GENIORS 1^st Semi-Annual Meeting

Nov 21, 2017, 8:00 AM → Nov 22, 2017, 3:30 PM Europe/Prague

Masarykova kolej (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Welcome to the 1^st GENIORS Semi-Annual meeting

Workshop programme GENIORS_DGA-diluent_WS_agenda.pdf

Tue, November 21

8:00 AM → 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM DGA Workshop: DGA 1

The DGA workshop will cover all aspects of DGA chemistry (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic DGA), from synthesis to distribution data to structural investigations and finally, processes (and of course, everything else in between).

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

9:00 AM Introduction

Speaker: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

9:15 AM Synthesis of DGA compounds

Speaker: Wim VERBOOM (Twente University)

9:45 AM Synthesis of tetramethyl-DGA

Speaker: Laurence HARWOOD (Reading University)

10:00 AM Novel rigidified DGAs for actinides-lanthanides co-extraction

Speaker: Elena MACERATA (POLIMI)

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM DGA Workshop: DGA 2

The DGA workshop will cover all aspects of DGA chemistry (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic DGA), from synthesis to distribution data to structural investigations and finally, processes (and of course, everything else in between).

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

11:00 AM Progress in ALSEP research and development

Speaker: Terry TODD (US DOE)

11:30 AM Thermodynamic and structural aspects of actinides and lanthanides extraction and complexation with DGA

Speaker: Andreas WILDEN (JÜLICH)

12:00 PM Discussion

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

Served in the Masarykova kolej restaurant, price included in the registration fee.

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM DGA Workshop: DGA 3

The DGA workshop will cover all aspects of DGA chemistry (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic DGA), from synthesis to distribution data to structural investigations and finally, processes (and of course, everything else in between).

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

1:30 PM Speciation and stability constants for the complexation of TEDGA with Am(III) and Ln(III)

Speaker: Philippe GUILBAUD (CEA)

2:00 PM DGA degradation compounds: properties and effects on extraction systems

Speaker: Hitos GALAN (CIEMAT)

2:30 PM Discussion 2

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee Break

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM DGA Workshop: DGA 4

The DGA workshop will cover all aspects of DGA chemistry (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic DGA), from synthesis to distribution data to structural investigations and finally, processes (and of course, everything else in between).

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

3:30 PM DGA-based processes for actinides-lanthanides co-extraction

Speaker: Andreas WILDEN (JÜLICH)

4:00 PM HNO₃ induced viscosity changes affecting DGA extraction kinetics

Speaker: Colin BOXALL (Lancaster University)

4:30 PM Discussion 3

6:30 PM → 9:00 PM Meeting dinner

Wed, November 22

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Diluent Workshop: DIL 1

The diluent workshop will cover the following aspects: What can diluents do to improve or tailor processes? What do we need to know/do to make them applicable to our field? What are the safety issues? Etc.

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

9:00 AM Introduction - Diluents

Speaker: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

9:15 AM Diluent effects in BTBP systems

Speaker: Prof. Christian Ekberg (Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers)

10:00 AM Fluorinated diluents

Speaker: Dr Vasiliy Babain (Khlopin Radium Institute)

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Diluent Workshop: DIL 2

The diluent workshop will cover the following aspects: What can diluents do to improve or tailor processes? What do we need to know/do to make them applicable to our field? What are the safety issues? Etc.

Convener: Andreas Geist (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

11:00 AM Hazards arising from diluents

Speaker: Marc PHILIPPE (IRSN)

11:30 AM Discussion - Diluents

12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

Served in the Masarykova kolej restaurant, price included in the registration fee.

1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Executive Committee (ExCom) Meeting

(separate agenda)

Convener: For members of ExCom only.