Course on Geological disposal of Radioactive Waste

UL & UPM

Course Outline and Content

The course will provide several aspects of basic to advanced knowledge on geological disposal of radioactive waste including waste from fuel cycle, geological analogue, radionuclides transport modelling, geo-statistics and inverse problems.

The course will contain 30 hours of lectures. The detailed learning outcomes are reported here.

The course is made of the following lectures:

1 – Introduction to radioactive waste disposal

2 – Waste from Fuel cycle

3 – Geological analogue

4 – Transport modelling

5 – Geo-statistics

6 – Groundwater modelling

7 – Interim storage

Requested Background

The course is designed for Master level students. The learner is assumed to have basic knowledge of Mathematics and Physics.

Teachers

Patxi Elorza (UPM)

Arturo Hidalgo (UPM)

Eduardo Gallego (UPM)

Jean Marc Montel (UL)

Behrooz Bazargan Sabet (UL)

Method of Delivery

Synchronous e. learning lectures. On request, lectures can be followed by external students.

Date of availability:

18-22 June 2018