The TRANSCEND University Consortium : integrated waste management

Hunter, Timothy and Allan, Phoebe and Corkhill, Claire and Currell, Fred and Fairweather, Michael and Harrison, Robert and Hartley, Joseph and Hriljac, Joe and Kozlowski, Andrea and Kuman, Merve and Leay, Laura and Mortimer, Lee and Nearchou, Antony and O'Driscoll, Brian and Parkes, Daniel and Reed, James and Singh, Gurpreet and Wolde, Bisrat and Zagyva, Tamás (2022) The TRANSCEND University Consortium : integrated waste management. In: 2022 Waste Management Symposium, 2022-03-06 - 2022-03-10.

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Abstract

TRANSCEND (Transformative Science and Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning) is a collaborative research consortium comprising 11 universities and 8 industry partners. The £9.4 million research program, funded primarily by the Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPSRC) Research Council of the UK, incorporates >40 projects in total, which will address some of the key challenges within the areas of nuclear decommissioning and waste management; including mobilization, processing, packaging, storage, transport and final disposal. This paper will outline a summary of the current progress and impact of Theme 1 - Integrated Waste Management. This theme focuses on underpinning science and engineering in areas of relevance to hazard reduction and decommissioning, where the three key work package objectives are: (1) New materials and methods for effluent decontamination; (2) Modelling and experiments for understanding pond and silo sludge/slurry behavior; (3) Innovative wasteform materials. In total, this theme has 15 different projects, delivered through both postdoctoral and PhD researchers, all with specific industry supervision from our partners, led by the NNL. The following provides a review of the project summaries to date, and their critical impact.

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