Projects 2022

Buffer, backfill and capsule

Spent nuclear fuel waste management - Buffer/Bedrock - interface
Research Projects Project Manager
BROCTIO - Bentonite-rock interaction Veli-Matti Pulkkanen, VTT
BROCTIO - Bentonite-rock interaction
Arttu Miettinen, UJy
BROCTIO - Bentonite-rock interaction Jukka Kuva, GTK

Spent nuclear fuel waste management - Capsule
Research Projects Project Manager
CAPSULE/BECOLT - Behaviour of copper under load transients Juhani Rantala, VTT
CAPSULE/MECAN - Mechanical strentgh of copper canister
Sven Bossuyt, Aalto
CAPSULECRYCO - Validated advanced modelling and prediction of long term deformation and damage of copper Tom Andersson, VTT
CAPSULE/OXCOR - The effect of oxide layer on copper corrosion in repository conditions Jari Aromaa, Aalto
CAPSULE/SUCCESS – Stress corrosion in copper caused by sulphide Timo Saario, VTT
CAPSULE/MECCI – Mechanical strength of cast iron insert Sven Bossuyt, Aalto

Spent nuclear fuel waste management - Interactions of release barriers/microbiology
Research Projects Project Manager
MoToPro/VaVu - Interactions of release barriers Minna Vikman, VTT
MoToPro/KUKO - Interactions of release barriers and their relevance to copper corrosion
Thomas Ohligschlager, VTT
MoToPro/MiBe - Effects of microbes in bentonite Hanna Miettinen, VTT
MoToPro/BIKES - Biochemical scenarios Riikka Kietäväinen, GTK
MoToPro/MIMOSA - Metabolical routes of microbial colonies in deep pressurised bedrock Malin Bomberg, VTT

Safety assessment and innovations

Spent nuclear fuel waste management - Bedrock research
Research Projects Project Manager
KARIKKO - Bedrock fragmentation Nicklas Nordbäck, GTK
RAKKA - Water conductivity of fractured rock mass Mikael Rinne, Aalto
BEEFS – Comparative analysis and development of modelling of earthquake fault ruptures Juha Kortelainen/Ludovic Fülöp, VTT
BEEFS - Comparative analysis and development of modelling of earthquake fault ruptures Jussi Mattila, RMCF

Spent nuclear fuel waste management - Other safety research
Research Projects Project Manager
RASK - Radionuclide transport on the interface of cement and bedrock Marja Siitari-Kauppi, UH
RABIO - Better radioecology for the modelling of biosphere Jarkko Akkanen, UEF
KÄRÄHDE - Characterization and source term of spent nuclear fuel Silja Häkkinen, VTT
NAT-LAB-14C – Using volcanic-geothermal fields as natural laboratories to investigate transfer of 14C in soils and into terrestrial food webs  Christina Biasi, UEF

Low and intermediate level waste management
Research Projects Project Manager
SURFACE - Near Surface Repositories in Finland, phase 4 Paula Keto, VTT
SURFACE - Near Surface Repositories in Finland, phase 4 Gareth Law, HY
TERKOR - Corrosion of low and intermediate level steel waste in in-situ conditions of final repository Vilma Ratia-Hanby, VTT
DEMONI - Decommisioning Material characterization and final disposal studies Antti Räty, VTT
DEMONI - Decommisioning Material characterization and final disposal studies Susanna Salminen-Paatero, UH
ConLot – Durability testing of Concrete in Long-Term Simulated Groundwater Conditions Jouni Punkki, Aalto

Alternative Technologies
Research Projects Project Manager
ALES - Separation and sorting of actinides/lanthanides Risto Koivula, UH
SMRSiMa - SMR Siting and waste management Paula Keto, VTT
SMRSiMa - SMR Siting and waste management Taina Karvonen, GTK

Society and man

Acceptability of nuclear waste management
Research Projects Project Manager
CloMap - Mapping of Closure-Related Issues in Finnish Radioactive Waste Repository Programs Timothy Schatz, VTT
YLUMU – Nuclear waste disposal and social memory Petri Paju, TuY