Name: AcE-Methods
Start: 2023-03-20T08:45:00+01:00
End: 2023-03-22T15:00:00+01:00
Location: HZDR

AcE-Methods

from Monday 20 March 2023 (08:45) to Wednesday 22 March 2023 (15:00)

Monday 20 March 2023
08:45 Synthesis and Structural Analysis
Synthesis and Structural Analysis
08:45 - 17:25
Room: 114/202
Contributions

08:45 Arrival and coffee / Welcome to the HZDR - Thorsten STUMPF (IRE/HZDR)

09:15 THE ACE PROJECT AND THE METHODS WORKSHOP - Nina HUITTINEN (IRE/HZDR)

09:35 Plenary lecture: Syntheses - Nicolas DACHEUX (ICSM, University of Montpellier, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM)

10:20 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF URANIUM OXIDE MICROSPHERES FOR TRANSMUTATION TARGETS - Gamze COLAK (Mol, Leuven, Belgium)

10:40 LAB SCALE SYNTHESIS OF DEFECT-FREE CERAMICS WITH HIGH DENSITY - Jonas NIESSEN (Aachen, Germany)

11:30 Plenary lecture: DIFFRACTION METHODS AT THE ROSSENDORF BEAMLINE - A TECHNICAL OVERWIEW WITH EXAMPLES - Christoph HENNIG (IRE/HZDR, ROBL/ESRF)

12:15 FISSION PRODUCTS SPECIATION IN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND OXIDATION BEHAVIOUR OF MIXED-OXIDE (U,PU)O2 SIMFUEL - Rafael CAPRANI (Marcoule, France)

12:35 DISCOVERY OF ROBUST NUCLEAR MATERIALS USING EXTREME CONDITIONS - Volodymyr SVITLYK (Dresden, Germany and Grenoble, France)

14:20 Short note from our sponsors: Dectris

14:35 PROGRESS TOWARDS THE IMMOBILISATION OF THE UK PLUTONIUM INVENTORY IN TITANATE CERAMICS - Lewis BLACKBURN (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

14:55 EVALUATION OF SURROGATE-MODELS FOR THE INCORPORATION OF TETRAVALENT ACTINIDES IN MONAZITE PHASES - Theresa LENDER (Aachen, Germany)

15:35 AcE project discussion (closed group)
19:00 Dinner, self-payed
Dinner, self-payed
19:00 - 23:00
Tuesday 21 March 2023
08:45 Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Spectroscopy and Microscopy
08:45 - 17:05
Room: 114/202
Contributions

08:45 Arrival and coffee

09:00 Plenary lecture: SOME APPLICATIONS OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN THE NUCLEAR FIELD - Michel MERMOUX (CNRS, Grenoble)

09:45 BONDING PROPERTIES OF URANIUM CARBONATE SPECIES IN LIQUID AND SOLID STATE IN MULTIPLE OXIDATION STATES STUDIED BY U M4-EDGE HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY - Christian VOLLMER (Karlsruhe, Germany)

10:05 CATION-DRIVEN PHASE SEPARATION IN INTERNALLY GELATED (U1-ZCEZ)O2±X MICROSPHERES, WITH Z={0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30}, OBTAINED VIA A CE(NO3)3 PRECURSOR - Selim UYGUR (Mol, Leuven, Belgium)

11:00 Plenary lecture: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES: WHEN A MICROGRAPH IS WORTH A 1000000x WORDS - Antonio BULGHERONI (JRC)

11:45 LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF ZIRCONIA SOLID PHASES CONTAINING CERIUM - Luiza BRAGA FERREIRA DOS SANTOS (Dresden, Germany)

12:05 INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURAL INCORPORATION OF DOPANTS INTO URANIUM OXIDES - Shannon POTTS (Jülich, Germany)

13:45 Lab tour

15:15 SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF MIXED ACTINIDE OXIDES BY AN M4,5 EDGE HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION XANES (HR-XANES) IN BULK- AND NANO-MATERIALS - Natalia PALINA MÜLLER (Karlsruhe, Germany)

15:35 MODEL SYSTEM STUDIES OF ADVANCED (SPENT) NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIALS - Gabriel MURPHY (Jülich, Germany)

16:15 Plenary lecture: Thermodynamics and dissolution - Xavier GAONA (INE/KIT)
19:00 Workshop dinner
Workshop dinner
19:00 - 23:00
Room: 114/202
Wednesday 22 March 2023
08:45 Physical and Chemical Properties
Physical and Chemical Properties
08:45 - 14:30
Room: 114/202
Contributions

08:45 Arrival and coffee

09:00 LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AS A TOOL FOR INVESTIGATING THE F-ELEMENT ENVIRONMENT IN CRYSTALLINE SOLID PHASES - Nina HUITTINEN (Dresden, Germany)

09:20 SOLID SOLUTION FORMATION IN Nd2O3-EuCl3-NdCl3-NaCl-H2O SYSTEM - Rama Mohana Rao DUMPALA (Karlsruhe, Germany)

09:40 Short note from our sponsors: Quantum Design

10:30 Plenary lecture: Radiation damages - Thierry WISS (JRC)

11:15 STRUCTURAL ANALYSES OF HEAVY-ION IRRADIATED MONAZITES - Sara GILSON (Dresden, Germany)

11:35 AB INITIO MODELING OF MAGNETITE SURFACES FOR PLUTONIUM RETENTION - Anita KATHERAS (Bern, Switzerland)

13:30 STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN LANTHANIDE BEARING MONAZITE UNDER SWIFT HEAVY ION IRRADIATION - Julien MARQUARDT (Frankfurt, Germany)

13:50 REDUCTION OF PERTECHNETATE BY MAGNETITE – INFLUENCE OF PH AND TIME - Thomas ZIMMERMANN (Dresden, Germany)

14:10 ROBL-II AT ESRF: A SYNCHROTRON TOOLBOX FOR ACTINIDE RESEARCH - Damien PRIEUR (Dresden, Germany and Grenoble, France)
14:30 End of workshop- transfer to Hbf / Airport
End of workshop- transfer to Hbf / Airport
14:30 - 14:50
Room: 114/202