With a project on reducing the area of a geological disposal site by introducing partitioning technologies, a first year doctoral student from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tomohiro Okamura, won the #SFM19 Young Generation Challenge, whose finalists were announced at the IAEA Conference on the Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors in Vienna last week.
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Over 300 professionals, regulators and policy makers in the field of spent fuel management are meeting in Vienna this week to review advances in the management of spent fuel and ways to overcome challenges.
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The safe, secure and sustainable management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors is key to the sustainable utilization of nuclear energy.
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Scientists, designers, operators, regulators, policy makers, and experts within the field of spent fuel management will exchange information on national spent fuel management strategies, to evaluate to what extent advances in the management of spent fuel can overcome current issues, and to identify expected future challenges and possible ways of meeting them.
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