Chapman N.A., Apted M., Aspinall W., Berryman K., Cloos M., Connor C., Connor L., Jaquet O., Kiyosugi K., Scourse E., Sparks S., Stirling M., Wallace L. and Goto J. (2012). TOPAZ Project: Long-term Tectonic Hazard to Geological Repositories: an extension of the ITM probabilistic hazard assessment methodology to 1 Myr. NUMO Technical Report No. NUMO-TR-12-05, 87 pps.
  • Chapman N.A. and Hooper A. (2012). The Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Underground. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 123, 46–63.
    • This publication was selected on the basis of being one of the top five articles published in Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association which received the highest number of downloads from the ScienceDirect platform. View the publication here

2011

  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Verhoef E. (2011). Implications of Co-Existing National and Multinational Geological Repository Development Programmes in Europe. In: Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2011, September 25th – 29th, 2011, Reims, France. ICEM2011-59118.
  • Chapman N.A., West J.M. and Bruno J. (2011). Sharing Experiences on Underground Storage and Disposal in the Energy Sector. EoS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 92, No. 12, 22nd March 2011.
  • Chapman N.A., West J.M. and Bruno J. (2011). The Meiringen Initiative: CCS and Radwaste Make Friends. Geoscientist, Geological Society of London.

2010

  • Chapman N.A., Bath A., Geier J., Stephansson O., Tirén S. and Tsang C.-F. (2010). INSITE Summary Report. Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, SSM. Report No. 2010:30, 75pps.
  • Chapman N.A., Hill B. and Sparks S. (2010 in prep). Risk from natural hazards at technological and radiological facilities. In: Uncertainty and Risk in Natural Hazards, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. xxx pps.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Verhoef E. (2010). Multinational initiatives for long-term spent fuel management – an update on current international projects. IAEA Conference on Management of Spent Fuel, Vienna, June 2010.
  • Verhoef E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2010). Radioactive Waste: Show Time? ENC Conference Barcelona, June 2010.
  • White M., Baldwin T., Chapman N.A., Hicks T., Hooker P., McKinley I.G. and Neall F.B. (2010). Design options for the UK’s ILW disposal facility. Proc. ICEM`09, (CD-ROM: data/pdfs/s52/ICEM2009-16241.pdf), 11 pp.

2009

  • Chapman N.A. (2009). A geological disposal facility for the UK’s radioactive wastes. Energy, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 162, 183-192.
  • Chapman N.A., Apted M., Beavan J., Berryman K., Cloos M., Connor C., Connor L., Hasenaka T., Jaquet O., Kiyosugi K., Litchfield N., Mahony S., Miyoshi M., Smith W., Sparks S., Stirling M., Villamor P., Wallace L., Goto J., Miwa T., Tsuchi H. and Kitayama K. (2009). Development of Methodologies for the Identification of Volcanic and Tectonic Hazards to Potential HLW Repository Sites in Japan: The Kyushu Case Study. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Japan, Tokyo. Technical Report: NUMO-TR-09-02. 186 pps.
  • Chapman N.A., Apted M., Beavan J., Berryman K., Cloos M., Connor C., Connor L., Jaquet O., Litchfield N., Mahony S., Smith W., Sparks S., Stirling M., Villamor P. and Wallace L. (2009). Development of Methodologies for the Identification of Volcanic and Tectonic Hazards to Potential HLW Repository Sites in Japan: The Tohoku Case Study. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Japan, Tokyo. Technical Report: NUMO-TR-08-03. 135 pps.
  • Chapman N.A., Baldwin T., Neall F., Mathieson J. and White M. (2009). Design Options for the UK’s HLW Geological Disposal Facility. Radwaste Solutions, 16 (2), 44-54. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Isaacs T. (2009). Security Concerns at the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Radwaste Solutions, 16 (4), 27-33. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A., Tsuchi H. and Kitayama K. (2009). Tectonic Events and Nuclear Facilities. In: Connor, C., Chapman N.A. and Connor, L. (eds.), Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Cambridge University Press.
  • Hicks T., White M., Baldwin T., Chapman N.A., Neall F., McKinley I.G., Hooker P., Richardson P. and Mathieson J. (2009). Design Options For The UK’s ILW Geological Disposal Facility. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management ICEM 2009, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2009). A Nuclear Renaissance Without Disposal? Radwaste Solutions, 16 (4), 19-26. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2009). An Environmental Policy Imperative: Addressing Security Concerns at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Radwaste Solutions, July/August 2009.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs T. (2009). Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management ICEM2009, October 11-15, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
  • McKinley I.G. and Chapman N.A. (2009). The impact of subsidence, uplift and erosion on geological repositories for radioactive wastes. In: Connor C., Chapman N.A. and Connor L. (Eds.) Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Cambridge University Press 548-565.
  • Verhoef E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2009). Shared, Regional Repositories: Developing a Practical Implementation Strategy, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2009, October 11-15, 2009, Liverpool, UK.

2008

  • Chapman N.A., Baldwin T., Neall F., Mathieson J. and White M. (2008). Design options for the UK’s HLW geological disposal facility. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A., Goto J. and Tsuchi H. (2008). Likelihood Of Tectonic Activity Affecting The Geological Stability of a Repository in Japan: Development of Numo’s ITM Methodology. In: Geosphere Stability in Crystalline Rock. Proceedings of an Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop, Manchester, UK, November 2007. OECD/NEA, Paris.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2008). An Adaptive, Staged, Siting Strategy for a Multinational Repository. Nuclear Engineering International, 53, 26-33.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Isaacs T. (2008). Security Concerns at the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Richardson P. (2008). Economic Aspects of Regional Repositories SAPIERR II Work Package 3. April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • Chapman N.A. and Palmu M. (2008). Ensuring Knowledge and Skills in Deep Geological Disposal: Progress of the ITC School Initiative. In: Proceedings of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology in Education (NESTet).
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). A Nuclear Renaissance Without Disposal? In: Proceedings International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • Piero Risoluti P., McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Boutellier C. (2008). Legal & Business Options for Developing a Multinational/Regional Repository. SAPIERR II Work Package 1, April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • Salzer P., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). Responsibilities and Financial Liabilities SAPIERR II Work Package 2. April 2008, www.sapierr.net/index_01.htm.
  • Tsuchi H., Goto J., Chapman N.A. and Kawamura H. (2008). Siting Japan’s HLW Repository 2: Addressing the Tectonic Issues in a Probabilistic Approach. In: Proceedings of the 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo.
  • Tsuchi H., Goto J., Chapman N.A. and Kawamura H. (2008). Tectonic Hazard and the Siting of Japan’s HLW Repository: Preliminary Results of the Tohoku Case Study in the ITM Project. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • Verhoef, E., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2008). Shared, regional repositories: developing a practical implementation strategy. Euradwaste ’08 Seventh European Commission Conference on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Luxembourg, 20-23 October 2008.

2007

  • Chapman N.A., Dansie A. and McCombie C. (2007). Artifact to Analogue. Archeology of Arid Environment Points to Management Options for Yucca Mountain. Radwaste Solutions, March/April issue, 22-31. American Nuclear Society.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2007). Is Now the Time for Regional Repositories? IBC Conference. London, June 2007.
  • McCombie C., Chapman N.A. and Isaacs, T. (2007). The Crucial Importance of the Back-End in Multinational Initiatives to Enhance Fuel Cycle Security. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management: ICEM 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
  • Salzer P., Butler G., Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and McGlynn G. (2007). Waste Management Regulations and Approaches in the EU: Potential Areas for Enhancement or Harmonization. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management: ICEM 2007, Bruges, Belgium.

2006

  • Chapman N.A. (2006). Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes – Concept, Status and Trends. Journal of Iberian Geology, 32 (1), 299-306.
  • Chapman N.A., Dansie A. and McCombie C. (2006). Preservation of Archaeological Materials in Arid Environments Relevant to Yucca Mountain. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
    • As above: In “Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management”, Materials Research Society, Symposium Proceedings; 932; 1025-1032.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2006). The Cost of New UK Build. Nuclear Engineering International, 51 (621), 54-59.
  • Chapman N.A., Sakuma H. and Newbury C. (2006). International Training in Geological Disposal. In: “Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation: 4th Worldwide Review” Witherspoon P.A. and Bodvarsson G.S. (eds). Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory report No. LBNL-59808, 275-280.
  • Kurzeme K., McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Managing Australian Radioactive Waste in an International Environment. 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006 PBNC, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Multinational and regional disposal initiatives: nearing a turning point. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas. American Nuclear Society.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). Progress with multinational repository concepts. In: “Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation: 4th Worldwide Review” Witherspoon P.A. and Bodvarsson G.S. (eds). Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory report No. LBNL-59808, 267-274.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2006). The Role of Spent Fuel Storage in Multinational Approaches to the Backend of the Fuel Cycle. IAEA International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors, Vienna, Austria 19-23 June 2006.

2005

  • Chapman N.A., Kautsky F., Simic E. and Stromberg B. (2005). INSITE: support for regulatory interactions during spent fuel repository site investigations in Sweden. In Proceedings ICEM’05: 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Glasgow.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2005). What will it take to develop an international repository in Russia? Safety Barrier, No. 3-4., 1-6. Radon Press, Moscow.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Kawamura H. (2005). Staging and monitoring for the Japanese L/ILW repositories. Proc. ICEM ’05 conference, pp. 447-451.
  • Chapman N.A., McCombie C. and Stefula V. (2005). Possible Options and Scenarios of Regional Disposal and Future RTD Recommendations conclusions. www.sapierr.net.
  • Chapman N.A. and Sakuma, H. (2005). Ensuring Future Skills: Education and Training in Underground Waste Disposal. American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, 9 (1), 81-83.
  • Chapman N.A. and Sakuma H. (2005). Propagating knowledge and skills in geological disposal to future generations. In Proceedings ICEM’05: 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Glasgow.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2005). Developments in multinational disposal initiatives. In Proceedings ICEM’05: 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Glasgow.
  • Tsuchi H., Kitayama K. and Chapman N.A. (2005) Addressing active tectonics in HLW repository siting in Japan. In Proceedings ICEM’05: 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Glasgow.

2004

  • Apted M., Berryman K., Chapman N.A., Cloos M., Connor C., Kitayama K., Sparks S. and Tsuchi H. (2004) Locating a Radioactive Waste Repository in the Ring of Fire. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 85, No. 45, 465-471.
  • Chapman N.A. (2004). Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Produced by Nuclear Power ….from concept to implementation. European Commission, Luxembourg. Publication EUR 21224, 42 pps (ISBN 92-894-8090-4).
  • Chapman N.A., Höhn E. and Blaser P. (2004). Sub-surface Radionuclide Movement – Natural and Anthropogenic Sources: Meeting Report. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 85, No. 40, 387-9.
  • Chapman N.A. and Sakuma H. (2004). Education and Training in Nuclear Waste Management. NWMO Background Paper 7-12. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Canada. 146 pps.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Do shared repositories represent unethical “nuclear dumping”? Nuclear Engineering International. May 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres – an old and new idea. In: Proc: Annual Symposium of the World Nuclear Association, London, 8-10 September 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Renewed Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres and its Impact on Multinational Repository Concepts. Regional Seminar, Tengelic, Hungary, 14/15 October, 2004.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2004). Siting multinational facilities: a bottom-up approach. In: Proc. WM’04 Waste Management 2004 Tucson, USA.

2003

  • Chapman N.A. and Gibb F.G.F. (2003). A truly final waste management solution: Is very deep borehole disposal a realistic option for high-level waste or fissile materials? Radwaste Solutions, July/August 2003, American Nuclear Society, 26 – 37.
  • Chapman N.A. and McCombie C. (2003). Regional and International Solutions for Long-Lived Radioactive Waste Disposal: the ARIUS Initiative. In: Proceedings: International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Enhancing safety and security in a sharing society. Nuclear Engineering International, November 2003.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Growing interest in international and regional repositories. Nuclear Engineering International.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Increasing Interest in the Safety, Security and Economic Aspects of Multinational Repositories. The Nuclear Engineer/ Volume 44, No. 6- Nov./Dec. 2003.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Regional and International Repositories: not if, but how and when! WNA Conference, London, Sept. 2002.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2003). Progress with multinational storage and disposal concepts. In Proc: 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Oxford, UK. ICEM2003-4681, pp. 239-244.

2002

  • Chapman N.A. 2002). Long-time scales, low risks: rational containment objectives that account for ethics, resources, feasibility and public expectations – some thoughts to provoke discussion. In: Handling of Timescales in Assessing Post-Closure Safety of Deep Geological Repositories. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris. 145 – 154.
  • Chapman N.A., Maul P.R., Robinson P. and Savage D. (2002). SKB’s Project SAFE for the SFR 1 Repository. A Review by Consultants to SKI. SKI Report 02:61, 159 pps.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Progress towards international repositories. In: Proc. WM’02 Waste Management 2002, Tucson, USA.
  • McCombie C. and Chapman N.A. (2002). Sharing the Waste Burden. Nuclear Engineering International, November 2002, 27 – 30.

2001

  • Apted M.J., Smith P.A. and Chapman N.A. (2001). Engineered Barrier Design Strategy for a High Isolation Repository Site. In: Proceedings of the 9th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas. Amer. Nuc. Soc., La Grange Park, Illinois.
  • Bellis D., Ma R., Bramall N., McLeod C.W., Chapman N.A., Satake K. (2001). Airborne uranium contamination – as revealed through elemental and isotopic analysis of tree bark. Environmental Pollution, 114, 383-387.
  • Black J.H. and Chapman N.A. (2001). Siting a High Isolation Radioactive Waste Repository. Technical Approach to Identification of Potentially Suitable Regions Worldwide. Pangea Technical Report PTR-01-01, Pangea, Baden, Switzerland, 52pps.
  • Chapman N.A. (2001). Management of long-lived radioactive wastes. What have we learned in the last decade? Proc. 3rd International Conf. ‘Managing Radioactive Waste’, IBC, London, December 2001.
  • Hill M.D. and Chapman N.A. (2001). A comparison of storage and disposal of radioactive waste. In: Proceedings of the 9th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas. Amer. Nuc. Soc., La Grange Park, Illinois.
  • McCombie C.M., Chapman N.A., Kurzeme M. and Stoll R. (2001). International Repositories: An Essential Complement to National Repositories. In: Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation: Third Worldwide Review. University of California, Berkeley. Report LBNL-49767, 319-326.
  • Stenhouse M.J., Miller W.M. and Chapman N.A. (2001). System studies in PA: development of process influence diagram (PID) for SFR – 1 repository near-field and far-field. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, SKI-01-30, 100 pps & annexes.

2000

  • Apted M.J., Chapman N.A., Frape S., Glasser G.P, Grundfeldt B., Hodgkinson D.P., Hudson J.A., Milnes A.G., Pers K. and Read D. (2000). External Review Group Consensus Report on the Posiva Application for a Decision in Principle concerning Disposal Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel. The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, STUK, Helsinki. Ruokola, E. (ed), 55pps.
  • Chapman N.A., Apted M.J., Glasser F.P., Kessler J. and Voss C.M. (2000). International Peer Review of the SKB Safety Assessment for the SFL 3-5 Repository for Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, SKI-00-41, 43pps.

1999

  • Chapman N.A. (1999). Written evidence (main and supplementary) of QuantiSci Ltd to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Enquiry into Radioactive Waste Management. HL Papers, HMSO London.
  • Chapman N.A., Dverstorp B., Jack J., Lilja C., Robinson P.C. and Stenhouse M. (1999). SPARTA: The development of SKI software tools for performance assessment structuring and auditing and scenario presentation. Proceedings of OECD/NEA Scenario Workshop, Madrid, May 1999.
  • Chapman N.A. and Savage D. (1999). Design for Retrievability. Proceedings of the ICEM meeting, Nagoya, September 1999, American Nuclear Society.
  • Smith, G. M., Apted, M.J. and Chapman N.A. (1999). Human intrusion and effects on multibarrier disposal systems. In. Health and Environmental Criteria and Standards, Stockholm Environment Institute, pps 285 – 288.

1998

  • Chapman N.A. (1998). Technical Aspects of Deep Geological Disposal. In: Radioactive Waste Management & Decommissioning, IBC Summer School, Cambridge, 19pps.
  • Chapman N.A. and Maul P.R. (1998). Peer Review of Nirex 97. UK Nirex Ltd Report No NSS/98/xx.

1996

  • Chapman N.A., Côme B., Gera F. and Langer M. (1996). Testing the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) properties of the geological barrier. In: Radioactive Waste Management & Disposal 1996, European Commission, Luxembourg.
  • Chapman N.A., Grindrod P. and Impey M.D. (1996). Upscaling: the move from laboratory experiments to the far-field. In: Radioactive Waste Disposal. Proceedings of IBC Conference, London, November 1996.
  • White M.J., Murray T., del Olmo C. and Chapman N.A. (1996). Modelling the geological environment of radioactive waste repositories – the use of computer mapping, modelling and visualisation tools in site characterisation. In: Proceedings of ENS Topseal Conference ‘Planning for Future Repositories’, Stockholm.

1995

  • Bruno J. and Chapman N.A. (1995). The development and application of predictive geochemical tools for the safety assessment of nuclear waste repositories: recent advances and lessons from natural analogue studies. SMIRT-13: Post-Conference Seminar 10: Waste Repository Technology and Management, August 1995, Iguazu, Argentina. Int. Assn. Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology. pps 83-93.
  • Chapman N.A.(1995). Summary recommendations for the content and structure of THM projects in the Nuclear Fission Safety Radioactive Waste Management Programme. In: Testing and modelling of thermal, mechanical and hydrogeological properties of host rocks for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. European Commission Report EUR 16219 EN, EC Luxembourg, 281-291.
  • Chapman N.A. (1995). Using information from natural systems in model validation. In: The Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, London, March 1995, IBC Conference Proceedings.
  • Chapman N.A., Andersson J., Bogorinski P., Carrera J.,Haderman J., Hodgkinson D., Jackson P., Neretnieks I., Neuman S., Nicholson T., Tsang C-F. and Voss C. (1995). The International INTRAVAL Project. Final results. OECD-NEA/SKI, Paris, 43 pps.
  • Chapman N.A. Andersson J., Skagius K., Wene C-O. and Wiborgh M. (1995). Systems Analysis, Scenario Construction and Calculation Case Definition for the SITE-94 Project. SKI Technical Report 95:26, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, 102 pps.
  • Chapman N.A. and Bruno J. (1995). Scenarios for the evolution of the geological barrier and the use of palaeohydrogeological information to support safety assessments. SMIRT-13: Post-Conference Seminar 10: Waste Repository Technology and Management, August 1995, Iguazu, Argentina. Int. Assn. Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology. pps 73-81.
  • Miller W. and Chapman N.A. (1995). Archaeological and industrial analogues for deep repository materials. In: High Level Radioactive Waste Management. Proc. 6th Annual Conference, Amer. Nuc. Soc., ASCE, New York, 559-561.
  • Miller W. and Chapman N.A. (1995) Postcards from the Past: Archaeological analogues of engineered barrier materials in deep radioactive waste repositories. Radwaste Magazine, 2 (1), 32-42.

1994

  • Bogorinski P., Pšltl B., Andersson J. and Chapman N.A. (1994). Validierung von Grundwasserstršmungs- und Nuklidtransportmodellen für Sicherheitsnachweise bei Endlagernfür radioaktive A fälle: Erfahrungen aus dem INTRAVAL-Projekt. In: Fachvorträge Seminar B; Garching, 24th November 1994. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, 18.GRS-Fachgespräch, 24pps.
  • Chapman N.A. (1994). The Geologist’s Dilemma. Predicting the future behaviour of buried radioactive wastes. Terra Nova, 6, 5-19.
  • Chapman N.A. Andersson J., Bogorinski P., Carrera J., Haderman J., Hodgkinson D., Jackson P., Neretnieks I., Neuman S., Nicholson T., Tsang C-F. and Voss C. (1994). Developing Groundwater Flow and Transport Models for Radioactive Waste Disposal: Six years of experience from the INTRAVAL Project. In: Proceedings GEOVAL 3, Paris, October 1994. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris.
  • Chapman N.A. Andersson J., Skagius K., Wene C-O. and Wiborgh M. (1994). Devising Scenarios for Future Repository Evolution: A Rigorous Methodology. In: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, XVIII; Murakami, T. & Ewing, R. (eds), Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh. Part 1, 495-502.
  • Chapman N.A. and Grindrod P.G. (1994). A scientific approach to integrating scenarios, simulations and natural systems. In: Geoprospective: Time in Geology: from Past to Future, Beaudoin B., Godefroy P. and Mouroux B. (eds) and RA-BRGM-Ecole des Mines-UNESCO, Paris, 345-354.
  • Chapman N.A. and King L. (1994). Predicting the future behaviour of the geological environment. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Research and Development in Geological Disposal, Tokai, Japan, November 1993. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Tokyo.
  • Chapman N.A. and Miller W.M. (1994). Using Information from Natural Systems to Build Confidence in Performance Assessment. In: Fifth Natural Analogue Working Group Meeting, Toledo, October 1992. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, EUR-15176, pps 15-23.
  • King L., Chapman N.A. and Kautsky F. (1994). Ice-front scenarios : SKI’s SITE-94 central scenario. In: Geoprospective: Time in Geology: from Past to Future, Beaudoin B., Godefroy P. and Mouroux B.(eds) and RA-BRGM-Ecole des Mines-UNESCO, Paris, 355-368.
  • King L.M., Chapman N.A. and Kautsky F. (1994). The Central Climate Change Scenario: SKI’s SITE-94 Project to Evaluate the Future Behaviour of a Deep Repository for Spent Fuel. In: Characterisation of Long-term Geological Changes for Disposal Sites. Proceedings of an NEA Workshop, Paris, 19-21 September 1994. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, 1994, 113 – 128.
  • Miller W., Alexander W.R., Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Smellie J. (1994). Natural Analogues Revisited. In: 4th Intnl. Conf. Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere. Charleston, USA, December 1993. Oldenbourg Verlag, München (pubs), 545-549.

1993

  • Chapman N.A., Apted M. J., Hodgkinson D.P. and Robinson P.C. (1993). A Review of SKB 91 and the SKB RD&D Programme 92. SKI Technical Report 93:7, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, 26pps.
  • Chapman N.A. and McEwen T.J. (1993). The application of palaeohydrogeological information to repository performance assessment. In: Palaeohydrogeological methods and their applications. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris. pps. 23-35.
  • Miller W.M. and Chapman N.A. (1993). Identification of Relevant Processes: System Concept Group Report. HMIP Assessment of Nirex Proposals. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution Technical Report No: TR-ZI-11, Department of the Environment, London. 30 pps plus Appendices.
  • Stenhouse M., Chapman N.A. and Sumerling T.J. (1993). Scenario Development FEP Audit List Preparation: Methodology and Presentation. SKI Technical Report 93:27, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm.

1992

  • Chapman N.A. (1992). The Geologist’s Dilemma. Predicting the future behaviour of buried wastes. In: ‘Waste Disposal and Geology: Scientific Perspectives’. (Proc. Symp. Int. Geol. Congress, Kyoto, Japan, Spec Pub), 1-24.
  • Chapman N.A. (1992). Natural Analogues: The State of Play in (1992). In: High Level Radioactive Waste Management. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference. American Nuclear Society, Illinois., 1, 1695-1702.
  • Chapman N.A. (1992). Natural Radioactivity and Radioactive Waste Disposal. J. Vulcanol. Geotherm. Res., 50, 197-206.
  • Chapman N.A. and McEwen T.J. (1992). Geological and Hydrogeological Aspects of the Deep Disposal of Nuclear Wastes in Britain. In: Applied Groundwater Hydrology, Downing, R.A. (ed), Oxford University Press.
  • Chapman N.A. McKinley I.G., Penna Franca E., Shea M and Smellie J.A.T. (1992). The Poços de Caldas Project: an introduction and summary of its implications for radioactive waste disposal. J. Geochem. Explor., 45, 1-24.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G., Shea M and Smellie J.A.T. (1992). The Poços de Caldas Project: Summary and implications for radioactive waste management. SKB-TR-90-24, SKB Stockholm, 147pps.

1991

  • Chapman N.A. (1991). Geology, nuclear waste disposal and natural radioactivity. Teaching Earth Sciences, 16, 12-16.
  • Côme B.C. and Chapman N.A. (1991). Fourth Natural Analogue Working Group Meeting and Poços de Caldas Project Final Workshop, Pitlochry, Scotland, June 17-22nd, 1990. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, EUR- 13014, 284 pps.
  • Côme B.C. and Chapman N.A. (1991). Natural geological migration systems: MIRAGE second phase and five years of the CEC Natural Analogue Working Group. In Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal 1990, CEC Luxembourg.

1990

  • Chapman N.A. (1990). Review of research area ‘natural analogues’. In CEC Project MIRAGE – Second Phase on Migration of Radionuclides in the Geosphere, Côme B. C. (ed), CEC Luxembourg, EUR-12858, pps 149-195.
  • Chapman N.A.  and Côme B.C. (1990). Long-term predictions: Making Proper Use of the Geological Evidence. In: Safety Assessment of Radioactive Waste Repositories, OECD/NEA, Paris, 318-329.
  • Chapman N.A.  and McKinley I.G. (1990). Radioactive Waste: back to the future. New Scientist, 1715, May 5th 1990, 54-58.
  • Chapman N.A. and Smith G.M. (1990). How to explain deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. Nuclear Europe, 3/4, 40-41.

1989

  • Chapman N.A. (1989). Natural Radioactivity and Radioactive Waste Disposal. Science ’89. British Association meeting, Sheffield.
  • Chapman N.A. and McEwen T.J. (1989). Geological Aspects of the British Programme for Deep Disposal of Nuclear Wastes. 20th International Geological Congress, Washington. In ‘Geological Problems in Radioactive Waste Isolation; a Worldwide Review, P.A. Witherspoon (ed), Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report LBL-29703, pps 143-163.
  • Jowett J. and Chapman N.A. (1989). UK Nirex Studies of Intrusion Frequency. In Risks associated with human intrusion at radioactive waste disposal sites, OECD/NEA, Paris, 142-155.

1988

  • Chapman N.A. (1988). Can natural analogues provide quantitative model validation? In “GEOVAL ’87”, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, 139-149.
    • As above: revised version (1988). In ‘Land Disposal of Hazardous Waste’, Gronow, J.R.; Scofield, A.N. and Jain, R.K. (eds), Ellis Horwood (publ), 259-268.
  • Chapman N.A. (1988). Factors affecting containment of solid low-level radioactive wastes in landfill environments. In: Proc. 26thConf. Assoc. Univ. Rad. Protection Officers, Edinburgh, 1987.
  • Chapman N.A. and Williams G.M. (1988). Evidence of the British Geological Survey (NERC) to the House of Commons Environment Committee: Inquiry into Toxic Wastes. HMSO, London.
  • Côme B. and Chapman N.A. (eds). (1988). Natural Analogue Working Group: third meeting, Snowbird, Utah, June 15-17th, 1988. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, EUR-11725, 231pps.
  • Gera F. and Chapman N.A. (1988). Large-scale fracture permeability of mudrocks. In: Hydrogeology and Safety of Radioactive and Industrial Hazardous Waste Disposal. Vol.1., 357-366. BRGM, Orleans, Doc. No. 160.
  • Smellie J., Chapman N.A. , McKinley I.G., Penna Franca E. and Shea M. (1988). Testing safety assessment models using natural analogues in high natural-series groundwaters. The second year of the Poços de Caldas project. In: Lutze, W. (ed), Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, 16, 863-870, Elsevier.

1987

  • Chapman N.A., Black J.H., Bath A.H., Hooker P.J. and McEwen T.J. (1987). Site selection and characterisation for deep radioactive waste repositories in Britain: issues and research trends into the 1990’s. Rad. Waste Man. Nucl. Fuel Cycle, 9, 183-213.
  • Chapman N.A. and Williams G.M. (1987). Hazardous and radioactive waste management: a case of dual standards? In: Culshaw M.G., Bell F.G., Cripps J.C. and O’Hara, M. (eds) “Planning and Engineering Geology”, Geol. Soc. Lond., Eng. Geol. Spec. Pub., 4, 489-493.
  • Hooker P.J., Chapman N.A., Mackenzie A.B., Scott R.D. and Ivanovich M. (1987). Natural analogues of radionuclide migration in sediments in Britain. In: Côme and Chapman (eds), Natural Analogues in Radioactive Waste Disposal., Graham and Trotman (pubs) for CEC,104-115.
  • Smellie J.A.T., Barroso Magno L., Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Penna Franca E. (1987). The Poços de Caldas Project Feasibility Study: 1986-7. In: Côme and Chapman (eds), Natural Analogues in Radioactive Waste Disposal., Graham and Trotman (pubs) for CEC, 118-132.

1986

  • Chapman N.A. (1986). Evidence of the British Geological Survey to House of Commons Select Committee on the Environment: Inquiry into Radioactive Waste Disposal. Minutes of Evidence, 364-9, HMSO, London.
  • Chapman N.A. (1986). Nuclear Waste Disposal. British Geologist, 12, 128-133.
  • Chapman N.A. and Flowers R.H. (1986). Near-field solubility constraints on radionuclide mobilisation and their influence on waste package design. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond., A-319, 83-95.
  • Chapman N.A., Gera F., Mittempergher M. and Tassoni E. (1986). Disposal of radioactive waste in Italian argillaceous formations. In: Siting, Design and Construction of Underground Repositories for Radioactive Wastes. IAEA, Vienna, 521-533.
  • Chapman N.A. and McEwen T.J. (1986). Geological solutions for nuclear wastes. New Scientist, 111, 36-40.
  • Chapman N.A., McEwen T.J. and Beale H. (1986). Geological environments for deep disposal of intermediate level wastes in the U.K. In: Siting, Design and Construction of Underground Repositories for Radioactive Wastes. IAEA, Vienna, 311-328.
  • Chapman N.A. and Smellie J.A.T. (eds). (1986). Natural analogues to the conditions around a final repository for high-level radioactive wastes. Chem. Geol., 55, 3/4.
  • Côme B. and Chapman N.A. (eds). (1986). Natural Analogue Working Group: second meeting, Interlaken, June 17-19th, (1986). Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, EUR-10671, 279pps.

1985

  • Chapman N.A. (1985). Feasibility studies for a radioactive waste repository in a deep clay formation. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg. EUR-10061, 200pp.
  • Chapman N.A. and Gera F. (1985). Disposal of radioactive wastes in Italian clays: mined repository or deep boreholes? Rad.Waste Management Nucl. Fuel Cycle, 6, 51-78.
  • Côme B. and Chapman N.A. (eds). (1985). Natural Analogue Working Group: first meeting, Bruxelles, November 5-7th 1985. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, EUR-10315, 223pp.
  • Côme B., Chapman N.A., Bidoglio G., Delmas J., Ewart F., Frissel M. and Prins M. (1985). The MIRAGE Project: large-scale radionuclide transport investigations and integral migration experiments. In: Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal; Simon R. (ed). Cambridge University Press, 346-364.
    • As above : reprinted as Quaderno dell’ ISMES, 206.

1984

  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Smellie J.A.T. (1984). The potential of natural analogues in assessing systems for deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste. NAGRA NTB-84-41 (Switzerland) and KBS-TR-84-16 (Sweden), l05pp.
  • Chapman N.A. and Sargent P. (1984). (Eds.). Geochemistry of high-level waste disposal in granitic rocks. Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Report EUR-9162 and AECL-8361, 101 pp.
  • Chapman N.A. and Savage D. (1984). Mineralogical aspects of the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Fortsch. Mineral., 62,17-32.

1983

  • Bourke P.J. and Chapman N.A. (1983). Effects of decay heating on rocks and leakage from repositories for radioactive waste. European Applied Research Report, Nuclear Sci. Technol., 4, 1067-1110, Harwood Academic Press.
  • Upton B.G.J., Aspen P. and Chapman N.A. (1983). The upper mantle and deep crust beneath the British Isles: evidence from inclusions in volcanic rocks. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 140, 105-121.

1982

  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G., Savage D. and West J.M. (1982). Mechanisms of dissolution of radioactive waste storage glasses and caesium migration from a granite repository. In ‘Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management’, 6, 347-354. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings. S.V. Topp (editor), North Holland.
  • Chapman N.A.  and Milodowski A.E. (1982). Hydrothermal processes in waste containment. In ‘Geological disposal of radioactive waste; geochemical processes’, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, l05-ll5.
  • Day J.B.W., Black J.H. Chapman N.A. and Hall D.H. (1982). A physical model study of the storage of low-grade heat in unsaturated chalk. J. Hydrol., 56, 61-84.
  • Mather J.D., Chapman N.A., Black J.H. and Lintern B.C. (1982). The geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste – a review of the IGS research programme. Nuclear Energy, 21, 167-173.
  • Savage D. and Chapman N.A. (1982). Hydrothermal behaviour of simulated waste glass and waste-rock interactions under repository conditions. Chemical Geology, 36, 59-86.
  • West J.M., McKinley I.G. and Chapman N.A. (1982). Microbes in deep geological systems and their possible influence on radioactive waste disposal. Rad. Waste Management Nucl. Fuel Cycle, 3, 1 – l5.
  • West J.M., McKinley I.G. and Chapman N.A. (1982). The effect of microbial activity on the containment of radioactive waste in a deep geological repository. In ‘Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management’, 11, 831-8. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings. W. Lutze (ed), North Holland.

1981

  • Black J.H. and Chapman N.A. (1981). In search of nuclear burial grounds. New Scientist, London, 91, 402-404.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Savage D. (1981). Near-field processes and release models for granitic rocks. In proceedings of the workshop on: Near field processes in radioactive waste repositories, OECD/NEA, Seattle, 83-90.
  • Dudson P.J. and Chapman N.A. (1981). Geochemical factors controlling the nuclide release source term in granite: engineered barriers for high-level waste. Rpt. Inst. Geol.Sci., ENPU 81-7.
  • Macintyre. R.M., Cliff. R.A. and Chapman. N.A. (1981). A geochronological framework for the evolution of the Fife and Caithness volcanic necks. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. Earth Sci.,72, 1-7.

1980

  • Chapman N.A. (1980). Geochemical considerations in the choice of a host-rock for the disposal of high level radioactive wastes. Rpt. Inst. Geol. Sci. 79/14, London, HMSO.
  • Chapman N.A. (1980). In-situ properties of clays subject to thermal loading. Proc. ‘Use of argillaceous materials in radioactive waste disposal’, OECD/NEA, Paris.
  • Chapman N.A. (1980). Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on maximum admissible repository temperatures. In “Management of Radioactive Wastes”, 2, OECD/IAEA, Vienna, 209-220.
  • Chapman N.A. (1980). Review of “Scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Vol. 1.”, Miner. Mag., 43, 832.
  • Chapman N.A., McKinley I.G. and Savage D. (1980). The effect of groundwater availability on the release source term in a low hydraulic conductivity environment. Proc. Workshop on Radionuclide Release Scenarios, OECD/NEA, Paris, 91-105.
  • Chapman N.A. and Savage D. (1980). Dissolution of borosilicate glasses under repository conditions of pressure and temperature. In “Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management”, ed. C. M. Northrup, 2, 183-190, Plenum, New York.
  • Nixon P.H., Chapman N.A. and Smith J.V. (1980). Origin of Ba-rich sanidine megacrysts in a porphyry from Papua New Guinea. Miner. Mag., 43, 845-850.
  • Savage D. and Chapman N.A. (1980). Geochemical factors controlling the nuclide release source term in granite: Dissolution of the waste form. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., ENPU 80-12, Harwell.

1979

  • Chapman N.A. (1979). Nuclear waste disposal and the geologist. British Geologist, 5, 11-13.
  • Chapman N.A. and Freestone I.C. (1979). Phase relations and partitioning of, Fe, Mg and Ca between olivine-liquid in picrite from 1 bar to 10 bar. NERC Prog. Exptl. Petrology, Fourth Report 1975-1978, 255-257.

1978

  • Chapman N.A. (1978). Application of laboratory hydrothermal studies to heating experiments. Proc. “In-situ heating experiments in geological formations”, 229-236, OECD/NEA, Paris.
    • As above (1978): Reprinted in Atom, 261, 186-188.
  • Chapman N.A., Gray D.A. and Mather J.D. (1978). Nuclear waste disposal: the geological aspects. New Scientist, 78, 225-227.
  • Nixon P.H., Chapman N.A. and Gurney J.J. (1978). Garnet-spinel (alkremite) xenoliths from kimberlite. Contrib.Mineral. Petrol, 65, 341-46.

1976

  • Chapman N.A.  (1976). Fassaite, pyrope and anorthoclase megacrysts in alkaline magmas from the Fife vents: evidence for a 50km magma column. Progr. Exptl. Petrology, 3, 288-90. NERC London.
  • Chapman N.A.  (1976). Inclusions and megacrysts from undersaturated tuffs and basanites, East Fife, Scotland. J.Petrology, 17, 472-499.
  • Chapman N.A. (1976). Spinel-clinopyroxenites in the DuncansbyNess vent derived from depths greater than 45 km. Progr. Exptl.Petrology, 3, 290-91. NERC London.
  • Chapman N.A. and Powell R. (1976). Origin of anorthoclase megacrysts in alkali basalts. Contr. Mineral. Petrol, 58, 29-35.
  • Herzberg C.T. and Chapman N.A. (1976). Clinopyroxene geothermometry of spinel lherzolites. Am. Mineralogist, 61, 626-637.
  • Upton B.G.J., Aspen P., Graham A. and Chapman N.A. (1976). The pre-Palaeozoic basement of the Scottish Midland Valley. Nature, 260, 517-18.

1975

  • Chapman N.A. (1975). An experimental study of spinel-clinopyroxenite xenoliths from the Duncansby Ness vent,Caithness, Scotland. Contr. Mineral Petrol., 51, 223-230.

1974

  • Chapman N.A. (1974). Ultrabasic inclusions from the Coalyard Hill vent, Fife. Scott. J. Geol., 10, 223-227.