This is a preliminary program, sessions and times may evolve.
Monday 04 October 2027October 4, 2027
Theme 1 - International perspective on the development of nuclear energy and vitrification of intermediate- and high-level radioactive waste
- Opening and framing of the schoolLecture
- French vision for current and future nuclear programLecture
- IAEA support activities of waste vitrificationLecture
- Break
- China: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- United States: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- Lunch
- Japan: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- United Kingdom: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- France: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- Break
- India: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- Belgium: strategy of intermediary and high-level waste managementLecture
- Cocktail dinner
Tuesday 05 October 2027October 5, 2027
Theme 2 - Development of new glass formulations for the energy transition, including nuclear glasses and glasses for other energy applications
- Methodology for nuclear waste glass-matrix formulationLecture
- Machine learning for borosilicate glass composition design and physicochemical propertiesLecture
- Designing the Final Barrier: AI-Driven Discovery for Nuclear Waste CeramicsLecture
- Break
- Review of crucial physicochemical properties of nuclear waste glasses and meltsLecture
- Effect of irradiation on the structure and properties of glassesLecture
- Lunch / Dinner
- Glass cathode formulation for a new generation of batteriesLecture
- Glass seals formulation for high-temperature electrolyzers energy applicationsLecture
- New glass compositions for photovoltaic panelsLecture
- Break
- Poster session IPoster
- Dinner
Wednesday 06 October 2027October 6, 2027
Theme 3 - Vitrification technologies, process modelling and digital tools (part I)
- Alternative glass compositions for new nuclear waste streams – International perspectives (unusual glass composition, UK point of view)Lecture
- International overview of vitrification furnace technologiesLecture
- Low-carbon vitrification processes and electric meltingLecture
- Break
- French nuclear vitrification – New experimental and modeling approachesLecture
- US nuclear vitrification – New experimental and modeling approachesLecture
- Lunch Box
- Free time
- Dinner
Thursday 07 October 2027October 7, 2027
Theme 3 - Vitrification technologies and industrial processes and digital tools (part II)
- China nuclear vitrification – New experimental and modeling approachesLecture
- Japan nuclear vitrification – New experimental and modeling approachesLecture
- Break
- Digital twins for the future of glass manufacturingLecture
- Virtual and augmented reality tools for vitrification processesLecture
- Lunch / Dinner
Theme 4 - Long-term behaviour and irradiation
- CIGEO: French project for a deep geological disposalLecture
- Glass alteration: state of knowledge and remaining questionsLecture
- Review on nuclear waste glasses corrosion mechanisms in long-term perspectiveLecture
- Break
- Poster session IIPoster
- Gala Dinner
Friday 08 October 2027October 8, 2027
Theme 4 - Long-term behavior and irradiation of nuclear glass
- Advances in Glass Durability: From Testing Methods to Predictive ModelsLecture
- Glass alteration: state of knowledge and remaining questionsLecture
- Machine learning for borosilicate glass composition design and physicochemical propertiesLecture
- Coffee break
- A review on the recent advances in glass alteration by water vaporLecture
- Understanding glass alteration mechanisms at the molecular scaleLecture
- Bridging operational and mechanistic models for glass alteration in disposal conditionsLecture
- Buffet