CDSAGENDA V.5 Joint ICTP-IAEA Meeting on Environmental Issues Related to Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide and Nuclear Wastes

Joint ICTP-IAEA Meeting on Environmental Issues Related to Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide and Nuclear Wastes

Start Time:

14 April 2008 at 08:00

Ends On:

18 April 2008

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (Lundqvist Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

Directors: F.L. Toth. Local Organizer: K. Aoudia

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Material:

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Monday, 14 April 2008

08:00
10:00

Registration, Administration, Banking

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)

Registration will take place in front of the Eklund Laboratory, in the Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1) starting at 8:00 a.m. After the registration, a shuttle service will take participants to a different building (Enrico Fermi) to take care of administrative and banking matters and will bring you back to Adriatico.

10:00
10:30

Gathering - coffee break

30'

10:30
11:30

SESSION 1 Opening and Introductions

01h00'

Welcome 10'	Claudio Tuniz (Assistant Director, ICTP)
Welcome 10'	Karim Aoudia (Earth System Physics Section, ICTP)
Objectives and overview 10'	Ferenc Toth (IAEA)
Participant Introduction , Expectations 30'

11:30
12:30

SESSION 2 Opening Keynote

01h00'

Global Energy Strategies 01h00'

James A. Edmonds (University of Maryland)

12:30
14:00

Lunch break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

SESSION 3 Introductory Presentations

01h30'

Carbon Capture and Storage - the IPCC Special Report 45'	Dario R. Gomez (CNEA (Argentina) / IAEA)
Nuclear Waste and the Potential Role of Fourth Generation Reactors 45'	James A. Edmonds

15:30
16:00

Coffee break

30'

16:00
17:30

SESSION 4 Regional Presentations I

01h30'

South Africa 45'	Anthony D. Surridge (South African National Energy Research Institute)
Energy Complex Development and C02 Sequestration in Russia 45'	Alexander Ilinsky (All Russian Petroleum Research Geological Exploration Institute)

18:00
20:00

Reception

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

08:30
10:30

SESSION 5 Geology

02h00'

Mechanism, Media, Duration I 45'	Timothy J. McEven (w/S. Bachu) (Cobblestones)
Mechanism, Media, Duration II 45'	Timothy J. McEven (w/S. Bachu)

10:00
10:30

Coffee break

30'

10:30
12:00

SESSION 6 Environment and Risk

01h30'

Environmental Issues and the Geological Storage of C02 and Radioactive Waste 45'	Julia M. West (British Geological Survey)
Risk Assessment Methods 45'	Philip Maul (presenter D. R. Gomez)

12:00
12:30

Short Presentation

30'

CCS and NP in the Post-Kyoto Agreement 30'

Ferenc Toth

12:30
14:00

Lunch break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

SESSION 7 Risk Assessment

01h30'

Uncertainties in Risk Assessment 45'	Srikanta Mishra (INTERA inc.)
Lessons from Nuclear Waste Risk Assessments 45'	Srikanta Mishra

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
17:30

SESSION 8 Regional Presentations II

01h30'

Nuclear Waste and C02 in China 45'	Weiming Chen (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)
Coalbed Methane in China 45'	Jianping Ye (China United Coalbed Methane Corporation Ltd)

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

08:30
10:00

SESSION 9 Monitoring

01h30'

Monitoring and Verification Technologies 45'	Malcolm Wilson (Office of Energy and Environment)
Monitoring - CASTOR Project 45'	Giuliana Rossi (The National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics)

10:00
10:30

Coffee break

30'

10:30
12:00

SESSION 10 Transport and Engineering

01h30'

Transport 45'	Dario R. Gomez
Storage Site Engineering 45'	Kathidikaya J.P. Tshibangu (Faculte Polytechnique de Mons)

12:00
12:30

Short Presentation

30'

Post-Kyoto Negotiations: Recent Developments 30'

Ferenc Toth

12:30
14:00

Lunch break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

SESSION 11 Engieering

01h30'

Relationships NW-C02 in Engineering 45'	Kathidkaya J.P. Tshibangu
Reversibility in NW Storage 45'	Frantisek Woller (Radioactive Waste Repository Authority)

15:30
16:00

Coffee break

30'

16:00
17:30

SESSION 12 Regional Presentations III

01h30'

Central Europe 45'

Peter Scholtz (Eotvos Lorand Geophysical Institute)

Thursday, 17 April 2008

08:30
10:00

SESSION 13 Law and Economics

01h30'

Legal Issues and Liability 45'	Elizabeth J. Wilson (University of Minnesota)
Economic Aspects 45'	Ferenc Toth

10:00
10:30

Coffee break

30'

10:30
12:00

SESSION 14 Confidence and Public Acceptance

01h30'

Confidence Building 45'	Srikanta Mishra
Public Acceptance 45'	D. Reiner-W. Nuttall (summarized by F. Toth)

12:00
12:30

Short Presentation

30'

Prospects for Nuclear Power 30'

Ferenc Toth

12:30
14:00

Lunch break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

SESSION 15 Regional Presentations IV

01h30'

India 45'	Ajay Kumar Singh (Central institute of Mining and Fuel Research)
Russian Federation 45'	Alexey Cherepovitsyn (State Mining Institute)

15:30
16:00

Coffee break

30'

16:00
17:30

SESSION 16 Regional Presentations V

01h30'

NW in the Czech Republic 45'	Frantisek Woller
Geomagnetic Hazard (Reversal) at a Catastrophic Climate Event 45'	Youn Soo Lee (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)

Friday, 18 April 2008

08:30
10:00

SESSION 17 Regional Presentations VI

01h30'

Republic of Korea 45'	Youn Soo Lee
Brazil 45'	Roberto Heemann (Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul)

10:00
10:30

Coffee break

30'

10:30
12:00

SESSION 18 Synthesis and Closing

01h30'

Lessons learned, issues to be explored in an IAEA Coordinated Research Project 45'	moderator F. Toth
The IAEA CRP: Principles and Procedures 45'	Dario R. Gomez

12:00
12:10

Closing

10'

12:10
12:10

Adjourn